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We'll look at phrases that seem at first glance to mean something, but are actually complete nonsense.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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Stories by Sheila Arnold, Paul Strickland, Laura Deal, Donna Washington, Adam Booth, and Simon Brooks.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Okaay, April Fools Day is upon us, so let's have a little fun and nominate some of your national leaders for the biggest fool prize, and of course...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 02:59
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Folk music and farce, show tunes and satire, madness and escape!

  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Folk music and farce, show tunes and satire, madness and escape!

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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This episode features writer and podcaster Lindy West, comedian Paul F. Tompkins, and music from soul group Ural Thomas and the Pain.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 58:59

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Tommy Mischke in studio, Credit: KSTP
Echoing through the late-night airwaves and disrupting the status quo of the talk format, Tommy "TD" Mischke was a thorn in the side of executives ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 43:08
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We get back to one of our favorite topics: words that sound a lot like other words but that mean totally different things.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Oscar Nunez and Sarah Drew. , Credit: Photo by Matt Petit
Sarah Drew and Oscar Nuñez channel their inner Lucy and Desi.

Bought by KCHW, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 29
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Celebrating Malachy McCourt, Richard Lewis, Karl Wallinger, Eric Carmen, Steve Lawrence and Blues Bob Shapiro while exploring the Yin & Yang of a p...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:43
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Folk music and farce, show tunes and satire, madness and escape!

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
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Sounds Jewish raises a glass to St. Patrick’s Day.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode features author Héctor Tobar, writer and comedian Jena Friedman, and music from indie folk trio Joseph.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, on You're Saying It Wrong: We're looking at weird word origins. When we think a word is related to something, but isn't.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
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Sam Dunning and Stimson Snead talk jibs, self-acceptance, and the power of entropy.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 22:42
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Folk music and farce, show tunes and satire, madness and escape!

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
Caption: Aubrey Gordon
This episode is a pledge edition of Live Wire that features podcaster Aubrey Gordon, standup comedian Chris Meija, and music from Danielle Ponder.

Bought by Tri States Public Radio, KUNC & The Colorado Sound, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WHQR, WLRN and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 46:01
  • Purchases: 8
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John Wilson, Head Berry and Founder of the Razzie Awards, talks dodging bullets, buying a sense of humor, and ruining a perfectly bad movie.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 20:00
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish takes a deep dive into the Jewish music of 1947.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We look at some "rules" of the language that were mostly just made up so people could feel like they were speaking proper English.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On the next episode of the show, you know if you're like me every once in a while, you wish you were more lucky than you are. But the truth is, luc...

Bought by WVPE, KTXK, KKRN, KSJE, and WVPE


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 5
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This episode features writer Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker Roz Chast, and Black Belt Eagle Scout.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, 3/1/24
Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews talk mysterious castles, microwave mashed potatoes, and Lou Costello’s scream.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 18:56