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Who By Fire, Who By War
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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It’s a beautiful spring in the desert, which naturally makes one dream of heading off to war. Maybe a secret war, a guerrilla war, an unknown soldi...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Whipping Man
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A gripping Civil War drama with an unusual twist.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KUOW and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 25
Sonia Purnell, author of "A Woman Of No Importance"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Bob Kustra interviews Sonia Purnell about her book "A Woman of No Importance"

  • Added: Dec 02, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
The Mysterious James Tiptree
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Alice Sheldon, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Alice Sheldon served in the OSS and the CIA. And then she went deep undercover posing as a male science fiction writer. It wasn't an assignment, it...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 23:44
  • Purchases: 2
No. 26 Elcar and Pratt Automobiles
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2007 [2000]
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 25 German Aircraft Industry and Production
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: orig. Airlife Publishing, Ltd., then The Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1998
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 24 The Lexington Automobile
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Publishers 2007
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 23 Sound Barrier
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2006
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 22 Engine Revolutions
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1991
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 21 Manhattan Railway
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2011
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 20 Parking Cars in America
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 19 Bravo, Stanley!
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: The Stanley Museum (2006)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 18 Rolls-Royce Catalogue 1910/11
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, Inc.
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 17 Race Car Vehicle Dynamics
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: SAE International
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 16 Advanced Engine Development at Pratt & Whitney
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: SAE International, 2001
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 15 Flying Wings of Jack Northrop
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (1994)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 14 Haynes-Apperson and America's First Practical Automobile, A History
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 13 Vikings At Waterloo
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 12 The Marmon Heritage
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Doyle Hyk Publishing Company, 1985
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 11 Some Unusual Engines
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited (1975)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 10 Flying Fox
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2012)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 9 The Jordan Automobile
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 8 Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2011
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 7 Eagle. Henry Royce's First Aero Engine
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 6 The Stanley Steamer
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: The Stanley Museum (2004)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00