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We’ve heard of poet laureates. What is a DRAG laureate? And why has drag, an increasingly popular form of entertainment, become a political footbal...
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 54:58
- Purchases: 4
The Making Of Savoy - a one hour radio presentation, is a lively discussion about the recording of the album with the celebrated artist and produce...
Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KMUW, and KBEM
- Added: Apr 11, 2023
- Length: 59:49
- Purchases: 3
Tonight on The Sound we checked out Mike Munson's latest album, Let Some Light In. Mike's music style encompasses a variety of blues traditions tha...
- Added: Feb 25, 2022
- Length: 39:17
Just about everyone has a memory with a bike, and a lot of the time, it includes getting into a little bit of nonsense. We'll bring up some of thos...
Bought by KTXK, KKRN, WVPE, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and KSJE
- Added: Jan 12, 2022
- Length: 54:58
- Purchases: 5
Everyone of us needs to know how special and how precious we are to someone. A great place for a kid to learn those kinds of things is on the lap o...
Bought by KSJE, KKRN, WVPE, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920
- Added: Dec 01, 2021
- Length: 54:55
- Purchases: 4
Some stories are just there to help us know that things can get tough, but sometimes they work out. We'll hear a story from Catherine Conant about ...
Bought by KSJE, KTXK, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and WVPE
- Added: Nov 17, 2021
- Length: 54:54
- Purchases: 4
Comedian Jan McInnis took a comedy writing class when she first got into comedy, and merely getting to the class gave her some comedy gold!
- Added: Feb 10, 2020
- Length: 03:14
When you’re emceeing for a week, and none of the shows are going well, you need to figure out how to cover your butt. Here’s what Jan did.
- Added: Mar 09, 2019
- Length: 03:20
What, if any, difference is there in comedy clubs that have more white or black audiences? Jan talks about her experience starting out in comedy.
- Added: Mar 09, 2019
- Length: 03:41
Selling jokes to Jay Leno for his Tonight Show monologue was always fun. Here's a fun story about it.
- Added: Mar 06, 2019
- Length: 02:12
Comedians do believe in Karma, and when a comedian is kind of harsh with Jan, she is patient. . .and that pays off. But, yeah, it’s hard to be nice...
- Added: Dec 20, 2018
- Length: 03:15
Oprah’s show could boost your comedy career, and Jan had her crack at it! Hear how it turned out!
- Added: Dec 20, 2018
- Length: 04:21
This week, we bring you that funky gentleman from the Ninth Ward, Jon Cleary, who talks about his native England, his grandmother, the piano back h...
- Added: Oct 31, 2018
- Length: 52:02
As stray cats prowl and dough rises, two sardonic twenty-somethings flirt with dreams of Olympic glory - or maybe just escape from the small town b...
- Added: Feb 28, 2018
- Length: 15:27
- Purchases: 2
In The Wonderful Thanksgiving Violet by Max Baker, two brothers struggle with life’s great fears: death, guilt, and spouses. With Brandon Dirden (A...
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Feb 23, 2018
- Length: 24:18
- Purchases: 1
Featuring Tony winner Elizabeth Ashley, COME IN FROM THE COLD features a wintry trio of short plays about connection, lost and found.
With wit, h...
Bought by WRKF, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFCF FM, KUNM, and Prairie Public
- Added: Feb 16, 2018
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 5
Starring comic legend Bill Irwin, Tony Nominee Steven Boyer, Broadway stars Len Cariou and Michael Urie. In I LOVE YOU by Lynn Rosen, a struggling ...
- Added: Jan 30, 2018
- Length: 24:14
Starring Jeremy Shamos and Callie Thorne, in the short-play At The Water’s Edge, Wet, a Production Stage Manager and his Sound and Light Board oper...
- Added: Jan 29, 2018
- Length: 20:18
Snap #824 "Blind Sighted" -- On the next all-NEW Snap..."Blindsided." It always happens when you feel like you're floating, not a care in the worl...
- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 53:57
Snap #819 "The Performer" -On the next Snap Judgment, "The Performer." The hardest character to play is the character without a script. Featuring s...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 53:57
Waste your adolescence waiting to hear someone say, "You Jump, I Jump"? In honor of Valentines Day, tales of kids whose romantic notions were total...
- Added: Feb 12, 2017
- Length: 31:25
Ever write a fan letter you regret? Part 1 of Unlikely Celebrity Obsessions features some truly misguided fan mail and a special appearance by Garf...
- Added: Jan 08, 2017
- Length: 29:10
Is there something that Hawaii can teach the mainland? Something people of all races have learned from living together in such an isolated place? I...
- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 33:43
A religious father refuses to let his daughter get corrupted by The Love Boat and other 80s pop culture.
- Added: Jun 19, 2016
- Length: 20:13
On this episode we visit with local band, The Weathered Heads during MWMF. The group shares how their popularity has grown, as well as their future...
- Added: May 12, 2016
- Length: 35:52