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Last February, a former student at Utah State University wrote a Facebook post. She said she’d been raped by an instructor in the piano department,...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 26:53
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This week, we'll take you on a road trip through Northern Ireland, 20 years after the peace agreement ended three decades of violence between Prote...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Red wing black birds, at least 6-10 in the surrounding marshy area near an east tributary to the Tolomato River, St. Augustine, FL. 3pm. Sunny. Hig...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
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Whatever the musical setting—whether solo, duo, trio, quartet, or quintet—pianist Joanne Brackeen's unique style of playing commands attention. In ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 10
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Demolition Truck hauling wood, glass, concrete, etc. into a large metal trash container. 10:30am, sunny, breezy, 65 degrees. Recorded less than 50 ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
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If you commit a crime in Utah and a judge says you’re too mentally ill to defend yourself in court, you’ll get sent to Utah State Hospital in Provo...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 17:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Dolphins at Porpoise Point, St. Augustine, FL. Early evening, 4:12 pm, sunny & windy. A pod of 3 dolphins with an occasional loner in the distance,...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 41:35
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Garbage Truck, pick up day, late afternoon... as the truck fades away in the distance, sounds from the the natural environment fade in, taking over...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:28
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Freight train off of US1, St. Augustine, FL. Recorded while driving in the car, window down, mic following along. Late afternoon. January 2017. EQ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:04
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Landscape Ambience: a southern toad (buffo terrestris) singing solo over a chorus of toads and frogs that erupted after 3 weeks of rainfall. Northe...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:14
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Field recording of Hurricane Irma just as it was hitting St. Augustine, FL.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 05:20
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It's not uncommon to pay over a hundred dollars for a math or science textbook, and new editions are published frequently. For students struggling...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 16:56
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The EU stands up to Washington over the Iran nuclear deal - Protests against the Austrian government’s anti-immigration agenda - Remote control: Co...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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Inmates in Utah jails die at a higher rate than any other state in the country. And the secrecy surrounding the issue is just as disturbing as the...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 15:20
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LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson was a noted storyteller. He asked Mormons to be kind, honest, and to serve others. But when it came to cont...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 19:30
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Tired of the news? Well, this week we've got a special holiday episode of More to Say. Join producers Tim Slover and Lee Hale as Lee tries to con...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 12:19
Caption: Marni and Jim Family, Credit:  Marni Corrigan
When one or both parents are incarcerated the family is also incarcerated and are adversely affected in profound ways that exacerbate existing stru...

Bought by WVAS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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During his first official visit to Utah, President Trump announced the largest cutback to national monument land in U.S. history. Bears Ears and G...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 13:38
  • Purchases: 1
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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When you have an emergency, you call 911. A dispatcher answers and calmly sends help. But dispatchers are real people too, trying to make sense o...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Orson Welles news conference, 1938, Credit: WikiCommons
On October 30th, 1938, American radio audiences - believing that a Martian invasion was underway - went absolutely nuts. Panicked masses fled to th...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KALW, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 3
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On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California— three cities grappling with evictions,...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The popular notion that Jamaica developed its early ska and reggae musics by listening to high powered New Orleans radio stations doesn't give cred...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 43:39
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Despite strict rules that you can't illicitly sell things outside of Jazz Fest, there is a whole economy that exists just beyond the festival gates...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:40
Caption: Samuri Armor, Credit: Renee Wilde
The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is nestled in a beautiful stretch of public parks that mark the confluence of the Stillwater and Great Miami Rive...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:02
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In these short pieces, Dee Dee talks about scatting, her big break, and studying the moves of Betty Carter.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13