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Caption: Lowden F23c, Credit: Nathan Phillips
Recently on Instrumental, we've discussed instrumentalists and, more specifically, guitarists and their music. Today we'll be talking about the gu...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
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You may know him as the guy who takes surreal pictures of his Weimaraners; but that's just one strand of William Wegman's long and varied career. [...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
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My mom is upset about the condo community's strict holiday policies.

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
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Citizen voices from the Civic Commons Radio Show, set to hip-hop

  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:39
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We visit a group of campers who read "Building a Frog," an evocative poem by John Wooley. With the sounds of the forest, cicadas, crickets and frog...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
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We consider an unusual understanding of death - a biological one. Prof. Tyler Volk describes organisms tuning their lifespan to their surroundings,...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 08:05
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Drunk with knowledge, and slightly scared by its implications, Sam considers how best to use her new powers. Drama serial, set in a call centre for...

  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 14:25
Caption: Bay Area composer Christopher Hedge designed the sound for the Academy of Science's Morrison Planetarium
If you've been to the planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences recently, then you've heard Christopher Hedge's work on the show "Life: A C...

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The "Are We There Yet?" sound installation will be at the Contemporary Jewish Museum through July 31
Consider a snail without a shell. Is it still a snail? I think its a slug. Luckily, this isn’t a quiz ... it’s from a new art installation at the ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and WAMC


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 2
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What better symbol of human mastery over the power of nature than fire? Countless years of evolution have written fire into our DNA…No wonder kids ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Do you see it? The Face that haunts Gargoyle Statuary in Seattle? The darkest splotch is his right eye...Hear more creepy tales on our Got Fear episode., Credit: Artur Sapek
It’s the Mixing …BOO! Gotcha. We’re talking fear today with Lizzie Kirschner and Artur Sapek. They take us face-to-face with a poltergeist at a loc...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
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There's lots of things you buy on a whim. How about today you pledge to public radio - on a whim. (You already know you like it. And that's a lot m...

Bought by WYSO, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, KHNS, Red River Radio Network, WRVG - Georgetown College Student Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2009
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 16
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A found poem of sorts...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:55
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About one minute of ambient noise from eight museums in four cities.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 08:24
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Bird songs and sounds that slowly develop into a tango.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:39
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A comic-book version of the comic-book artist, Marty Hirchak takes the reader/listener on a tour of the "Comic Con" circuit.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 4
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community responses to tamarisk beetle infestation

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 20:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Nervous? Don't be. We'll tell you what's going to happen.

Bought by KUT, Public Radio Remix, WGBH Radio Boston, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
  • Length: 32:43
  • Purchases: 4
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One of 6 hour-long programs on the art and craft of radio with host Jay Allison, creator of the website Transom.org. This hour focuses on experimen...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, WMNF, WVPE, WETA, WVIK and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2006
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Two women, with two very different outlooks. They both would like your attention. Frankly, they demand your attention.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
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You're at a party. There's a conversation going on behind you. You really shouldn't be listening. Really.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Relationships to skin: an artful approach to dealing with pride and self-destruction.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:33
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A fictional, though easily believable, weaving of stories explores our complicity in a violent culture.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 11:37
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Chicago Public Radio's comedy program presents a continuous, 30-minute conversation.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN and KUHB


  • Added: Sep 19, 2005
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Sound composition -- How cold is 'below zero'?

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: :36
  • Purchases: 1