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Caption: NYTimes Best Selling Author Augusten Burroughs, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author of the NYT best seller "Running with Scissors", AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS The Oregonians musical editor, RYAN WHITE Musical Guests, RADIATION CITY

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Weird and wonderful songs about stars including "Meryl Streep is from the Future," "Tom Cruise Crazy," "Hattie McDaniel at the Oscars 1939," "Ingri...

  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:02:06
Caption: Samantha Powell and Billy Marohn on an innocent roadtrip. Or are they?
What if you were stuck at the border, having to answer probably *appropriate* questions? What if you maybe trusted the Canadian banking system to j...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
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Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 01:49
Caption: LOGO, Credit: Bobby Pickles
Bobby speaks with, writer and animator, Leesa Dean about her three fully developed animated series – Chilltown, The Danger Squad and Lele’s Ratchet...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 55:22
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You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
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A musical whoopee-cushion for your ears.. fake bands, clever pastiches and general silliness.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
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April brings a shower of fascinating facts! What’s the chemistry of cake? Why do guppies choose ugly pals to be their wingmen? Where does Barney s...

Bought by WEZU and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Finding each other, when it just might be too late.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:19
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we get real with songs about stuff that actually happened. With Deep Pu...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:50
Caption: Joe Bev & Lorie Kellogg read "My Brunch with A", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg. Great for Wallace Shawn's birthday, the anniversary of "My Dinner with Andre", ...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 09:31
Caption: Wocka wocka!, Credit: snorgtees.com.
In this episode, chemistry takes center stage. First, why science and comedy make gut-busting bedfellows. Then the history of science as popular en...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 21:38
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we tattoo you with songs and stories of INK. Illustrated by Groucho Mar...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
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This week's Rock School show was basically already done for us! Since Dr. Burns is such a fan of the random, interesting, and amazing facts magazin...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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March winds blow in a bevy of science conundrums: why do beetles follow the Milky Way? How do quail mothers hide their Easter eggs? And while the ...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Author of Quiet, Susan Cain, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author - SUSAN CAIN Cuban Pianist - ALFREDO RODRIQUEZ Comedian - IAN KARMEL

Bought by KUT, WFYI, Rhythm & News Service, KWMR-FM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 6
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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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Lake Superior State University recently released their 38th annual Banished Words list. WTIP's Buck Benson chatted with John Shibley of the univers...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 16:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Weekly 4 minute spritz of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we go to the Oscars with Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Jiminy Cricket,...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
Caption: Let's Get It On!
4 minute weekly binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics, this week diving deep into the velvety cushion of love songs. From "Voulez Vouz C...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:55
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True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
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4 minute weekly thrill-ride through musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time: JILTED, with Hank Williams, Billy Paul, Sam Kinison and The...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
Caption: He Played SuperBowl #1
Weekly 4 minute nose-dive into a sea of musical oddities, rarities and classics. This time, the strange history of Super Bowl Halftime Shows. In th...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
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Do birds have a smoking section? What’s a “white smell?” And what if you took computer dating….to the extreme? These and other science mysteries ...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A satire within an enigma within a film within a radio story.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 17:44
  • Purchases: 2