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Sounds Jewish Welcomes 2013!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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Andy ushers in the new year with Jewish tunes about drinking, kissing, and dancing!

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
The Last Word on Holiday Travel
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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There are really only two directions we can travel: back towards the familiar or out into the unknown.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Holiday Travel
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido and Dodger used to travel all the time during the holidays, but shifted to heading South.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Aaron Brown on Holiday Travel
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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We tread along old roads to places we've been before. Only a few times in an average American's life do we change our Christmas venue...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
Commentator Aaron Brown on Christmas Trees
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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Christmas reminds us that we've survived another year and still have some semblance of a family and a haphazard network of friends... we made it! T...

Bought by KUMD


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Christmas Trees
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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You have to actually see this Christmas tree to fully appreciate it: it's black and upside down.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Thanksgiving
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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Michael is having a hard time getting into the spirit of it this year...this holiday exists by decree.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Thanksgiving
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Between You and Me
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When Guido thinks of Thanksgiving, he thinks of a time decades ago...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:26
One Last Word: Signs
From: Mark Blackmon
Series: One Last Word
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Signs. They’re everywhere, but do we ever stop to examine them? Probably not, unless there’s something about them that one finds funny. Or weird. O...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:56
Breaking Up Christmas
From: With Good Reason
Series: Folklife FieldNotes
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When Christmas is over, the fun is just getting started for many in Southern Appalachia.

Bought by WTIP, KVNF, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WAMC


  • Added: Dec 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 4
Told and Retold: Winter
From: Gioia Timpanelli & Co.
Caption: Gioia Timpanelli
Told and Retold is a Winter Holiday special celebrating this time of year with a miscellany of world stories, poetry, conversation, and music. Spec...

Bought by WILL, WHRV, WYSO, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Camp Lovewave's 358th Show - Author Acharya, "Companion Guide To Zeitgeist Part 1"
From: Terran Lovewave
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Acharya, author of "The Companion Guide to Zeitgeist Part 1," visits The Camp to talk about the questionable mythological history of the birth of J...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:15
Four Christmas Birds
From: Ruth Beasley
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Learning the Birds birdlady Ruth Beasley probes the lore and legend of Four Christmas Birds: doves, cardinals, partridges, and a mystery bird.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:29
KERA Commentary: Holiday Conflict
From: KERA
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The personal price we can pay at holiday time for our political opinions.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Behind the mask (The un-Valentine)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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(Could be used as a "dark" Valentine) Public smiles often hide the private anger of those 'perfect' couples

  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:25
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) The Naked Truth
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It's Christmas night. The kid is asleep. Two tired adults get naked under the tree for a little celebrating of their own. What could go wrong? Eve...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) Just in the nick of time
From: Spokane Public Radio
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By the time Christmas rolls around, I've lost the glow. I'm grouchier and meaner than the Grinch.

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: (Christmas) Do you hear what I hear?
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Holiday songs and old familiar carols are the soundtrack of this time of year. But do we all hear the same thing?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2006
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Gigantic, True Love for Valentine's Day
From: Nanci Olesen
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A commentary by Nanci Olesen about true love for the planet

Bought by KFAI and WEPS


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet: Real Love (To air Feb 13.)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I watched the old man and woman walk slowly down the sidewalk...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Abe's Light - from Mistakes to Making It
From: Ellen Weber
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When we light a candle for Lincoln's day we rekindle ours

  • Added: Jan 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
Home Planet: Love or Something Like It. (Valentine's Day)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Love doesn't always come with balloons and words that rhyme. True love usually comes to us just like the groceries, mixed with the necessities and ...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WKNO


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet: (New Year) Time in My Hands
From: Spokane Public Radio
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I don't have a lot to show for last year. I didn't lose a pound or gain an hour. I didn't save nearly enough time or money. I didn't turn over any ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WAMC, Public Interactive, KUOW, and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 5
Praying for Peace in The New Year
From: Paul McDonald
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What might really happen if every warrior on the planet beat his sword into a plowshare?

Bought by WSLR, KDNK, KUT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KTNA


  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 5
9 Reasons to Wear a Winter Holiday Sweater
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Droll short about ugly holiday sweaters

Bought by KDNK and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2