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Caption: David Treuer - Author
Writer, and Native American from Leach Lake Reservation, David Treuer, last year published “Rez Life,” an important work on many levels. David Treu...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSJD, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:45
  • Purchases: 3
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Renowned musician Jen Chapin joins host Ian Lawton, who muses on the miracle of being alive in each moment. By reframing the eastern idea of "empti...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
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Co-Host Peter Kreten welcomes Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ to the program. Brother Guy is a research astronomer and planetary scientist at the Vatic...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 26:51
Caption: Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown pontificates about a list of The Most, and Least Stressful Jobs recently published by a major news organization. Aaron J. Brown is an a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
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The lessons of D.L. Rosenhan's 40 year old study of psychiatric patients "plagerised" psychiatric diagnosis to see if they would be detected as fra...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
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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: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In this season of gratitude, speak. Uphold civil liberties, the human rights that we have, that others will travel thousands of miles for, and when...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
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Gail Rixen has been a finish carpenter, a health care aid, and she currently farms near Nebish, Minnesota. Rixen has published three books of poetr...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
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Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
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Will Weaver grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota. He's attended St. Cloud State, the University of Minnesota, and Stanford. He was a Professor of E...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
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Sean talks about reverence for knowledge, his first job of being a dad, being a Native American Storyteller in winter, and being Leech Lake Tribal ...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Javier Sicilia in 2011, Credit: Flickr user: sarihuella
On this edition, political science professor David Shirk sheds light on the history and politics of the war on drugs in Mexico. And an emerging mov...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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“Art From Within” is the title of the March exhibit at the Bemidji Community Art Center. The exhibit features art work by Ojibwe and non-Native art...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 2
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A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...

Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Thomas Tighe
Host Phalana Tiller talks with author Tom Rieger about his new book, Breaking the Fear Barrier. She also interviews Thomas Tighe, president and CEO...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
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On this edition of "Don't Cha Know" Jim Gurley stops by KQAL to talk about Frac-Sand Mining and what it has to do with Winona County, and Winona Mi...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 31:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
We wade into emotionally shallow waters when we look at the media's recent coverage of the important consequences of the Penn State revelation tha...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
David Brooks excels when his vast analytic abilities are brought to his fondness for Republicans. In the New York Times, he ventured into an are...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2011
  • Length: 04:53
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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
Caption: John Mark Scott, Credit: W & J Directory
John Mark Scott and special guest Robert Dodge interview Joshua Stacker and Andrew Tabler both W & J Alums who have spent time in the Middle East

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 36:48
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Lobbyists have corrupted both major political parties to give us the current health care and financial systems we have, and why we have never had t...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 06:46
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Senator Joe Carraro as The Average Joe showing how the government wasting Stimulus money that was supposed to improve the economy and create jobs b...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:59
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There are two major political parties

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
Caption: Jim Leach, Credit: National Press Club
Jim Leach, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, speaks at the National Press Club

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 54:01