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Bonus: Christmas
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show
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We talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre represents the darker side of the holiday season.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 37:12
Episode 5: Legacy
From: Center for Rural Strategies
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We talk about the lasting legacy of rural horror, and what the tropes and shorthand used by horror filmmakers continue to reveal about the world ar...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 41:33
Episode 4: Supernatural
From: Center for Rural Strategies
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We dig into the folk horror and how it uses rural places to illustrate modern tensions between science and the supernatural.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 37:01
220820 The Aura of Late Night Radio
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Les Rhythm Checkers
Tonight's search for the first rock and roll song focuses o girl groups, New Orleans music, and the aura of late night radio is the same aura of la...

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 03:50:44
  • Purchases: 7
220320 The Dating Game for Dogs and Oil Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Azzurri the Bachelorette
Hi, I'm Jim Lange and this is the Dating Game for dogs. In the post-WWII world, this music that was later called "Rock and Roll" was simply popula...

Bought by WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:45
  • Purchases: 6
220305 First Rock and Roll Song - Sandy Nelson and Glen Campbell As You've Never Heard Them
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Los Crazy Boys
The great rock drummer Sandy Nelson sound like a very traditional swing drummer and Glen Campbell sounds like a primitive surf band as our perspect...

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:07
  • Purchases: 6
These Films Keep People Out of Prison
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What if judges could know a person more completely before sentencing them to prison? An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KWMR, and KDNK


  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bob Fass-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Bob Fass, Credit: WBAI 1960s
Bob Fass led the way for so many of us, The Godfather of free form radio. This producer and program, thanks him for all the inspiration

  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:34
Luke Hendrickson: One Night at the Crystal Lounge
From: KQAL
Series: The Sound
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Tonight on The Sound we are joined in the studio by Luke Hendrickson to dive into his first full length album, One Night At the Crystal Lounge. Luk...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
When Doomsday Came Calling by Mistake
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Our producer Flawn Williams once got caught up in a sticky situation that triggered fears of a nuclear attack while working at a Chicago TV station...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 1
Razorblades in Apples?
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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It happens every year, temperatures drop for some needed relief from summer, kids go back to school, leaves start changing, and the fall season is...

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 33:56
Politics of Thrones
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones., Credit: Eric Molinsky
There are a surprising number of foreign policy experts who are obsessed with Game of Thrones, which they say is more real than Scandal or House of...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 17:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Whistle Behind The Wire
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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The perfectly nice lady behind one of TV's most menacing overdubs

Bought by PRX Remix and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Historic Tug Of War: 10,000 Kids vs. House
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: John H. Stevens House in transit., Credit: Star Tribune. May 29, 1896, Minneapolis, Minn.
Next to Minnehaha Falls sits an old house that hosts exhibits recalling Minneapolis history. The house itself is the site of early business deals d...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:52
Episode #130
From: Sigil Of Brass
Series: DJ Scooby's Sound Of Wonder
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I play an exotic blend of World Music on my shows – everything from Bollywood Psychedelia to Trad Jazz – via Parisian Punk and Icelandic Songstress...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Whithervanes: The Art of Anxiety
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Connecting art with streaming social media and news technology, Whithervane designers Cezanne Charles and John Marshall invite us to think about th...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 11:20
Episode #125
From: Sigil Of Brass
Series: DJ Scooby's Sound Of Wonder
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World music show presented with spoken links by a Yorkshireman with an impenetrable accent - Think 'Uncle Peter' but musical. For more on the show ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
Survival of the Kindest: Tom Shadyac #201 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Tom Shadyac is a successful Hollywood comedy director who found the traditional trappings of success were not the key to happiness. He traded a man...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Band Box Records of Denver, Colorado
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily be...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:39:22
170923 Band Box Records of Denver Colorado
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily bet...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:56:19
The World According To Star Wars
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Hour
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Beware: Rolling Over Your 401k Is About To Get Weird, How Nathan's Famous Became America's Top Dog, How To Return To Work As A New Mother Successfu...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WLRN, KRDP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Gucci: The Family Legend Unmasked - A 2 Part Exclusive
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Half Hour
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The 5 Pivotal Years That Determine Your Financial Life, Gucci: The Family Legend Unmasked Part 1,Gucci: The Family Legend Unmasked Part 2

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gucci: The Family Legend Unmasked - A 2 Part Exclusive
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Hour
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The 5 Pivotal Years That Determine Your Financial Life, Gucci: The Family Legend Unmasked Part 1, How To Kick Butt With Kickstarter And Rock Your C...

Bought by WETD, WQCS, WLRN, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Golden Girls Gone Wild!/ Fast Food Nation/ God's Hotel/ Our Listeners Weigh In/ Casserole Queens
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Golden Sisters Segment 2&3: Michael Moss/Fast food nation Segment 4: Victoria Sweet/God's hotel Segment 5: Listener Feedback Segment 6: ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
All Mixed Up with Bob & Ray
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Bob and Ray, Credit: Radio Foundation
Celebrating the lives of Bob Elliott, Maurice White and Dan Hicks with comedy classics and music from Earth, Wind & Fire, Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:31