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I grew up in the land of the black walnut, Juglans nigra. And if you grew up in the eastern US, then you did too. It has a very large range in east...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:59
Caption: The Statue of Liberty - Tokyo, Japan - Travel photography, Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Milo.
The American Dream . . . Fact or fiction? For those who come to the U.S. undocumented as children, the future can seem uncertain.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The photo is mine of a white flower atop a branch of Fendlera. Around you and me in the borderlands, you find this tall stemmed woody shrub from 4,000’ to 7,000’ on rocky slopes. It usually done blooming come June, so there is still time to catch it in bl
I sure talk about a lot different flora and fauna. From three species of quail, to canyon wrens, to Yarrows spiny lizards, to bristlehead (Carphoch...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:30
Caption: Lentils
An ancient and misunderstood bean gets put to good use.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:08
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This ancient, raw soup is easier than you think.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:58
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on why college debt is the highest in history, and it is especially hard on women.

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In th...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Erika Kooda
During the school year she'll be checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. This is the second installment of that series of essays.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPIK-LP


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda has recently begun her senior year at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she'll be checking in with essays reflecting on ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rohit Bhargava
Host Phalana Tiller talks with authors Rohit Bhargava and Peter Post about the role that manners and likeability play in the workplace. And Rick W...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Abdul Kadir Farah, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Abdul Kadir Farah, a Minneapolis Edison high school senior, is one of many Minneapolis high school students who collect college credit while still ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Simorra Jones, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
As you step up from one level of school to the next, there is added responsibility, Simorra Jones, a Minneapolis Edison high school student tells u...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Sarah Griefnagen, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
If there is one thing that is on the minds of every high school student, it is getting into college. Sarah Griefnagen, a student at Minneapolis Edi...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Love your child by being deliberately obtuse.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Is there a correlation between income and intelligence?

  • Added: Jun 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:43
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Putting a blind man's tooth in his eye enables him to see.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Don't spend the next 10 years paying off your college loans.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:26
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
It doesn't need to be true if you believe it

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:16
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you have never replaced the wax seal beneath your toilet, I suggest that you do.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: :29
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Last night there was a football game on television instead of the evening news.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2010
  • Length: :52
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
John’s girlfriend tells him that he will have a headache if he drinks any more white wine. So John cries out, “Waiter, a bottle of red wine."

  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Every discipline has its own problems

  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One of my friends saw Chase Whiteside’s Youtube piece called Sarah Palin Book Signing as “[e]vidence that our educational system has tanked.”

  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: :33
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There are people who scrape together and repackage scraps of tired old worn out wisdom, but when it’s encapsulated they call it an aphorism, becaus...

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: :41
  • Purchases: 1