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Caption: Dudley Riggs in 2012, Credit: Sheila Regan
"Instant Theater" was a term that Dudley Riggs, founder of the Brave New Workshop theater came up with in the 1950s. The former circus and vaudevil...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 17:42
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Episode 61 explores the stark reality that almost one in three adolescents will grapple with an anxiety disorder by age 18. Join us as college stud...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 57:54
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Episode 62 delves into the critical issue of gender-based violence, encompassing domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 58:12
Caption: Fans at the Beatles only concert in Minnesota, Credit: Minnesota Historical Society
In the summer of 1965, the Beatles were the hottest act in the world. And for the first — and only time — John, Paul, George and Ringo were coming ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 35:39
Caption: Inside the Afghan Cultural Society in Minneapolis, Credit: Mike Moen
More individuals who have fled Afghanistan are trying to make the Twin Cities their home. A resource site in Minneapolis, now nearing its first an...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 04:15
Caption: HUGE Improv Theater has purchased the Art Materials building and will transform the south half of the building into a theater., Credit: Sheila Regan
After learning that their landlord had donated to a former KKK leader, HUGE Improv Theater knew they needed to move. So how did a small arts non-pr...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 05:24
Caption: City of Minnetonka forester Hannibal Hayes mills a log at the city's new saw mill., Credit: Timothy Foss
Amidst the Emerald Ash Borer crisis, the city of Minnetonka currently has a surplus of ash logs from 60,000 trees. Some Minnetonka foresters are wo...

  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 05:50
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
When the Twin Cities Flamenco Collective performs, it’s a combination of singing, dancing and guitar playing. To pull it off, the performers have t...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 08:01
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
When the Twin Cities Flamenco Collective performs, it’s a combination of singing, dancing and guitar playing. To pull it off, the performers have ...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 08:01
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Christmas wouldn't be the same without Dickens. And, the railroads changed Christmas forever.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gen...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 18:29
Caption: Illustration of the Cedar-Riverside West Bank Neighborhood, Credit: Illustrator Kevin Cannon
The Cedar-Riverside West Bank neighborhood in Minneapolis has a rich cultural history and long tradition of community art-making. Jamie Schumacher ...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
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On October 5th, 2021, all three public library systems in New York City eliminated late fines. The change was 125 years in the making, and it made ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Time now to check in again with Tracy Kampa. She is the Children's Librarian at the Grand Rapids Area Library. Tracy is also our Children’s Books C...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2021
  • Length: 11:23
Caption: Dr. Charles Drew, pictured in a lab at Howard University in 1942, was known as the father of blood banking for pioneering the way we store and transport blood today., Credit: Dr. Charlene Jarvis
In the 1940s, Dr. Charles Drew was a surgeon and blood scientist, and today he is known as the “Father of Blood Banks.” His daughter, Dr. Charlene ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
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Our President's Day special puts some focus on a woman who performed some of the functions of President of the United States. We'll learn about Edi...

Bought by KVMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Our work in the correctional facilities in New York City didn't stop during the pandemic. We talked with the Justice Initiatives team at BPL to hea...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 26:38
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Richard reflects on the connection between his life’s work and that of his daughter Erika, who is leading the Biden/Harris transition team for the ...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 10:30
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Join us for our Independence Day special. It’s an hour of entertaining stories and songs about this great country.

Bought by KETR-FM, KSTK, WPCA-LP, Troy Public Radio, KSJE and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Topic 1: Collecting scientific artifacts. Topic 2: How to fight dirty money. Topic 3: Are more choices better or worse?

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 49:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
Earth Day is here, but a lot of us are inside. On this episode of Borrowed, we gather sounds of the natural world from the stoops and parks of Broo...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 32:47
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk with people in six different countries, learning how they're coping during the pandemic, and learning about their hopes for the future.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
  • Purchases: 2
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The census doesn’t just distribute representatives in congress and billions of dollars in federal funds—it determines city bus routes, how many gar...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 33:11
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Topic 1: Behind movie sound effects. Topic 2: Kidnapping insurance.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KOWS


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 48:50
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode of The Live Feed, we are joined in studio by Luke Hendrickson. Luke is a country musician from Rochester, MN. His first full length...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 51:41