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Caption: ...the value of  human anchoring..., Credit: Susan Cook
Fourteen years ago this month, Maine Public Radio fired the host of a 30 year popular jazz program, The humble Farmer because he criticized the Ir...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2017
  • Length: 06:53
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As women in this country grieve the lost opportunity to elect a woman President, the widespread sanctioning of Donald Trump’s sexploitation is ther...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:11
Caption: Nothing says conspiracy theory like a girl..., Credit: Downeast Magazine
Today The River Is Wide introduces a new specialty item : the two and a half minute Conspiracy Theory. We don’t want to ramble. We’ll keep it brief...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:14
Caption: Polls don't decide the winner. Voters do. , Credit: Susan Cook
The American voting public has become as gullible about Election polls as they are about quick weight loss plans. In Maine, Election eve, 2010, t...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2016
  • Length: 08:01
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In Today's Department of Poetic Justice, The River Is Wide offers a musical tribute to 'Donald J. Trump' to the tune of 'Seventy Six Trombones'. fr...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:46
Caption: Cat Brooks
Mauro Oliviera, local activist and producer of Smallworldradio.net, co-hosts with me today. Our guest is direct action activist and organizer, Cat...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2015
  • Length: 58:54
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
With the election season over, the next phase of elected politics has settled on our plates like a bowl of jello. How can you tell when the age-old...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Caption: An old clutch replaced might work better..., Credit: Susan Cook
In politics, arrogance can be hired, purchased or -in volunteer organizations- a gratuity that comes with volunteer labor.- or elected. In Maine ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In the 1950’s and 1960’s American citizens and the stalwart among them who were brave enough to run for political office had to learn to live with...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
Caption: Banner , Credit: Garth Mullins
Radio is dead. Or so we are told. Video was supposed to have killed the radio star. Is the internet going to finish It off? International broadcast...

Bought by KQED, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and global24radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: "...as close as you can to the truth, that wild horse that once you catch..., Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty-Second Moral Inquiry asks questions about what is right and wrong. Today's Sixty-Second Moral Inquiry asks: Why not mangle,`distort the i...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Caption: New Managed car regulations require us to cover more items than we did before and our company has decided that is Unaffordable... we are cancelling your policy.", Credit: Susan Cook
Well, we thought it might happen. Over at Automobile Behavioral Health they are cancelling managed car insurance policies because the new "required...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
Caption: The Ponies would act fast when funding was cut. , Credit: Susan Cook
Long ago, The Cavalier, horsemen who helped Charles I fight off The Roundheads, created "Dos and Don'ts" for choosing the Ponies to stand by them ...

  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 01:36
Caption: Rick Steves at NORML 2007, Credit: NORML Foundation
Rick Steves is a popular PBS Travel Host and has authored dozens of travel guides. Here he speaks passionately about marijuana reform at the NORML ...

Bought by KSFR and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 2
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Maine Public Radio once existed to educate and entertain Maine people

  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: :35
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A few incredibly rich people decide what you hear on the radio

  • Added: Jul 05, 2008
  • Length: 03:20
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Greg Palast speaking on his book "Armed Madhouse"

  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:21