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What We're Reading, June 2020
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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We hear from authors Kristin Higgins, Anne Enright, and David Pepper--they all have new novels to tell us about, and later in the show we’ll hear f...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:54
What We're Reading, November 2019 [full show]
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Author Samuel Shem --his new satirical novel is "Man’s 4th Best Hospital;" author Ruta Sepetys--her new book is called "The Fountains of Silence"--...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:46
Beethoven Was Deaf
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That
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Yes, Beethoven composed while he was deaf. But more astonishing is the fact that he changed the course of Western music in the process.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2019
  • Length: 24:10
Sound Ecology: Raptors
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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What is a raptor? Naturalist Ken Burton offers up some details on these amazing birds, including addressing the concept of convergent evolution.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lentejas
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
Caption: Lentils
An ancient and misunderstood bean gets put to good use.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:08
Gazpacho
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
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This ancient, raw soup is easier than you think.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:58
Xoriguer
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
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This Minorcan gin tells us quite a bit about the island's history and culture.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2016
  • Length: 05:57
Coffee
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
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How an African bean conquered Europe and impacted Spanish culture.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
Chorizo
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
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This seasoned pork sausage has a flavor as rich as its history.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:44
The Oldest Greenhorn - 1 Hour Radio Program
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Oldest Greenhorn
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Experience the adventure, joys and perils in a greenhorn wrangler's account of the 40th annual Sombrero Ranches "Great American Horse Drive". Eight...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
24 Life in the City
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy on the comforts and irritations of next-door's noise. Episode twenty-four of Noise: A Human History, ‘Life in the City'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 1
25 Capturing Sound
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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How recording technology made it possible to catch the fugitive moment. Episode twenty-five of Noise: A Human History, Capturing Sound'

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:47
  • Purchases: 2
06 The Amplified Age (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 2
03 Sounds of the Spirit and of Satan (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 3
05 The Rise of the Machines (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Walden Pond
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
04 Power and Revolt (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
02 The Age of Oratory (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 3
01 Prehistoric Voiceprints (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Iegor Reznikoff illuminates red oche dots made 30,000 years ago
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
01 Echoes in the Dark
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy begins his thirty-part series in the prehistoric cave

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:38
  • Purchases: 2
02 The Beat of Drums
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Words are only one way to communicate - humans have found many more. David Hendy goes to Ghana to hear the talking drum in the second episode of hi...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 2
03 The Singing Wilderness
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy explores our relationship with noisy nature. Featuring extraordinary recordings from around the world, including the bluesy pootoo bird...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
  • Purchases: 3
04 A Ritual Soundscape
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Maeshowe Orkney
Humans learn to control sound for rituals with impressive monuments. David Hendy hears bizarre effects while beating a drum in Orkney, Scotland.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:31
  • Purchases: 2
05 The Rise of the Shamans
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Around the world charismatic individuals claim the ability to talk to spirits, heal illness and help crops grow. David Hendy explains why sound is ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:38
  • Purchases: 2
11 The Bells
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Along with episode 3 this is one of the most beautiful of the series. In it David Hendy explores how the sound of the bell carries religion out...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 2
07 Persuasion
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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From Cicero to Obama, over the centuries, great orators have changed our minds, given us hope, and sent us to the barricades. David Hendy reveals t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 3