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We delve into the world of Climate Fiction, a genre that has been gaining traction in recent years as the urgency of climate change becomes more ap...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Presidential history was made when President Biden gracefully ended his candidacy for a second term. He put country over self and very possibly sa...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2024
  • Length: 03:01
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A two way interview with host and co-creator of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast, Scott Aukerman

  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 04:23
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Why is it that I cannot get an Earned Income Credit for my cat?

Bought by KUER, Troy Public Radio, KUT, Real Estate Today, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 5
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What George Carlin jokes would be deemed offensive today? What makes us laugh has come under scrutiny. Old jokes or skits are often off-limits in t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In this week's special crossover episode, we speak with Austin Amestoy, Morning Edition host at Montana Public Radio and host of The Big Why, an MT...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
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
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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
Caption: HUGE Improv Theater has purchased the Art Materials building and will transform the south half of the building into a theater., Credit: Sheila Regan
After learning that their landlord had donated to a former KKK leader, HUGE Improv Theater knew they needed to move. So how did a small arts non-pr...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 05:24
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Congress is wrangling over the Farm Bill, which includes over $3 billion for giant agriculture corporations and multimillionaire "farmers" who don'...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:57
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This week's guest is Colin Hickey, senior vice-president of operations at VidCon - a conference that brings together up to 75,000 online creators e...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 1
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This week Justin returns to his conversation with Emmy Award winning production designer and art director John Shaffner about his career designing ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
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This week Justin talks with Emmy Award winning production designer and art director John Shaffner about his career designing some of the most iconi...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Didn’t know we celebrated such a thing? You’re not alone. Lesser known than Black History Month or ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Are games just a fun way to pass the time, or do they do something more for us?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KMXT, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
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Jenny Price is an ardent advocate for increasing public environmental access, activism, and effectiveness in solving the myriad of challenges we fa...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Max Henning, Neuroscientist and President of Novus Think Tank [https://www.maxahenning.com/], sheds light on why the future of humanity depends upo...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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Can you remember the last time when the challenges that inner city public school teachers face were the subject of a popular TV series? Abbott Elem...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, WNYE, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In an uncharacteristic wash of holiday cheer, today we investigate how the actions of Santa could be interpreted in a court of law.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 23:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Sarah Jones, Tony Award-winning performer and comedian, is making a different kind of documentary. She calls it an ‘unorthodoc’ about sex, power, r...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Interview with PBS Public Editor, Ricardo Sandoval Palos, about misinformation, disinformation, confirmation bias and how that effects programming ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we’re taking a look at what economists and demographers are calling “the Silver Wave” — how the rapid aging of the world’s population wi...

Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In a gripping interview with Ray Suarez, Browder recounts a hunt for missing money that led him to discover a corruption and conspiracy plot involv...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week’s guest is Sarah Aswell. Sarah is a writer of many stripes and a stand up comedian. She is a Senior Editor at Scary Mommy and has publish...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 2