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Slovenian Immigration Exhibit and Celebration at the Stearns History Museum Draws a Festive Crowd and the Consul General of Slovenia
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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This particular Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is the first in a series of three concerning the Untold Story of Immigration in our area. As ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 28:35
A Change of Tune
From: Ellery Lamm
Caption: Sarah Swain, Credit: Organic Photography
Sarah Swain was about to make it big in LA…playing music she didn’t like. So she quit. It wasn’t until she came to Cape Cod that she really found h...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Speed of Sound: Matthew Logan Vasquez (of Delta Spirit)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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After fronting Delta Spirit for the last decade, Matthew Logan Vasquez decided it was finally time to try out his solo side. Not that he has any p...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Stranded!
From: Robert Prince
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Two stories of being trapped by yourself in the Alaskan wilderness.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
Curling is good in Stanley, Idaho
From: Sergio Anthony Gonzalez
Caption: Curler Lee Banville prepares to sweep in front of the stopne in hopes that the unpredictable outdoor ice doesn’t throw the stone too far off course. Banvile plays for the “Rocks int eh KettleHouse” out of Missoula, Mont. , Credit: Photo Credit: Sergio A Gonzalez-Gonzales
The Sawtooth Outdoor Bonspiel holds renown for being the only outdoor bonspiel in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The ice is bad, the c...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:06
Allusionist 29: WLTM part II
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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You're looking for your perfect partner, but dating sites keep matching you with duds. So what do you do? Conduct an elaborate linguistic experimen...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2016
  • Length: 41:57
New Year's Day in South Philly with the Mummers
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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The Mummers Day Parade is as quintessentially South Philadelphia as Ben Franklin or Willy Penn, a Philly cheese steak or Italian water ice. It’s u...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:35
Allusionist 26: Xmas Man
From: The Allusionist
Series: Allusionist festive episodes
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CONTENT WARNING: Be wary of listening to this episode around young children, as there may be life spoilers. Historian Greg Jenner traces the origin...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 25: Toki Pona
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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There’s a language which is said to be the smallest language in the world. It has around 123 words, five vowels, nine consonants, and apparently yo...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Naming something after yourself: a grand display of egomania, or the humble willingness to be overshadowed by your own product? Stationery expert J...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 17:56
Hunting for EVPs, and Turning Up Some Good Times.
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Paper Plate Moon (Tunnel) , Credit: Liz Nielsen
A want-to-be ghost hunting narrator thinks she finds Electronic Voice Phenomenon when she playfully searches hard enough for it.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:53
Allusionist 19: Architecting About Dance
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture” is a problematic statement: not just because nobody can agree on who came up with it, but ...

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


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 3
Allusionist 18: Fix part II
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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The messiness of English is the price of its success. It is the most widely spoken language in the world, geographically, being an official languag...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Song Poems
From: Michael May
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A business designed to exploit amateur songwriters winds up making lots of them really happy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:48
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 7: Mountweazel
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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You'd think you could trust dictionaries, but it turns out, they are riddled with LIES.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
Behind the Scenes of KVSC'S 36th Annual Trivia Weekend: Game of Trivia, Quest for Futile Facts PART 1
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us on a two part journey through KVSC’s 36th Annual Trivia Weekend, Game of Trivia: A Quest ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Tiny trains, timeless tales at Hennepin Overland Railway Museum
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Every day the Hiawatha Blue Line light rail trains transport Minnesotans from Minneapolis to Bloomington for work, shopping, travel, and home again...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
The Quahog Poets
From: Alison Byrne
Caption: The Quahog Poets in 2013
The Falmouth, Massachusetts, Senior Center poetry group hosted a public event to read their work. But it turned out to be less about sharing their ...

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


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 2
Marcus the Magician
From: Tobin Low
Caption: Marcus the Magician teaches a classic trick to one of his students, Credit: Tobin Low
This story is about Paul Marcus Earle, who for many years had a day job in Pathology, but on nights and weekends became Marcus the Magician.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
Mission: Gastroclub
From: Alison Byrne
Caption: Gastroclub Dinner, April 2013, Credit: Alison Byrne
An underground supper club pairs beers with dinner, served in a Mission District apartment kitchen in San Francisco.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
25: The Packard Campus
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Learn about lost films, the National Jukebox, IRENE, how big a petabyte is, and much more on a tour of the Library of Congress Packard Campus featu...

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:10
Doctor Max Owens
From: Max Owens
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Documentary following the discovery and investigation of a birth chart by an interested skeptic. Hidden from him for years, he attempts to reconcil...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
I Can Camp!
From: Radio K
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In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researched why people in Minnesota were spending less time outdoors. They found three problem...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Page Wilson: Into The Blue
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 55:45
Moonwalk: A Memorial for MJ Pt. III
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Michael Jackson - Bad, Credit: Sony
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 55:13