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Thanksgiving is coming up – and once again turkey will be the star of the show. But there’s always an issue with side dishes. No worries, a busines...
- Added: Nov 16, 2023
- Length: 02:30
Labor Day has been a national holiday since 1894, when President Grover Cleveland signed the law making the first Monday in September a day off for...
- Added: Aug 31, 2023
- Length: 03:00
The U.S. is far behind other developed countries when it comes to support for motherhood. Most mothers are in the paid workforce, and we need new ...
- Added: May 09, 2023
- Length: 02:30
We review a selection of choral works. It's peaceful, captivating, and sublimely beautiful. Music from the angels this week on Lester The Nightfly....
- Added: Dec 19, 2022
- Length: 58:27
All new for 2021, come explore a glimpse of the vast repertoire of poetry, songs stories and recitations about the "Blessed Virgin Mary" and the mu...
Bought by High Plains Public Radio
- Added: Dec 04, 2021
- Length: 01:58:30
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Finding Meaning In Desperate Times" - The pandemic isn't just a health crisis, it's an x-ray into our psyches. This hour, how COVID-19 i...
- Added: Dec 25, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Living In Skin" - All over America, people have stopped touching faces and hugging friends. This hour, explore the inner life of your sk...
- Added: Dec 11, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Rethinking The Holidays" - The holidays are looking different this year. But maybe there's an opportunity in there, too. HOUR TWO: "Wr...
- Added: Nov 27, 2020
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "In Search Of Real Food" - Supermarkets are designed to make you think you have a lot of choices. But do you? This hour, reclaiming real ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2019
- Length: 01:58:57
HOUR ONE: "Giving Is Complicated" - It's the holiday season. Time to think about gifts. It's trickier than you think. HOUR TWO: "You Had To Be Th...
- Added: Dec 06, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
Aden Batar speaks with his son Jamal Batar about fleeing civil war and being among the first Somali refugee families to resettle in Utah.
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 02:13
George Washington is said to have asked 24 year old Betsy Ross to create a flag to be the symbol of our nation in 1776. Historians also have mentio...
Bought by WNMU-FM, KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMFA
- Added: Jun 04, 2018
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 5
John Dominic Crossan discusses the Christian myth through his book Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and East Kept the Original Easter Vision.
Bought by WETS
- Added: Mar 25, 2018
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
While enjoying his bath, Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician, suddenly solved a problem about the displacement of water. In his excitement,...
- Added: Jan 01, 2018
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 4
It's about time you learned a thing or two about Champagne with our good friend Alex the Wine Guru. A jovial & mirthful show for anyone who has ev...
- Added: Dec 27, 2016
- Length: 01:00:00
Well we did it. Made it through another year. Women have had some good news, and some bad news. What with wars, floods, police shootings, terroris...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Dec 26, 2015
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
This year's Christmas special is entirely devoted to the one but for whom there would be no Christmas...
- Added: Dec 23, 2015
- Length: 02:58:41
Reverend Nathan Detering tried an experiment with his congregation — “reverse offering,” where instead of members donating money to the church, the...
- Added: Oct 26, 2015
- Length: 04:28
Pretty soon, you're going to start hearing warnings about the War on Christmas... Now, that battle may be hard to spot through the blinking red a...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 04:16
- Purchases: 1
Do you believe in Bigfoot? This reading from Mrs. Wakeman Vs. The Antichrist by author Robert Damon Schneck is part of our weekday 100-second free ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
This is a story that begs to be told. It’s long overdue.
The year was 1919. The place: Phillips County, Arkansas.
What became a watershed moment i...
Bought by WNCU
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
One is earthy and comical--an 18th century musical tale of thieves, tramps and trollops. The other is the most beloved holiday concert piece in the...
Bought by WUAL
- Added: Nov 13, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
We know it as “Good King Wenceslas,” but the carol, written in the mid-1800s, has a tune borrowed from a medieval salute to spring flowers! Join ho...
- Added: Nov 13, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
They stand in humble contrast with those other famous visitors to the stable in Bethlehem--the mysterious and awesome Three Kings—but it is the she...
Bought by WUAL
- Added: Nov 11, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Many composers—Jewish or not—have used Hebraic themes and styles in their music, and whether religious or secular in spirit, their efforts display ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2013
- Length: 59:00