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Best of the Best 2020: Of Bodies & Minds

From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast

This hour features three intimate stories that grapple with the messiness and the triumph of existing as a person, from the outside body to the ins...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media, KTSW 89.9 and more

Building a Wall

From: Israel Story

Today, we take internet communication for granted, but for one man, complacency is not an option. Widely considered to be the inventor of the moder...

Highways & Aliens

From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio

We're taking a big looping road trip across the Mojave, from Area 51 to the Singing Sand Dunes of Kelso. With guest Jeremy Corbell on his new docum...

Bought by KFCF FM

Lori Parlin for Supervisor

From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler

She's tired of undoing harmful changes to El Dorado County that are voted into effect by the chamber darlings...

NEA Jazz Master Moments with Pianist, Joanne Brackeen

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments

Whatever the musical setting—whether solo, duo, trio, quartet, or quintet—pianist Joanne Brackeen's unique style of playing commands attention. In ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more

Darwin: The Calm Before the Storm

From: Rick Coste
Series: Evolution Talk

Darwin settled into a life as a naturalist. Whether he liked it or not, his views would find themselves on the world's stage.

War and Musical Dada

From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts

Gil Rose, conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, tells the history of George Antheil's wild musical experiment from 1924, the Ballet Méc...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

The Facility Blues

From: Steve Baker

Paul Emery takes us into a maximum security California state prison for a sound-rich conversation with the house blues band. Emery explores the he...

Bought by KPVL

Bopping: Art in the Making from the West Side of Chicago by Tariq Weaver

From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents

What are the origins of this dance? How did it begin? Who are the rising talents of this subculture based on the West Side of Chicago? And how has ...

Other People's Stories

From: Tobin Low

When he was 18 years old, Joe McCrossen up and left Cape Cod. Now, at 23, he’s back home and saving up money for his next big adventure. But instea...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Audio Smut Reel

From: The Heart

Audio Smut: a radio show about your body, your heart and your junk. An intimate adventure into sex and storytelling awaits you.

Death Must Die

From: Soundwalk Collective
Series: Soundwalk Collective 10 Year Anniversary

Death Must Die is a sound piece that begins before the rising of the sun and reproduces the cycle of a day in the sacred Indian city of Varanasi, w...

This Week in Texas Music History: Herb Ellis

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the first week of August (8/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a jazz legend who got his start because of an out o...

Little Mogadishu

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound

Caption: Trudy's Bar, Credit: Alex Stonehill

King County is home to one of the country's largest populations of Somalis. They've been fleeing since the Somali government collapsed in 1991. The...

People in a Beer Tent

From: Louisville Public Media

Caption: A Beer Tent in Louisville, Kentucky, Credit: Gabe Bullard

A vox pop of people hanging out in a state fair beer tent. They share their dating tips, advice for people watching and explain what they'd be doin...