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Turn up the Skrillex to ward off some pesky bloodsucking insects. And possibly your neighbors.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2019
  • Length: 10:50
Caption: kime, alexander coleman, Credit: alexander coleman kime
One day we'll probably all laugh at this lofi hip hop the same way we do smooth jazz, but ya know for the time being I think it makes pretty OK bac...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:31
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If you've ever wondered why you break out into song and dance when music comes on we have the science and research to answer that very question!

Bought by WOUB, WYAP, KRSC, Goat Radio, and KWIT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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The CD is going the way of the cassette and 8-track and here is why.

Bought by WSGE, KWIT, WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP and more


  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Following the discovery that music can cure hangovers, we feature some of the best tracks to calm your post-party illnesses.

Bought by KSKQ, KTRL, WOUB, KWIT, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Empirical evidence shows that these songs are the happiest song in the world.

Bought by KZYX, WOUB, KSKQ, KSRQ, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Oxford University evolutionary psychologist Bronwyn Tarr with Carimbó dancers., Credit: José Roberto Corrêa
Evolutionary neuroscientist Bronwyn Tarr was in a remote area of Brazil to begin an experiment. On her first night there, she heard distant drumbea...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUER


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 2
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This week we explore how hearing a certain song brings back memories of a particular time and place.

Bought by KRZA, WKCC, WOUB, KSKQ, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Eric Drake on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
I’m Akeisha Johnson, your show host, and on this episode of Making It Work, we will chat with this small business owner of Saxology and Saxcraft ab...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 21:57
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There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A public domain image of the telharmonium in 1897
There's a man who's spent his whole life developing his own library of Electronic music examples.

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Following his influential career in music and composition, Bernie Krause decided to leave music behind and devote his efforts to studying the sound...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 23:50
  • Purchases: 1
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There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.

Bought by WJCT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 19:07
  • Purchases: 2
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Synesthesia is a rare neurological condition. It usually involves the involuntary coupling together of two unrelated sensory or cognitive experienc...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 1
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A young harbor seal named Chuck at the Boston Aquarium performs his fledgling talent

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1