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The White Album Listening Party: Revisiting The Beatles' Top-Seller (3-Hour / Non-Newscast Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WXPN, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, KVNF, KRCB-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 02:57:04
  • Purchases: 12
How To Break Even in a Casino
From: Robert Karl Skoglund
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How to Break Even in a Casino

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM/FM-WLHV FM


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: :47
  • Purchases: 1
The Dirty Boogie
From: Robert Karl Skoglund
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There once was a dance called the dirty boogie

  • Added: Sep 09, 2008
  • Length: :31
The Fun Factory
From: Robert Karl Skoglund
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Dutch newspapers contain interesting items

  • Added: Aug 15, 2008
  • Length: :48
California Looks Good
From: Robert Karl Skoglund
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Alles ist relativ

  • Added: Aug 02, 2008
  • Length: :37
Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships
From: Nicholas Demarest
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This piece is a short essay about the rock, paper, scissors championships in Las Vegas.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:32
After the Weekend
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Past post mistress Anne Crotts sings at the 4th July. Postal workers in Ghana make music to make their work go smoother

  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 09:57
The 40 Worst Songs From Last Year
From: Robert Karl Skoglund
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They promised to play the 40 worst songs from last year.

  • Added: May 17, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Charlton Heston, Union Hero
From: Dick Meister
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Although he became a staunch conservative in his later years, actor Charlton Heston had earlier been a union leader and one of Hollywood's most out...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 02:37
FM Odyssey 'Portrait - An Interview with Dan Fogelberg'
From: FM Odyssey
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A career restrospective interview I conducted with Dan Fogelberg featuring stimulating conversation about many of Dan's best know works. Songs incl...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 01:55:54
Flickering Light
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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From Digital cameras to Magic lanterns and back again

  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 08:38
I'm a Monk, You're a Monk, We're All Monks
From: Aaron Rietz
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personal essay on obscure yet revolutionary 60's ex-gi band "the monks"

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:42
Commentary: Thanks. Pauline, for the Movies
From: Dick Meister
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An appreciation at Academy Awards time of critic Pauline Kael, who led us to a lifetime of pleasurable entertainment.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
What's the Deal with D&D? An Audio Adventure in Dungeons & Dragons
From: Angie Tung
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If you've never played it, do you really know what it's all about? Don't knock it until you've tried it.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 34:42
Why Ahmad Never Got to Celebrate Halloween
From: KCUR
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Commentary by Afghani college student about how his parents would not allow him to participate in Halloween.

Bought by YouthCast, WXLV-FM, and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 3
"The Woodpecker"
From: KCUR
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Muskogee Creek Indian story called "The Woodpecker."

Bought by KZYX and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 2
Kathleen McDonough: A Directors Take on Making An Historical Documentary
From: Talking History
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Katheleen McDonough discusses the making of historical documentaries.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2004
  • Length: 03:12