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The Winona Human Rights Commission and Winona State University sponsored a community forum in response to the recent displays of the Confederate Fl...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 34:07
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors discuss whether they should approve a Dollar General box store in the heart of Georgetown's historic dist...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:44:41
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
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The real meaning of the Buddhist concept of karma is murky, but the Republican Presidential campaign has become an explanatory sponge for it- fully...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
Caption: Historical photo is of Penny Rosenwasser's granddaddy Moishe’s (far left) dry goods store in Denmark, SC in the 1930s-40s.
Penny Rosenwasser is an activist and author of “Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite our Fears.” On this edition of Making Co...

Bought by KUNM, KZYX, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Dollar General is coming to Georgetown...

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:53:07
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Brian Fagan discusses how animals have shaped our history and how our conception of them has changed over time.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 22:57
  • Purchases: 3
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One of the best mission statements I’ve read is the original NPR mission, which was written in 1969 by Bill Siemering. Bill is an amazing guy who, ...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 19:24
  • Purchases: 3
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Anton Treuer helped get the grassroots Truth and Reconciliation group up and running in Bemidji. The group meets regularly to talk about race and t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WGZS


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 3
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On this edition of God Matters, host Peter Kreten welcomes Dr. Iman Saca, Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at S...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 30:01
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Money and politics have never been like oil and water. We explain why on this edition of "History Talk."

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Wiping out debt, Credit: TaxRebate.org.uk
Anthropologist David Graeber, author of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years,” traces the history of debt to see what we can learn. His 2011 talk was recor...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr Robert Jensen on his latest book “Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialog,”

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:07
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Trains, DJs, Plastic Bottles

  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: :32
Caption: Miner 49er, Credit: Tom Weistar
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies the San Juan Ridge. On the Ridge, tucked away amongst towering pines, flanked by two forks of the Yuba R...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:25
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Gillen D’Arcy Wood discusses the eruption of Mount Tambora.

Bought by WYAP, KPVL, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 35:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
When politicians talk about "working across the aisle", they talk about it as if they are endorsing a great ethic. But working across the aisle is...

  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
During this time of year remember the veterans.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: :10
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a story of one city, one global company, one mother and one American dream.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 24:58
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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: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the third installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten progr...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 4
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Amy Clark is a native Iowan and recent transplant to Northern Minnesota. She is a poet, essayist, university instructor, and sometimes producer for...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:14
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Candace Simar is a Pequot Lakes poet who with her sister Angela Foster, has written a book of poems and essays, "Farm Girls," which was recently re...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People
This is the second installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 6
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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...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:36