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This week's edition declares 'hats off'' to all the Paters, Pops and Patriarchs we know, with a world of good music!

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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He survives by his ability to entertain you -- a profile of a longtime weight-guesser along the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland

Bought by The Story, KUT, and WILL


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Al Jolson Meets Cab Calloway", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"Swanee", "Hi De Ho Man" and "Avalon" will be among the 78 RPM records (and movie soundtracks) heard on the 16th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Rama H...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 57:07
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Inez Mostue creates delightful Norwegian Trolls and Nisser which are the stuff of Scandinavian folk tales. According to folk legends the Trolls cre...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 23:09
Caption: Joe Bev's "Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Give your listeners a break from the news with this one-hour special that mixes new radio theater and classic soundtracks, deconstructed by veteran...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:38
  • Purchases: 1
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It's Cupid's bow pointing the way this week, and we're on a global quest for the sweetest music for the occasion!

Bought by KFOK-LP and WFYI


  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
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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
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Are you resolving to lose weight this new year? If you're looking at joining a gym or fitness club, correspondent Rich Fish says you need to flex s...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:46
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Big-rig driver Boyd Applegate tells his sister, Rhonda Dixon, about being a real-beard Santa Claus.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
Caption: hmmm...what do I want for Christmas?, Credit: Maeve Conran
What makes a good Santa? It's not just about the belly and the beard... we'll find out more when we take a visit to a "School For Santas" in Arvada...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:05
Caption: Hanging a Stocking, 1901
The History Guys trace the evolution of Christmas from a rowdy festival of misbehavior to the domestic, child-centered holiday that it is today.

Bought by WRIR, WEZU, KSRQ, WRNC-LP, KQAL and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 55
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A hundred years before Frank Kapra ever dreamed up a wonderful life, Charles Dickens had already penned the seminal Christmas classic. For the past...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 27:11
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Host Rich Fish continues our annual holiday series with a look at the most popular gift request this holiday season - gift cards! But sometimes a g...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
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This edition of Folktales, it's 'game on' as it tracks treasured toys, play songs and play time traditions around the musical globe!

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
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SPR's Movies 101 film reviewers give their picks for their top holiday rentals, traditional and not-so-traditional.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
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Correspondent Rich Fish kicks off our annual holiday series with a look at the do's and don'ts of cybershopping.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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Now that Thanksgiving 2012 is in the books, let's address the leftovers in our refrigerators. Chef Daniel Orr prepares stock, turkey soup and fried...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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A holiday edition of our consumer watchdog segment Bloomington Beware! debunks the myth of Halloween candy tampering and gives you a good scare on ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: Baby, it's cool on this side!
Dear Santa, I am so cool. This year I need the hippest music on the planet. Here's hoping the mainstream doesn't flow all the way to the North Po...

Bought by KUCB, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: El Amor Brujo, Candela, Credit: Carlos Saura
The Spanish Hour presents music haunting and macabre for Halloween and el día de los muertos.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A full blown costume.
Every year, this tiny Vermont town has a funny tradition -- a crowd-drawing outhouse race. On your mark, get set...go!

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 07:42
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The perfect Halloween soundtrack for entertaining the ghosts and goblins in your audience.

Bought by WEKU, Spokane Public Radio, WCQS, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:56:54
  • Purchases: 4
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Another finger-snappin', hip-shakin' stew of monster melodies for a space age Halloween, including tunes by Zacherley, the Rigormoticians, Spike Jo...

Bought by KSRQ, Prairie Public, and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Fiona J Mackenzie, Raggle Taggle, State of Undress, Ross Rudd, Alexand...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:58