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Caption: Dumb Ideas the Changed the World, Credit: Cindy Gentry and Shannon Hearn
For today’s dumb idea, meet Barry Marshall. An Australian medical student, in 1982 he claimed that bacteria cause gastritis… then peptic ulcers, th...

  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Dumb Ideas the Changed the World, Credit: Cindy Gentry and Shannon Hearn
Wonder drugs have snuffed out some terrifying diseases. But first they must be approved by the U.S. government’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Dumb Ideas the Changed the World, Credit: Cindy Gentry and Shannon Hearn
We don’t hear the word “anarchy” much today, but a century ago it was a worldwide social movement. In 1894 Charles Rodolf wrote: “The true anarchis...

  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 02:30
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We get back to one of our favorite topics: words that sound a lot like other words but that mean totally different things.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on On Story we’re joined by screenwriter Michael Schur who had a hand in some of the biggest comedy shows of the last decade including Th...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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This week on On Story we’ll join Breaking Bad creator & showrunner Vince Gilligan for a retrospective look at the 1971 cult-classic The French Conn...

  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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Apologies--we had sound quality issues. We did not record from the bottom of a metal trash can while hiding from mystery blobs falling from the sky...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on On Story we’re taking a trip out west with Babaloo Mandel and Lowel Ganz, the screenwriting duo behind the classic American Western co...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
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This week on On Story we’ll bring you conversations with two comedy titans. VEEP showrunner and Seinfeld writer David Mandel will discuss the widel...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
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WBIJ-DB is the first digital radio station to pick up the Rock School Radio Show. Since I knew nothing about digital radio, I thought an interview...

Bought by WNYO, KWIT, KSRQ, WOUB, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Sonny Boy II
Rice Miller is probably the more known "Sonny Boy Williamson" although there was previously to his time an actual Blues harmonica player who's went...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
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This week, our hosts discuss various fun facts and the properties of electricity.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 12:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with father and son duo, Allen and Sid Cooperrider, creators of the Drain the Swamp deck of playing cards, which also outline ...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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We got to connect with Keith Yager. Keith, the owner and brewmaster of Huntsville’s Yellowhammer Brewing, talked to us about their recent expansion...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2017
  • Length: 49:04
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
#249 April fools or geniuses April 2017 Marc covers the markets of the day. Then chit chats about school discipline and various off the cuff subjec...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 48:00
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Segment 1: Dr. Richard Besser /Tell me the truth Doctor Segment 2: Kris Valencia /Alankan Vacation Segment 3: Sally Abrahms /Shared Housing Segment...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Segment 1: Julia Sweeney/actress Segment 2&3: Paul Freiberger/interviewing tips Segment 4 Dr. Neal Barnard/power foods Segment 5: Charlotte Reed/F...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 22, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Segment 1: Jason Karlawish/Alzheimer's Segment 2&3: Nancy Dreyfus/Relationship repair Segment 4: Bill Shephard/ Diplomatic mystery writer Segment 5...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Segment 1: Jeffrey Kluger/narcissists Segment 2: Dr. Lou Lukas/End of life convos Segment 3: Matthew Gilbert/TV critic Segment 4: Laura Fredricks/A...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Do you know who wrote "That '70s Show" theme song, "In the Street"? Cheap Trick, maybe? Wrong: Big Star. Today's episode of Rock School will discus...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: New 4th Edition of "The Cosmos", Credit: Cambridge University Press
Astronomers Jay Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko have just published the 4th edition of “The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millenium.” They join us fo...

Bought by WMNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSKQ, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Chang'e 3 Lander on the Moon, Credit: CTV
The annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union revealed lots of science, some of it astounding. Emily Lakdawalla was there with Advocac...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: How do you design a spacecraft to carry hibernating astronauts?, Credit: NIAC
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program supports science and tech proposals that are way out there. Program Executive Jay Falker tells us abo...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maple seeds can fly with their papery propellers. , Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
You might think of plants as immobile, but they've evolved diverse strategies to scatter their offspring far and wide. What are some dispersal tact...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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On the Internet, no one knows you. So, why not lie about yourself?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1