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Ah, summer, the shortest season of the year. Or, at least it seems that way. This show is devoted to a few really hot bands and vocalists who guar...
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 58:58
Maintaining a sense of humor in another language can be difficult. Some misunderstandings can be humorous. Still, understanding the nuances of joke...
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 05:10
Largely forgotten, bandleader Sam Lanin is possibly the most prolific recording artist of the 1920s. No one really knows just how many records he ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
For my sister, eating a hamburger is a sublime experience. And recently she tried to give them up.
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 03:00
Please don't feed the large reptiles! An American in Vienna finds herself at the bountiful mercy of strangers; A man seeking treatment for depressi...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 29:03
The ukulele became as commonplace in the American parlor as the piano in the 1920s. Today we think of the tiny guitar as a Hawaiian instrument, whe...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
The world's only contract killer not to own a gun discovers she is in business.
- Added: Apr 14, 2013
- Length: 04:33
Laughter is the best medicine. But, it feels that today's musicians may be taking themselves too seriously. Here are selections from the 1920s to t...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 01, 2013
- Length: 05:16
- Purchases: 2
Although he hailed from St. Louis, Charles Ellsworth “Pee Wee” Russell took his clarinet cues from New Orleans. Only now is he beginning to be reco...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
How would you react when a friend tells you they're "inspired" to join the United States Postal Service?
- Added: Mar 24, 2013
- Length: 04:07
Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 02:36
True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 06:48
One of my very first pieces: A chronicle of my adventures doing sound for an Elvis Tribute Artist and a large gospel Church in Madison WI.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 06:18
- Purchases: 1
Michael Johnson shares two stories from two schools. A look at race vs. gender on the playground leads to a reflection on academic failure.
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 01:58
Author Vicki Leon takes us for a ride through the ages of aphrodisiacs and anti-aphrodisiacs, contraception, nymphomania, bisexuality, cross-dressi...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 26, 2013
- Length: 14:59
- Purchases: 1
Frac Dust is worrying the residents of Dipperville
- Added: Jan 21, 2013
- Length: 05:42
Big Pharma and Medical Insurance and their influence on the sick (and not so sick).
- Added: Jan 21, 2013
- Length: 05:48
Some of the best music from the 1920s with Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Bix Beiderbecke, and many more to welcome in the New Year.
- Added: Dec 26, 2012
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 3
Here’s a new book for Channuk, Hannukkah, Channukah, or however you happen to spell it.
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 09:49
A former corporate speechwriter, Joe Wenke is the owner of a leading event marketing company. With his new book, he’s going to have a few more inte...
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 15:15
When Claudia Solotaroff was 25, she moved to Oregon hoping for a new life. Instead, she got a job as a backwoods bartender, where she had to conten...
- Added: Dec 10, 2012
- Length: 05:45
A classic year-end show that highlights the celebration of the holiday rather than the passing of any specific year. It's all about the going out, ...
- Added: Dec 06, 2012
- Length: 28:41
My high school used to drop groups of kids off in the woods in order to teach them survival skills. There was no adult supervision.
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 11:06
In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...
- Added: Dec 02, 2012
- Length: 07:47
