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Guests include The Trashcan Bandits, Christie Daniels and Jennifer Calvert ND

  • Added: Sep 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
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Loren Coleman is a cryptozoologist which is one who studies different unknown animals such as Bigfoot, the Lochness monster, and other animals like...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Aug 21, 2019
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
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With jazz coming on the scene in the 1920s, composers began reaping big rewards. The public simply couldn’t get enough of the new music, and anyone...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Sending a little love to our listeners in the Southern Hemisphere. It might be summer here, but it's the middle of winter down south. Turn on some ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Perhaps you were too young or weren't even born! This 2 hour journey brings you back to July 16th - 24th of 1969. From blast off to splash down. Wi...

Bought by KUNM, 'The Sea', and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 01:56:28
  • Purchases: 3
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HOUR ONE: "Pick Your Poison" - A weapon? A medicine? A murder mystery plot? Take your pick. HOUR TWO: "Who's Watching Us" - Think you've got noth...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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Medical science on the fly. Turns out you only need to pull a few G's to loosen that stubborn kidney stone.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
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In 1804 Dr. Troxler discovered he could make pastel dots on paper disappear if he stared at them for long enough. Blink, and they would reappear. T...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 03:24
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Need to string some wire through your house or clean a particle accelerator? You might need a science ferret.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Why do we want to crush-hug cute things like babies and young animals? It may have something to do with adorableness overload and how our brains co...

  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:50
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On this episode of Art Beat we continue our coverage of the 2019 Frozen River Film Festival. This time around I talk to one of the Emmy winning pro...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:18
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Not the big yawn that you'd think. These 100,000 or so codes are used to determine your bill. Some of those codes are hilarious. Bit by cow and str...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, WRIR, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 3
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African Wild Dogs appear to vote on pack activities by sneezing.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know there are actually science-based ways to maximize your fun? With our current deep freeze, we thought it would be a good time to check...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 14:43
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Why do we do the things we do while in public? Simple actions like using the restroom or riding the bus get a lot more complicated when thinking ab...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 20:19
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It's there and it's square. And now we know why.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 02:47
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Cougars are beautiful and stealthy solitary hunters. Until they want to mate. Then they sound like a person being run through a garbage compactor. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
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We're taking a big looping road trip across the Mojave, from Area 51 to the Singing Sand Dunes of Kelso. With guest Jeremy Corbell on his new docum...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest!!! Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million l...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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HOUR ONE: "Magical Thinking" - Does a magician have anything to teach us? We'll explore magical thinking this hour, on stage and in our lives. HO...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Against Cynicism" - Why is the world so cynical? This hour, an irony-free exploration of cynicism. HOUR TWO: "Repeat When Necessary" -...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
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Spectrum: Marijuana, sex, soccer and sleep - On this week's show: If Marijuana can make old mice brains younger, does that work with humans too?...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "In Search Of Real Food" - Supermarkets are designed to make you think you have a lot of choices. But do you? This hour, reclaiming real ...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57