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Featuring former cast members of the legendary Capitol Steps and a show written by the former co-writer of the Steps, the Capitol Fools hold up a m...

Bought by KANW and KGOU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 2
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What jokes would George Carlin have deemed offensive today? What makes us laugh has come under scrutiny. Old jokes or skits are deemed offensive in...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUNM, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode we talk to David Mandel head writer and showrunner of the iconic HBO satire, Veep.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 39:26
Caption: Novice Nurse Susie Terse cover art, Credit: Lawton Lovely
"The Price of Infection!" Can Nurse Susie find a way to deliver vital antiviral medicine while navigating hospital bureaucracy while fending off th...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: 2018 IBMA Bluegrass Broadcaster of the Year
Derek Smalls formerly of the band formally known as Spinal Tap visits with Steve on Unreal Bluegrass to discuss new CD " Smalls Change ( meditation...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2020
  • Length: 32:26
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Has it been a rough year? Did you put all of your savings into Bill De Blasio's presidential campaign? Did you get a haircut from Boris Johnson's b...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KVLU, and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Rian Johnson, San Francisco, CA 11/11/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rian Johnson talks being human, toying with an audience, and how the late, great Ricky Jay makes a cameo.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2019
  • Length: 13:18
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This piece talks about the growing walk away movement.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2018
  • Length: 27:37
Caption: Michel Hazanavicius, San Francisco, CA 4/14/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michel Hazanavicius talks art, politics, and the comedic possibilities of extremism.

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 19:44
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HOUR ONE: "What Can We Learn From Teens?" - Teenage activists are finding their voices. What can we learn from them? HOUR TWO: "Awkward" - We've ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
Caption: Jamie Lee & Pete Holmes, San Francisco, CA 1/17/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Pete Holmes and Jamie Lee talk emotional foreplay, alchemizing experience, and what’s offensive about Pascal’s Wager.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:21
Caption: Sara Weksler & Dr. Bassem Youssef, San Francisco, CA 10/13/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dr. Bassem Yousseff and Sara Taksler talk shooting from a moving car, the power of satire, and being airport certified.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 25:03
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Why (and how and when) did Hannibal cross The Alps? Find out again with the American Dream Players short, funny (historically accurate) version.

  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 13:39
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Interview with Veteran, Actor and business entrepreneur Mat Best

  • Added: Apr 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:40
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Election Day eve, 2016...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:40:48
Caption: President-Elect Trump, Credit: Capitol Steps
If only the Capitol Steps had some funny material to work with in 2016…is something that will never cross your mind when listening to their Year In...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KSFR, and KVLU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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I reminisce about former comic, presidential candidate Pat Paulsen with his son Monty. We also discuss Pat Paulsen VIneyards. Learn about the Wydow...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 40:38
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Boston Globe journalist Mark Feeney, author of “Nixon at the Movies: A Book About Belief.” It examines...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
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The 2016 US election isn't going away anytime soon, so let's seek refuge in etymology. Consider the linguistically appropriate age of a senator, an...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 36:05
Caption: Capitol Steps, Credit: Capitol Steps
Tune in this New Year’s and laugh, because making fun of fourteen candidates is way more fun than simply making fun of two.

Bought by WEKU, KWGS, KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Wisconsin Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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We give thanks for all the idiots in the world. They keep us in business.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 52:47
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Drugs, Terrorists, Stock Prices, Presidential Polls & British Pigs… Everything was up and down this month. (Well, for the pig, in and out).

  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:31
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Depression, Politics, Burning Man, and Stock Market Crashes. Good times?

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 54:03
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No New Yorkers were harmed - or used - in the making of this episode. It's just Hitler and suicide and anal feeding, and all that other mellow West...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 52:02
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Yeah… we cover all of that, plus Amazon.com, Black Lives Matter, and more. Enjoy!

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00