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Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s provocative 1985 novel satirizes the stressful chaos and insanity of American life.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 07:08
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A drama of a woman unjustly ostracized reveals deeper meanings, in a breakthrough work of Mexican cinema.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:26

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:01

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
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I forgot to say that false solomon’s seal was formerly in the family Liliaceae, but is now in Asparagaceae. There are 2 subspecies of Maianthemum r...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 04:09
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From the Super Bowl to the Vaccination roll out we have seen great examples of leadership. In the Super Bowl we saw Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat one...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2021
  • Length: 54:10
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Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week is a weekly show that uses poetry to explore the social, political, and racial conditions in America. Each e...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
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There are very few more poignant examples of world-historical irony in cinema than the Soviet silent film—the revolutionary hopes they expressed pr...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2020
  • Length: 03:43
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Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s probabl...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
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For someone who writes about films as I do, there are always cases of movies that fly under the radar, escaping my notice, maybe not even playing l...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:35
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Mudbound tells the stories of people who don’t often get their stories told: poor white farmers and black sharecroppers in the South during the 194...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:02
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Tragedy n. “goat song” Named for the dramatic plays of the ancient Greeks, characterized by a protagonist whose flaw or error in judgment leads to ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 16:26
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Of the 88 constellations officially recognized by Western astronomy, 40 of them are named after animals — 43 if you count the mythical animals. We’...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: 49:17
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Steve Downing attended the exhibit "Davidson At Eighty, A Retrospective" at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji. The exhibit celebrates the work of...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In January 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the War on Poverty. Much has changed, but much has stayed the same.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
On November 19th citizens of Albuquerque, New Mexico, will vote on the first city-level 20 week abortion ban in the U.S., with no exceptions for r...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
When it comes to how we treat our veterans,we do pretty well in some areas, but fall down in others. Homelessness is one of the worst. It’s way t...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
October marks the International Day of the Girl Child. This year's emphasis is on education.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Forty seven million people in the U.S. depend on food aid, and almost half are kids. For the first time in modern history, the House has passed as ...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama got a short reprieve when Russia put forward a plan to avoid a U.S. missile strike on Syria by sequestering Syria’s chemical weapon...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The historic 1963 March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech featured a number of other speakers -- all male. Or...

Bought by KRZA and WSLR


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the anniversary of women's suffrage, how far women have come, and what's left to b...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary on why House Republicans took their 40th meaningless vote to repeal Obamacare before getting out of town for a 5...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on putting anti-choice women out front in the fight over restricting abortion in Texas.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on how new U.S. policies should support mothers.

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:30