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Caption: Joe Palca tracks a story at NPR, Credit: Photo courtesy of Joe Palca
Joe Palca is one of the best science storytellers out there. As an NPR science correspondent he’s covered all sorts of obscure topics, from soccer-...

Bought by WTJU, Radio Newark, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 3
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Buy Amazon’s new “print books”—if Gary Busey says they’re innovative, then it must be true . . .

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:21
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Like avoiding real life with viral videos? Then you’ll love the guy who fakes them.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:03
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This week on State of the Human, an 18th century historian, a poet, a computer scientist, a composer, and a mysterious future being confront data.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:51
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Piers Morgan forces Hillary Clinton to discuss ubiquitous Presidential brain damage and “The Wizard of Oz”.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:03
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Love obfuscating jargon, government surveillance, and veneration of the ultra-rich elite? Then welcome to the Final Edition’s TED conference.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
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What's wrong with this list?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
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Join us for a fascinating conversation with poet, Tan Lin. He expands poetry’s palette to include data, video, films, hashtags; our newest observab...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
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Let TV bring your fantasies of police brutality to life with its newest (and oldest) cop show.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2014
  • Length: 03:03
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A country-fried “Cosmos”, sexual deviancy on Broadway, cable news paranoia, and a special story from Tony about creative inspiration.

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 48:37
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How many Twitter followers will it take to get this guy out of therapy?

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
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A special message from the paparazzi about remembering what’s really important.

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:10
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Monica Lewinsky dodges sexual puns and discusses how best to exploit a tragedy with fellow outcast Piers Morgan.

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
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This cable news show brings you the latest in paranoid myopia and blind rage.

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
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From Julia Roberts’ dance moves to the looming specter of global war, “Extra” has all of the hottest new gossip. Get ready for fun!

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:13
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A pair of country-fried yokels demonstrate the formula for ignorance in their response to TV’s “Cosmos”.

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:39
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As Obamacare starts to work, prominent conservatives rail against the liberal bias of empirical reality.

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:32
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Fox News teams with tuberculosis to denounce President Obama's stance against the infectious bacterium.

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
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Twitter is hemorrhaging self-aggrandizement and hucksterism.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
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Summer jobs, part-time employment, freelance work, gigs. There are all kinds of odd jobs out there, and these passengers have had odder ones than m...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:32
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In the relaxation drink market, companies aren’t waging the usual battle over a single word like “energy”; instead they’re picking their drugs of c...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:57
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Dave Reynard (right), Credit: Ben Coletti
Bobby and Coletti podcast from a boat docked in Madeira Beach, Florida, with Dave Reynard, the “glass dildo king” - original inventor of the cellul...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:43:59
Caption: Andy's Treasure Trove, Episode 17 - Bob & Ray, and Tom Lehrer
A salute to the pioneering comedy team of Bob & Ray, featuring a new interview with Bob Elliott, many excerpts from Bob & Ray recordings, and some ...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 48:44
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Country Star Doug Briney, Director Benjamin Wilkins, and the audiobook Dandelion ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:20