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Translate Sound to the Brain
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Sound gets funneled down your ear canal and... then what happens? You've heard about drums, tiny bones, and maybe a spiral shaped sensor, but not l...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:49
  • Purchases: 1
You Are An Authority
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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This episode covers a variety of topics including medicine, music, an unconventional road trip and summer camp for grownups. Program Directors: ple...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:29:40
  • Purchases: 2
John Irving
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
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John Irving reads from and talks about his novel "In One Person," and sits down with Virginia Prescott about writing, sex, and why he'd never becom...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
Chapter 22 - The Summer of 1950
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
In the summer of 1950, Richard goes to work in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. The job was both part of his theological education and necessary to h...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 22:16
Chapter 20 - Beginning at the Beginning
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard looks forward to his studies under Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the most challenging theological thinkers of his generation. In his last summer...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 23:41
Long Version - Colin Woodard Interview Parts 1 & 2
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Author Colin Woodard interview on Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:24
2013 San Francisco Silent Film Festival Winter Event -- Anita Monga Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Anita Monga, San Francisco, CA 2/1/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Artistic Director Anita Monga talks the context of German Expressionism, the birth of celebrity culture, and why Buster Keaton will always be cont...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 18:40
The Soul of Guatemala Part II A Shaking in Our Souls
From: Jesse Dukes
Series: The Soul of Guatemala
Caption: A Mayan woman praying in an Evangelical Church in Guatemala's Highlands, Credit: Jesse Dukes
Part II in a three part series about Guatemala, Latin America's Evangelical Frontier.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
The Soul of Guatemala Part III Christian Citizens
From: Jesse Dukes
Series: The Soul of Guatemala
Caption: El Shaddai Church in Guatemala City, Credit: Jesse Dukes
Part III in a series of three short features about Latin America's Evangelical Frontier.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Soul of Guatemala Part I Miracle Town
From: Jesse Dukes
Series: The Soul of Guatemala
Caption: A woman in Almolonga, Guatemala, selling carrots and potatos wholesale., Credit: Jesse Dukes
Part I in a series of three short features about Latin America's Evangelical Frontier.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 2
Chapter 1 - The Making of a Political Consciousness
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard receives an early political education from his Socialist cigar maker grandfather, by hearing over-the-counter conversations at the butcher ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 24:25
  • Purchases: 1
March 1: Tituba
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Tituba
Tituba (March 1, 1692): A 17th-century slave. She is one of the first to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials in 1692.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 2: Elizabeth Veale Macarthur
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Elizabeth Veale Macarthur
Elizabeth Veale Macarthur (March 2, 1795): Perhaps one of the greatest figures of Australia’s history. Her husband is known as “the father of Aust...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 3: Sarah Kemple Knight
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Sarah Kemple Knight
Sarah Kemple Knight (March 3, 1705): Since its publication in 1825, Knight's journal, composed as an account of her round trip journey from Boston ...

Bought by Prairie Public, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 4: Wetamo and Mary Rowlandson
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Mary Rowlandson
Wetamo and Mary Rowlandson (March 4, 1676): Mary, a Puritan minister's wife, was captured during the war in an Indian raid on Lancaster, Massachuse...

Bought by Radio Catskill, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 5: Abigail Stoneman
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Abigail Stoneman
Abigail Stoneman (March 5, 1770): Newport Rhode Island's first woman Inn owner and a remarkably ambitious and versatile business person for her day...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 6: Pauline Leon
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Pauline Leon
Pauline Leon (March 6, 1792): She addressed the National Assembly on behalf of Parisian women, suggesting that a female militia be formed so that ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 7: Marie Dorion
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Marie Dorion
Marie Dorion (March 7, 1814): the only female member of the Astor Expedition, also known as the Wilson Price Hunt Expedition. Dorion was a member ...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 8: Jeanne Baret
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret (March 8, 1769): a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Etoile in 1766–1769. Baret is re...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 9: Maria Ann Smith
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Maria Ann Smith
Maria Ann Smith (March 9, 1870): It’s called the “Granny Smith.” Maria noticed a seedling apple growing on her property. The seedling had developed...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 5
March 10: Elizabeth Coxen Gould
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Elizabeth Coxen Gould
Elizabeth Coxen Gould (March 10, 1832): An accomplished artist when she married John Gould in 1829, Elizabeth was the chief artist and lithographer...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 11: Sacagawea
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Sacagawea
Sacagawea (March 11, 1805): From the Lemhi Shoshone tribe, Sacagawea has become an important part of the Lewis and Clark legend in the American pub...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMXT, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 12: Jane Colden
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Jane Colden's drawing
Jane Colden (March 12, 1759): An American botanist described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country.” Contemporary scholarship maintain...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMXT, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 13: Martha Turnstall Smith
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: 1800s Whaling Ship
Martha Turnstall Smith (March 13, 1707): She used her inheritance as the widow of a wealthy landowner to establish a successful whaling business. S...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 14: Esther Abrahams Johnston
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Vicki Leon
Esther Abrahams Johnston (March 14, 1802): Abrahams was tried in London in 1786 for stealing lace valued at 50 shillings. Esther was found guilty o...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3

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