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Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Movies - "Oh, the Wonderment of Technology."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On The Oscars - "The Oscars, the Year's Spectacle and Pivot Point In the Lives of Americans Without Lives."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Lunchbox
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Lunchbox Poster
The New York Times calls The Lunchbox a Bollywood anomaly - a quiet movie of unexpressed anguish and yearning instead of movies that clutch viewer...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
The Relaxation Market
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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In the relaxation drink market, companies aren’t waging the usual battle over a single word like “energy”; instead they’re picking their drugs of c...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:57
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Women's Sports - "Lack of Inherent Interest, Or Lack of Enactment of Proclaimed Principles?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Westerns - "Bang! Bang! You've Been Run Through, Brought Low."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
244: America's Cup
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: America's Cup 2013 | San Francisco Bay, Credit: SailWorld.com
The spectacle of the America's Cup concluded in September in San Francisco Bay, bringing to a close the high stakes game of capital enterprise and ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
The Rise of the Roller Coaster
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Roller coasters are the workhorse of the modern theme park, but their rise to popularity has been long and strange.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - "Band Trip To Hawaii: Part One
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's checked in with essays ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 2
Dance Until the World Ends
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Life on the Party Line
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Today's privacy concerns with cell phones seem trivial when we look back at the world of open telephone wires.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda previewing some TV and movies that might keep you cozy this winter
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg - "The Anatomy of a Great Movie Moment"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
Culturology: Erika Kooda explores the nuts and bolts of choosing the right senior song
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
During the school year Erika Kooda will be checking in with essays reflecting on her senior year experience. This is the third installment of that ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
Sounds Familiar #5: Sex, Death and Morals in Horror.
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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In 1980, during a “very special episode” of Siskel & Ebert, Roger Ebert made a provocative claim about the emerging genre of “slasher” horror films...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 17:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds Familiar #4: The Rule of Threes
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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Is three really the magic number?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sounds Familiar #3: The Loudness War
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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Why is music getting louder? And why is it bad? Is it bad?

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 13:06
Video Arcades
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Since their rise with the release of the 1978 game Space Invaders, video arcades have evolved alongside home gaming systems.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 3
Trapped in a Small Space
From: Blake Cooper
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From Archie Bunker to Murphy Brown, TV characters have been getting trapped in elevators, freezers and all other manner of small spaces for decades...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
Whitney
From: Whitney Jones
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An essay about growing up in the 80's and 90's as a male named Whitney and as a result the effect that Whitney Houston has had on my life.

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 2
Cultural Vampirism, aka Hipsters Are Vampires
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
From The National Press Club: Harvey Levin
From: National Press Club
Caption: Harvey Levin, Credit: NPC
The founder of TMZ, Harvey Levin, talks to the National Press Club about his website, and of the business of celebrity news.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 53:56
Igor's Halloween Jazz Party
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Philly Joe Jones - Blues for Dracula , Credit: Fantasy Records
Hey! It's Halloween, it's Jazz and it's a party! Join Igor as he presents Halloween Jazz classics from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Lambert Hendrick...

Bought by KHNS, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, Delmarva Public Media, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2011
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 12
Between You and Me: The Shutdown
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The State of Minnesota is supposedly shutting down at least partially by July 1st. Does that affect you in any way? Do you work for the state? Ar...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:49:12
Guido on The Shutdown
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The State of Minnesota is supposedly shutting down at least partially by July 1st. Does that affect you in any way? Do you work for the state? Ar...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1

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