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Caption: Avraamov conducting the Symphony of Sirens in Moscow. November 7, 1923., Credit: Andrey Smirnov
In November of 1923, a Soviet composer named Arseny Avraamov stepped onto a Moscow rooftop clutching two oversized flags. His plan: to conduct an ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Drawbridge tender, Mike Botelho at the controls.
What does it take to raise and lower a 73 ton drawbridge without the motors? Listen to what engineers in Woods Hole, MA did after Hurricane Sandy f...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
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Chef Gift gives us a simple soup. Strangely, it's similar to a primordial soup.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of March (3/13): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the very first Czech musicians to perform i...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: Julia Child
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WXXI, WNPR, and KTEP


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 55:08
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Ham, the first chimp in space, Credit: NASA
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer considers what science has to learn from flying saucers, what it might take for humans to colonize space in o...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Public Radio Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Gentlemen's Club
The Gentleman's Alarm Clock

  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: :45
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A new boxing clinic focuses on both physical fitness and philosophical growth.

Bought by KFAI and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 2
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One small town's quest to satisfy thousands of die-hard Twilight fans.

Bought by Vocalo.org and KUOW


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lyal Corliss pulls a horse shoe off a horse's hoof., Credit: Yuli Weeks
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:20
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A sound collage from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York in April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
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Historical look at R&B Music

Bought by KUCB, WSGE, WFSU, WNCU, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2008
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 6
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Taking action against global warming-- in the backyard.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Don Ingber is a cell biologist from Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital. One day he saw a piece of modern sculpture and was inspired to mak...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2007
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
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C'mon, bait your line. Let's go smelt fishin' on the ice.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, KGLT, WAMC, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 5
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Long Haul Productions follows two teams as they compete in the Southwest Michigan Birdathon

Bought by KUT, KGNU, KGOU, Public Radio Remix, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
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An exploration of how six radio 'guinea pigs' react to a series of sonic inkblots...

Bought by KUT, KFAI, KRUA, WUAL, WBEZ and more


  • Added: May 29, 2006
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 8