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Is there such a thing as a good death? In this episode we reflect on some of our own experiences of death, and get some fresh perspective from Sa...

  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 52:04
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Elena Passarello discusses her relationship to Elvis and his tribute artists during the Coronavirus pandemic.

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 17:36
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In 1971, Hunter S. Thompson chronicled his drug-fueled haze during an off-road-desert race, the Mint 400, in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Veg...

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:17
Caption: Trail Marker at United Plant Savers Sanctuary In Rutland, Ohio, Credit: Renee Wilde
Herbalism is seeing a huge rise in popularity, as more and more people turn to natural remedies to keep their bodies healthy. In this episode of Gr...

  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 17:38
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Listen to Producer Christopher Golab explore his career with The Scene, featuring old and new material.

  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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How do we get the right information without falling down the rabbit hole of misinformation? In our final installment of series on vaccine hesitanc...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 57:18
  • Purchases: 1
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What does the cave art of 30,000 years ago have to do with the new Solar Orbiter we sent from Planet Earth to explore our star? Quite a lot, it tur...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Justin
How did he deal with it? Was his school helpful? What did he learn from it?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
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One day, Jakob Lewis receives an email from a German man named Ingo asking to be his pen pal. The close relationship they develop teaches Jakob tha...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 27:55
  • Purchases: 1
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What story will we tell when we look back on this pandemic year? On the one-year anniversary of the pandemic (and Shelter in Place, a pandemic-bor...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 25:34
  • Purchases: 2
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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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A collection of poetry which calls upon music as a metaphor.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2021
  • Length: 52:24
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Making sense of my father and our estranged relationship with the music he left me.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 04:43
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Poetry about music and it's relationship to life events.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
What would it look like for you to live your life with grace? This SUPERHUMANS story shows us how to experience loss with Grace. Kristi opens up a...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 36:40
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
Has there ever been something you thought defined you, but maybe doesn’t have to? This SUPERHUMANS story demonstrates that living with a disease d...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 18:27
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
If you staged your own funeral, what would your friends and family say about you? This SUPERHUMANS story will tickle your soul by exploring what i...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 35:49
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
If you could meet up with one person in the afterworld, who would it be? This SUPERHUMANS story takes us into the mind of a NASA astronomer as she...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 34:24
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
If given a do-over in life, what would you do with it? This SUPERHUMANS story takes us on a beautifully raw journey that displays the courage and ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 26:36
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In this story, Walker explores the memory of a short but powerful conversation with her partner, triggered by the scent of fresh evening air.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:12
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If you had an opportunity to sit down with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris what would you say?

  • Added: Feb 07, 2021
  • Length: 07:13
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How did the mythic western cowboy learn to yodel? The unlikely history of voice breaking in American music, and what it says about us.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 31:31

  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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We revisit Sarah Aronson's interview with Doug Chadwick from 2017. Wildlife biologist and author Doug Chadwick engages in a lively discussion aroun...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Richard and his daughter Margaret investigate the bird insurrection, while humans attack the U.S. Capitol and President Trump is impeached for the ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 11:47