Here are download links for all the "Origins" podcasts I have. They are from a variety of sources - some online via WFKU (and Mixcloud) and some are my own recordings (hosted on Dropbox and OneDrive). In general, my recordings aren't great, so whenever I had the choice between a WFKU version and my own, as long as they're both the same length, I've always gone with the WFKU version because they're bound to be better.
Occasionally I'll post 2 or 3 links to the same show - that means no single source is acceptable enough - they all have some problem or other - see the "Notes"...
Important Note: Many of the shows suffered from what I can euphemistically call "Technical Difficulties" - late starts, dead air, glitches etc. I can't do anything to change that or make them any better - that's how they were broadcast. Again, see the "Notes"...
You generally have two options to hear the podcasts: "play" and/or "download". To play the WFKU or Mixcloud files, just click the "play" link and a new browser window will open where you can play the file.
To download them to your hard drive, simply right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) the "download" links. WFKU sources give you an "mp3" file, the Mixcloud ones give you an "m4a". These are easily to convert to "mp3" if you prefer - details below.
I don't seem to be able to post direct downloads links for my onedrive and dropbox files - you have to click on the "play" links to launch their respective pages and manually download them from there - sorry about that.
PS: Do you have a better or more complete copy of any of these shows to contribute to the archives. If so, please let me know and I'll update these lists....
NB:
Complete: Indicates it's the full show - maybe the opening second or two might be missing
Partial: means just that: part of the show - as broadcast - is missing...
All: refers to one of the shows with technical problems - it means there are bits missing but those bits weren't heard, so the file contains all that was broadcast of that particular show...
P: The "Playlist" links at the end of each line connect to the Hot Rails playlist for each show - it might be worth keeping that page open in the background for reference as you browse the above lists
Specific Episode Notes:
008: WFKU uploaded this podcast in two parts - no reason given, but nothing appears to be missing
058: WFKU's version contained only the last hour of the show - mine is complete but, as usual, of poorer quality
066: Both versions have the opening seconds missing, mine has a tad more but is not as good quality as the WFKU one..
067: 4 hour special - mine's complete, but the 1st hour is plagued by intermittent connection problems (ie gaps!), whereas WFKU only uploaded hours 3 and 4...
Converting m4as into mp3s
The "Mixcloud" pages do not offer a direct facility to download the podcasts, but a number of other online sites offer you the free facility to do so.
The "download" links I've listed above use the "Savelink.info" site, the first one I came across, but they all seem much of a muchness... Anyway, the sourced files are "m4a" format.
If you require "mp3" for whatever reason, they're easy to convert. This is just my own method - using VLC - you may have your own ways and means of doing the same thing.