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The nuance of language, of idiom. The difference between being looked at–stared at, glared at–and being seen. When we look with eyes of love, we se...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:18
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Most of the Western world has a waste problem, and recycling has been pushed by policymakers as one of the best ways to combat it. In Baltimore and...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 16:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Discussion on the lingering history of racist ideology in the Americas and beyond.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:02
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Finding Place in the Placelessness: Chad Simpson and Monica Berlin talk with Assistant Editor John McCarthy about the under-appreciated, rich cultu...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 16:27
Caption: "Orphan Train" by author Christina Baker Kline
In the last half of the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries unwanted children from east coast cities were the cargo of what were ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 17:09
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: "Prairie Silence" by Melanie Hoffert
Minnesota author Melanie Hoffert's new book deals with the persistent ties one raised in a rural community may feel years later, even after their l...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 2
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In this second of a two-part series highlighting the winners of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to be held in Cleveland on Sept. 13th, producer...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
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Sean talks about reverence for knowledge, his first job of being a dad, being a Native American Storyteller in winter, and being Leech Lake Tribal ...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Muddy Jungle Rivers - Wendell Affield
Wendell Affield of Bemidji joins Charlie Pulkrabek to talk about his new memoir about his experience in the Mobile Riverine Force while serving as ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
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The indigenous people from the far north of Scandinavia have endured years of abuse. Governments in the region tried their best to eliminate their...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sean Hill
Award winning Minnesota Poet Sean Hill joins Heidi Holtan to talk about his book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Susan Carol Hauser: "My Kind of River Journey"
Bemidji area resident Susan Carol Hauser's most recent book is a nonfiction chronicle of an 18 day journey down the Mississippi. Susan joins Maggie...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 18:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Katie Marshall and Lisa Stauffer join Travis Ryder to preview the exhibitions appearing this month at MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids. The mai...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 11:52
  • Purchases: 1
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We have seen a lot of pictures from Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade. Chances are that many of them were actually taken by the military. C...

Bought by KUT, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Midori
For most musicians, Bach is more than just music. For violinist Midori, Bach is a way of life. Use this 26 second clip to introduce Midori playin...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: :26
Caption: Frank Peter Zimmermann
Musicians often become “one” with their instrument – it’s not just an expensive and valuable piece of equipment they use on the job. For some, lik...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: :21
Caption: Kristjan Järvi, Credit: Peter Rigaud
When you look into the story behind some of the most beautiful music, you often find that something dark or even tragic lies at the source. Conduc...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: :27
Caption: Kim Kashkashian, Credit: courtesy of WGBH
How does one make a sound on an instrument? Violist Kim Kashkashian says it actually has little to do with the instrument itself. Ultimately, she...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: :22
Caption: Gil Shaham
We know Haydn, the wonderful composer of symphonies and string quartets, but did you know he also wrote some terrific Violin Concertos? Violinist ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: :25
Caption: Anna Netrebko, Credit: Annie Leibovitz
In soprano Anna Netrebko’s recording of Russian Romances, she introduces us to the not-as-well-known sides of two well-known composers – Rimsky-Kor...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: :26
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski champions two composers from his country – Frederic Chopin and Karol Szymanowski. Like Chopin, Szymanowski’s mus...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: :22
Caption: Yuja Wang
The Piano Sonata No 2 by Chopin is best known for the funeral march in the third movement. That march has been immortalized from its appearances i...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :23
Caption: Children explore the river's wildlife, Credit: Brian Mohan
Clearwater acts as a model for letting children be active and interactive with nature on the Hudson River. Welcome aboard

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
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Pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy is not quite sure what's more amazing - that Beethoven wrote so many remarkable pieces of music, or that h...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :22
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The musician's life is a humbling up and down journey towards perfection, or at least musical expression on the highest level. If you don't get it...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :27