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Hunter S. Thompson
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Hunter S. Thompson, Long Beach, California, May 1989, Credit: Rs79
Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Allusionist 28: WLTM part I
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Your online dating profile is the latest spin on a 300-year-old tradition of advertising yourself in order to find a spouse, a sexual partner, or s...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 41:08
Netaji Lives!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Credit: nataji.org
The mystery of Subhas Chandra Bose has trumped the actual history of Subhas Bose.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
The 21st Century Maritime Museum
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Maritime Museum on the Hong Kong waterfront.
In October of 2015 Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, attended the bi-annual conference of the Interna...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
Secret Keeping
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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In today’s confessional culture, secrets are generally considered bad, but this episode explores what opportunities open up when someone keeps a se...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Puzzling Out African American Genealogy
From: Missouri Audio Project
Series: Summer Story Workshop, 2015
Caption: Monica Hand, Credit: Meredith Turk
Monica Hand visits the unmarked slave graves of Jewell Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri, together with geneaologist Traci Wilson-Kleekamp.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
Staying Alive: The Art and Science of Living to 100
From: Karen Brown
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An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 10:26
The Warmth of the Other Suns
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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Alfred Bundy and Kevin Jenkins in conversation about this book.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 18:57
Rabin Is....
From: Israel Story
Series: Israel Story Podcast
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Rabin is a symbol. An icon. But in Israel of 2015, twenty years after the Prime Minister's murder, it isn't so simple to understand what the reall...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:05:56
The Ghosts of Hester Park Tell Their Stories of Murder, Tornadoes, and Immigration
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Have you ever wondered how Lake George got its name? Or who predicted the tornado of April 1886? Or even why this area hosts so many German Catholi...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:47
An Old Monk is dying in India!?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Old Monk Rum
The Old Monk is dying!? Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for the last 6 de...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Allusionist 15: Step Away
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 38:16
  • Purchases: 1
An Old Monk hangs on in India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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A beloved Old Monk is dying in India. Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for t...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Putting an earring in my ear: the centennial of the Armenian Genocide
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A lone sailboat flying the Armenian flag to commemorate the centennial as marchers cross Golden Gate Bridge above
On top of the highest hill in San Francisco is the Mount Davidson Cross -- a monument to the Armenian Genocide. Friday, April 24th marks 100 years ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 1
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The White House lit up in a rainbow, Credit: USA Today
After the historic ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, Sandip Roy reflects on... his Facebook feed.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Brief History of Women in Comics
From: Bitch Media
Series: Popaganda
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Women have been making comics since the beginning. This engaging history tracks the gender dynamics of the comics industry for 120 years, highlight...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 21:39
  • Purchases: 2
Escapade: I
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: Circumference
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Tattoo artist Ron White goes through several generations to tell us how he got to where he is today. It's not what you're expecting. Part one of th...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 12:21
Allusionist 10: Election Lexicon
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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On the eve of the 2015 General Election in the UK, take a jaunt through the etymology of election-related words.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 9: The Space Between
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Forget words for a moment; look at the spaces between the words.

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 10:21
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 7: Mountweazel
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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You'd think you could trust dictionaries, but it turns out, they are riddled with LIES.

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Retrospective: The Woman Behind "Let's Pretend"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Nila Mack
There weren’t a lot of female directors during the Golden Age of Radio. Nila Mack was one of the few who earned herself an office on the 14th floo...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 4
Partition Museum
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The Partition of India uprooted 10 -15 million people, the largest mass displacement of the 20th century. 250,000 – two million died. Yet no museu...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
GUEST: Bernie Krause (Great Animal Orchestra) + 3D AUDIO Insight Treks (chapter 2)
From: Don Hill
Series: Cafe Acousmatic
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:07
Some Thoughts On Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption, written and read by Ross Gay
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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In this provocative radio essay, a commonplace encounter with racial profiling opens the door to the vast and painful reality of racism in the Unit...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: A Primer from Charlie Pulkrabek on Funk and Soul Singer Sonny Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Funk and Soul Musician: Sonny Knight, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 10/25/14
Sonny Knight considers himself blessed. If that's true, he is being rewarded for his positive attitude, and incredible amount of patience. It began...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1

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