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Living Space
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Living Space" by Michael E. Veal, which is a thorough and creative examination of John Coltrane's fr...

  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
Women of the Fur Trade
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Laura Powell-Marxen works in the basement of her Grand Marais home. Laura makes hats, mittens and other apparel from the fur from animals of the North Woods., Credit: Joe Friedrichs
The role of women, particularly Indigenous women, during the legendary fur trade in Minnesota is often overlooked. KFAI contributor Joe Friedrichs ...

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 21:58
Living In New Orleans Isn't Like Living Anywhere Else
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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3am Sunday morning introspections on life in New Orleans from the only sober guy in the French Quarter - the all-night show guy at the community ra...

Bought by KPRG


  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 34:13
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Labor Day 2021
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic: How Beef Changed America

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WPCA-LP, KUHF, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 54:42
  • Purchases: 4
Flipping the Gaze, "Refresh" in VR Embodies the Disembodied
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Lela Pierce stands before a projection by Snow Yunxue Fu, Credit: Courtesy of the Gordon Parks Gallery in St. Paul
How do we experience a gallery in digital space? That question gets explored by new media artist Snow Yunxue Fu and dance artist Lela Pierce in "Re...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
Wave Function
From: Ears Adrift
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Ears Adrift explores quantum technology with interviews from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's top scientists.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 13:27
What Do Equations Sound Like on the Piano?
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: A piano image made on the coordinate plane., Credit: Pios Labs
Let’s make equations musical. Instead of visualizing equations on a graph, let’s listen to them on the piano, merging all our math and music knowl...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 49:30
The Most Hopeful Music in the World
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That - Shortcuts
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Even starting a piece that's 639 years long is an act of incredible optimism.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 07:54
Facing the Black Hole
From: Catherine Saint Louis
Caption: A portrait of Ralph Reese at his drawing desk in his apartment in April 2018. , Credit: Catherine Saint Louis
Illustrating comics saved Ralph Reese as a teenager. Now, at 68, Ralph's living in South Dennis with a new creative outlet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
valence
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Atomic poetry in the electron cloud model.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Ramadan-Intending to Fast
From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr Ramadan Series logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
This audio feature is produced by Nour Ibrahim as she attempts to go on an Islamic fast.

Bought by KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Treaty Tribute (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Americans are preparing to celebrate that first feast shared between Native Americans and European Pilgri...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KRZA, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 10: The Moon And The Possum
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Where do we come from? And where do we go when we die? Paul Taylor shares one of the oldest answers to those questions.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 11:51
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Colin Meloy (The Decemberists)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Colin Meloy says he wishes he would have never used the word "hiatus" when referring to his band The Decemberists taking time off after The King Is...

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 4
What is Puppy Love?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Is it a big deal?

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
After a flood, solving the mystery of water
From: Jenny Chen
Caption: 2013 flood in Estes Park, Credit: Town of Estes Park
Recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma cost the country over $3 billion in economic losses. In some areas of the country, floods are growing in intens...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Sports Fandom: An Abusive Relationship
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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A look into why sports fans continue to cheer on their teams when, win or lose, it's going to stress them out. Really.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
Tongvan woman reconnects with the homeland she never left
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: A Ti’at Society member paints a red ocher detail onto Moomat Ahiko’s side., Credit: Stephanie Case
Native Tongvan woman Cindi Alvitre lives on her ancestors' land in the Los Angeles basin, but in a completely different world. So she follows a viv...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:12
Drowned
From: Sean Callahan
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Inspired by an Old Spice commercial as a kid, Kieran Burke always wanted to be a surfer. But learning proved difficult with no one to teach him.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
Body of Water
From: Veronica Simmonds
Caption: http://bodyofwater.ca/, Credit: Rebecca Roher
An ode to urban lake swimming

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 2/22/14
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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A STEM OF HERB ....

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
Classical Winter Travels
From: D. Christine
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A winter's journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic, with familiar works by Mozart, Prokofiev and Debussy along with surprises by newer composers f...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCQS, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
356 Years Later
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/9/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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SWIFTLY APPROACHING ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Dallas Crow - "The Aesthetics of Gravity"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Dallas Crow's work has appeared in Tar River Poetry and Poet Lore. His book, "Small, Imperfect Paradise," is due out from Parallel Press this year....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1