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Hope In A Time of Endings: An Independence Day Recognition of Voice
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Speaking out about unjust events and atrocities that others passively accept segregates the outspoken, often. In their own time, they are often ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 04:34
A Million Miles More: Garrison Keillor's Long Run
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: No more Prairie Home Companion ponies to ride, Credit: Susan Cook
I watched the next-to-last Prairie Home Companion live broadcast on my laptop since the show and the 1 and ½ hour encore were live streamed on You-...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:09
On Being Sane In Insane Places: A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The lessons of D.L. Rosenhan's study of imposters pretending to have psychiatric illness on psychiatric units have not been lost on the world of me...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:32
A Citizen's Guide to the Surgical Inoperability of Self-interest from the Political Body
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that Arizona’s 2000 law which created an Independent Commission to determine Congressional Re-d...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
A Citizen's Guide to Silence
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: A migratory bird without a home..., Credit: Susan Cook
Legislative ethics exist to put the brakes on political gamesmanship- whether it’s trading votes to pass a bill, get a fat salaried new Federal job...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 10:07
A Citizen's Guide to What to Eat During a Government Shutdown
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Still have to visit the grocery store..., Credit: Susan Cook
Citizens are being reminded these days of everything they don't have control over. Any nutritionist will tell you that the one thing you always ha...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
MN Church Celebrates Easter in Cabaret After Tragic Fire
From: Radio K
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On a Sunday in April, cheery faces populate the groundbreaking of a new church construction project in South Minneapolis. Almost a year earlier, th...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
Cooking Cajun Style
From: Radio K
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Minneapolis and New Orleans may be an entire country apart, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the feasts of Mardi Gras in our own way. Cul...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
A Little Dinner Music
From: Radio K
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Of our five senses, sound and taste might not seem to have that much in common. But if you ever find yourself at a fast food joint that blasts the...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
Salty Lou’s Local Lobster
From: JP Davidson
Caption: Rob Martin, Cape Cod lobsterman, Credit: JP Davidson
A lobsterman and his girlfriend try to build the market for locally caught and processed lobster, in an increasingly global industry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 5
And Always From Behind: Where Women Are Now
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Keep your hands off my character, Credit: Susan Cook
International Women's Day is a time for women to acknowledge how women are discredited by others. And yes women too discredit women. All of this c...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
He Threw A Shoe At President Bush
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
when President Bush visited Iraq, an Iraqi man threw a shoe at him.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: :23
Why Would She Email Me?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A commentary on the content of unsolicited email

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: :21
Help With Rehersal
From: The humble Farmer
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Another reason to go into teaching

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: :39
  • Purchases: 1
Can You Be Trusted With Money?
From: The humble Farmer
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I need to find an executor for my estate.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: :30
Obama Will Make Friends With Our Enemies
From: The humble Farmer
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A woman told me that Obama would make friends with those who would destoy our country.

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


  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Lethal Weapon
From: The humble Farmer
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Redefining the parameters of self defense

  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
  • Length: :40
Plastic Automobiles
From: The humble Farmer
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Plastic is lighter than steel

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


  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 1
Scientific Improvements
From: The humble Farmer
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The depression was caused by products that never wore out

  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 02:07
The Windchill Factor
From: The humble Farmer
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It is cold enough without throwing in the windchill factor

  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
I Have A Master's Degree in Broadcasting
From: The humble Farmer
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I Have A Master's Degree in Broadcasting

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Everything is Youth Oriented
From: The humble Farmer
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Everything has always been youth oriented

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


  • Added: Nov 06, 2008
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 1
Quality Time
From: The humble Farmer
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Do you spend quality time with your spouse and children?

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


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Doublethink in Political ads on Television
From: The humble Farmer
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In the land of political ads, two plus two can equal five

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:24
I'm Glad I'm Not Running For President
From: The humble Farmer
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A commentary on childhood friends

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


  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1