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Somewhere in the midwest are two of the most unnatural sounding rooms in the world, which some say were used to test the hearing of rabbits.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Computer Ed Radio is a weekly series that turns "Geek Speak" in to "Street Speak."

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:52:00
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Part documentary, part sound-collage, this special explores Costa Rica, considered one of the "greenest" countries in the world, and its national e...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 21:19
Caption: Busting the Artichoke King's racket in the Bronx
Before Prohibition hit, the New York mafia had another racket that netted millions of dollars in profits. The name of the game? Sweet, sweet baby a...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
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Beetles in boots...coughing scallops...and monkeys with a sense of fair play. Just some of the surprising animal facts Sandra Tsing Loh shares this...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Turning Geek Speak into Street Speak!

  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:52:00
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Songwriters often record demo versions of songs before they record them in professional studios. These demos offer a peek behind the songwriting an...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:01:50
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Why can't we get a long? (hey, you think it's easy coming up with a new title every week?)

Bought by KSJD, KKRN, KPVL, WOUB, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with Dr. Elena Bodnar, founder & president of the Trauma Risk Management Research Institute in Chicago, about her...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
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A profile of Occupy's first politician

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 07:06

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:21
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"Libraries must have been very noisy places, with everyone clacking away at their typewriter" thought one student recently. True story. Tom and Ro...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
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Today's text messages and yesterday's telegrams might just be pretty much the same thing, only very different. Confused? So are Tom and Ron!

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
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Have astronauts - once futuristic heroes - become a ho-hum thing of the past? Have they always existed in some form? Ron and Tom share their thoug...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
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The acclaimed movie "The Artist" presents a unique opportunity for members of different generations to compare the effects of ever-changing technol...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
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Artist sets gone wild.

Bought by KHNS, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KPVL, KEOS and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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For the third week of September (9/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who straddled both political and cul...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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For the third week of March (3/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a blues legend who also made some of the first know...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of January (1/19): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who played auto harp and sang folksongs b...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of January (1/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering female R&B artist who is a triple th...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the last week of January (1/29): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a jazz musician who gained fame playing country mu...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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This week Radio Curious takes you to Glass Beach in Ft. Bragg, California for a visit with Captain Cass Farrington, the creator and owner of the Gl...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
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On this episode Don't Cha know were going to be visiting with a person whose going to tell us about a bloody, gory, good time that's about to infec...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 13:22

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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More songs than ever before.

Bought by KWMR-FM, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KEOS and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7