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In this episode of Incoming, we’re speaking with playwright Delia Knight, whose relationship with her best friend and Marine brother suffered – and...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 52:08
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We’re spending this hour with our friend, writer, performer, and veteran Navy officer, James Seddon. James is one of the founding members of So Say...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:02
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“Everything Is A War,” focuses on stories about how serving in a war zone can stick to a person, so deeply that traces of it will magically appear ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 56:23
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Navigating the present, alongside past and future. Today’s show, “Unstuck in Time,” is titled after the opening line in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slau...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
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“I was much further out than you thought, And not waving but drowning.” –Stevie Smith. Today’s episode is titled “Lost At Sea,” for two reasons: f...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
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Zena, from Oakland, is a singer songwriter, visual artist, storyteller – and one of the few women masters of the kora – a West African harp – taugh...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:21
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Michael Powell is a train driver for the Chicago Transit Authority. He captivated me for years with his chatty speeches over the train's speakers. ...

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  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Van Wallach (right)
Bobby speaks, from the steps of the NYC Public Library, with Van Wallach, author of "A Kosher Dating Odyssey: One Former Texas Baptist's Quest for ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2013
  • Length: 50:02
Caption: Chuck Piekarski, Credit: Janette Beckman
Chuck Piekarski, a baker/pastry chef at God's Love We Deliver in New York, came to his job after experiencing a personal tragedy -- and now he's gi...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:49
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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: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 03:09
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Tallie discusses her current work in invasive species plant protection, and her plans to get a PhD in Ethnobotany. She also talks about the giving ...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
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4 "Moments" with trumpeter, flugelhornist, and advocate, Jimmy Owens.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WART FM, WUSF and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 10
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Overcaffeinated and stressed, MIT students rush down the "infinite corridor." But a few steps away is all it takes to make a calming, peaceful moment.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
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It's just a simple office, but for some students it's like a home, complete with an "adoptive mother." It's a routine place made special.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
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"You’ve got this reservoir of ideas are roaming around in your brain and you want to put them down on paper and pass those out to the trumpet playe...

Bought by WMOT, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 5
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"Well, growing up in Detroit I was exposed to a lot of different music, a lot of different cultures at a very young age without ever having to leav...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams - Monterey Jazz Fest., 1971, Credit: Paul Slaughter Photos
“My father forced me to go to dancing school and take accordion lessons. I was a lousy dancer, couldn’t play, but there was this yearning for that ...

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  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 6

  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: James Moody, Credit: Frank Stewart
"Moody's Mood for Love" is one of the most memorable and recognizable solos in jazz history. But for James Moody, the song contains a bigger history.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 8
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For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, WMNR, KMXT, KRPS and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 12
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For your On-Air Fundraising: these pieces have been designed to give stations three options for using and creating a fundraising spot with a major ...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, WMNR, KUHF, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 23
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
For your On-Air Fundraising: Think of this as a mini-fundraising "time-out" (or drop-in) to insert a little bit of musical insight, radio-craft, an...

Bought by WSMC, KVNO, and WMNR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2010
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Mara Keisling from the National Center for Transgender Equality
This week on Culture Clique we continue our interview with two individuals from the national center for Transgender equality. Mara Kiesling is the...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 27:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
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Will Wright spoke with a man whose attempt to save a stranger's life left a mark on his.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 05:03