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The Beat: Mark Christensen - "Crutches"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:36
  • Purchases: 1
Italian Bakers: Mafia Slicing Into Profits
From: Nancy Greenleese
Series: Made In Italy...For Now
Caption: Baker Salvatore Raccuglia rolls the bread as bakers have done for centuries in Sicily. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni
Italian breads and pastries are favorites among foodies. But Italian artisan bakeries are shutting down. Changing eating habits, the crisis and t...

Bought by KUOW, KLCC, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Beat: Todd Boss - "Dream In Perfect Color Though I Might"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
The Beat: Lorie Yourd - "Broadband"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Lorie Yourd is a retired educator and a dedicated advocate for the arts living in the Bemidji area. Here she reads her poem "Broadband." The Beat i...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
The Beat: Gail Rixen - "One of Us"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Gail Rixen has been a finish carpenter, a health care aid, and she currently farms near Nebish, Minnesota. Rixen has published three books of poetr...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Obituary"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:46
Our History: United States vs. Dakota War
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: US-Dakota War Exhibit
Director of the Minnesota History Center Museum Dan Spock details the 1862 war between the U.S. government and the Dakota Indians.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 3
Shame On Holland Again
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Istanbul, Credit: Anton Foek
In Nederland willen we eerlijk en open met elkaar omgaan. Maar als het aan het Openbaar Ministerie ligt wordt daar grof en oneerlijk onderscheid i...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
The Last Mosquito
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Mosquito Net
According to scientists from all over the world approximately 1 million people die of malaria every year. The world community spends billions of d...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
Ghost Tour through former prison in Tasmania
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Church at Port Arthur, Credit: Jake Warga
A night time ghost hunt through Port Arthur, Tasmania

Bought by KUT, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
Observations on the Type A Personality
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One does not argue with a person afflicted with a Type A personality

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 01:33
Global Warming
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
When it comes to formulating an opinion on global warming, would you be more inclined to believe an MIT professor who has studied climate change or...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
  • Length: :58
  • Purchases: 1
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John K. MacLellan
Jay Ipson is the original survivor. He and his mother and father escaped selections in the the Kuvna ghetto in Lithuania. When Nazis tightened the ...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
There Was No One There
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A visit to the Endagered Species booth at the Common Ground Fair

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Dec 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
He Joined the Army after 9-11
From: The humble Farmer
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A young man was so upset over 9-11 that he immediately joined the army.

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
No Parallel Between Hitler and Bush
From: The humble Farmer
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Americans do not think like Europeans

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: :55
What's your opinion on teen pregnancy?
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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Why is teen pregnancy a big thing right now?

  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
Why Fight A War That Cannot Be Won?
From: The humble Farmer
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Why would a leader destroy a country he claims to love?

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 1
A Side Benefit of Unemployment
From: The humble Farmer
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Unemployment is handy when there is no draft

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: :20
Whom Do You Hate Today?
From: The humble Farmer
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Fear and hatred are good for big business

  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 02:01
Stephen King's Movie Rose Red
From: The humble Farmer
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Scary things

  • Added: Oct 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:34
Coo Coo
From: The humble Farmer
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The War On Terror

  • Added: Sep 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:04
The Gorilla Had Hair Like Dolly Parton
From: The humble Farmer
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I can't think of a title for this piece

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Sep 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 1
Learning Results
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If you don't study you might end up like me did

  • Added: Aug 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:52
End Discrimination Against Women
From: The humble Farmer
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Let's work together to end discrimination against women

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Aug 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1