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Co-Host Peter Kreten airs a panel discussion with Professor Cyndi Kamp of Saint Xavier University, Professor Jehanzeb Niaz nephew of Ghaffer Khan, ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 28:17
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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Inspired by the campaign to end South African apartheid, Palestinians are leading an international campaign to put economic and political pressure ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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That song comes on. You listen to it and suddenly this unwarranted emotional reaction happens and you are taken to another world, happy or sad.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:39
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays. In th...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. In this piece, Finch explains the role of a Christmas t...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
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A collection of children's choirs, inspirational music, and personal remembrances, mixed with Barack Obama speaking in Newtown, CT Sunday night.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 57:33
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Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
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This election felt divisive and strident and the feelings today are those of the victors and the losers, joyous and excitement for those that won, ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 49:10
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Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller, writer, and poet. Following Paul Wellstone's death she wrote this poem to honor his legacy.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
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David talks about being training to trained to teach high school mathematics, the importance of native high school students having some native teac...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
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Under Ernie’s Free Tree neighbors and passersby pick from the free pile, the last of Ernie Winger’s possessions—recycling, laughing, crying, rememb...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Runners line up at the start of the Great Limerick Run 2012
In May 2012, over 8000 people took part in the Great Limerick Run in south west Ireland. Alison Turner ran the 6 mile race to raise funds for char...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 13:31
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes. This month's program is about India.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:55:05
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"That's My Song" is a way to introduce new Youth Spinners to our listenership as well as create an atmosphere that includes writing, peer review, e...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
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I spoke with my best friend, my mother, and my coach about the roles of a young woman in the household, as dictated by East African culture.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 10:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Actor Alfred Molina shines with masterful readings of excerpts from Edith Wharton's masterpiece. The screenwriter of Scorsese's film adaptation, Ja...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 5
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Actor Ed Harris reads from one of his favorite novels, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath---an epic story about the Great Depression told through...

Bought by KMUN, KQED, KRZA, KUCB, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 5
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Featuring commentary by actor Robert Duvall, playwright Horton Foote, NEA Jazz Master David Baker, and Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, among ot...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 19
Caption: Luis Lopez, Credit: Craig Santoro
For Luis Lopez, violence arrived unexpectedly at his own front door. The seventeen-year-old sophomore starts his story in a classroom.

Bought by WHYY and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger laying down flowers and incense at Jim Morrison's grave at Pere Lachaise cemetery., Credit: Henrik Persson
Report from the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, where the 40th anniversary of the death of The Doors singer Jim Morrison was celebrated July 3rd.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
Caption: Producer Max Jacobs with the World Series trophy
At KALW News, we're still celebrating the San Francisco Giants' 2010 World Series victory. As part of it, we created an hour-long documentary all a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The streets of Abidjan, Credit: Carol Spindel
Writer and radio commentator Carol Spindel visited the Ivory Coast last November as the country took a step towards democracy with a historic elect...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 59:01