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Robert Bly refers to Louis Jenkins, poet from Duluth, as the contemporary master of prose poetry. A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matte...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
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Hannibal who? The story of an all-but-forgotten man who WOULD HAVE BEEN President after Lincoln's assassination, likely changing our lives.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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From great grandson of William Dawes, midnight rider with Paul Revere, to U.S. Vice President under Calvin Coolidge ... to co-writer of a number on...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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A founding father of bebop and modern jazz, wife Nellie called his style "Melodius Thunk."

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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One of our great actors. His mother called him by his initials R.C., but was mis-heard by the county clerk, so we knew him as Ossie.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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So ... who was Amy Beach? Simply one of the greatest American composers many of us have never heard.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
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Seasons we love, as told by experts

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:43

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:34

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
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Magellan, Nelson, and the Comanche

  • Added: Oct 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:55
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A tragic train crash, a memorial to circus folk, and a graveyard haunted by elephants.

Bought by WMPG, WRIR, KBRP Community Radio, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 13
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The story behind the word "bombast"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
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The story behind the word "assassin"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
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A word portrait of a young woman in a poor neighborhood

  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 02:59
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A writer ponders the intersection of food and the environment.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 3
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A baseball fan pleads for others to join in his support for the fading Montreal Expos.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1