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Up Close And Acoustic with Madrigal
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: The Madrigal album, American release, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic pic of my copy
At a recent vinyl record convention, having mostly struck out with my shopping list, I took a chance on an album with a cool, very 'of the period' ...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Sep 23, 2023
  • Length: 56:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Oak Center General Store Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we bring you Part 2 of our series on a Minnesota music venue that is truly a hidden gem, The Oak Center General Store. The ...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 27:43
2018 Dakota Gathering, Show 2: Storytelling and Music
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Dancing at the Great Dakota Gathering, Credit: Bill Stoneberg
On this episode of Culture Clique, we have the second show in our series on the Great Dakota Gathering here in Winona, MN. This time around we talk...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2018
  • Length: 16:09
Blues America 126 - Billy Preston
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Despite his amazing legacy, Billy Preston is nearly forgotten in the mainstream and is not in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame. Author Steve Bergsman d...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 10
New Orleans' Hidden Black History
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: Mardi Gras Indian costume at New Orleans' African American Museum., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints uncovers the little known stories about African American history in New Orleans from the largest slave rebellion in 1811 to the cu...

Bought by WWFM, WAER Syracuse, NY, and KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 3
Author James Rollins, Kenya, America's Whiskey Trail and Founders' Homes
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Giraffe on lunch break., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Explore Kenya, America's History from the Whiskey Trail and Founding Fathers, meet bestselling author James Rollins and learn about Sri Lanka and B...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
James Carville & Mary Matalin on New Orleans; Paris's rue des Martyrs
From: World Footprints LLC
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The best way to experience a city is through the eyes of a local. We'll travel to New Orleans and walk along Paris’s rue des Martyrs with the peo...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
Minnesota 13's nefarious reputation
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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“Minnesota 13” is the name of a corn seed developed at the University of Minnesota to suit the shorter growing season in the upper Midwest. But dur...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:48
Architect Jack Liebenberg's theatrical legacy
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Many of the historic Art Deco movie theaters you see throughout Minnesota can be attributed to one man, Jack Liebenberg. KFAI's Ryan Dawes speaks w...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:33
Mayo Clinic traces roots back to the state fontier
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Dr. Charles Horace Mayo operating at the Mayo Clinic, 1913 , Credit: Courtesy The Minnesota Historical Society
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of the state's most iconic entities, renowned worldwide for its top-quality healthcare. KFAI produc...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
True nature of time remains elusive
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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As the old year ends and a new year begins, the passage of time is on our minds. We check the time on cell phones, computer monitors, watches and w...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Francis Little House was a Frank Lloyd Wright design
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Francis Little House in Deephaven, Minnesota, was designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building and design took some time--l...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds of Silents
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Credit: Russian Public Library via Wikipedia Commons
Silent film may be a thing of the past, but scoring music to flickering screen classics isn't. This documentary focuses on three Minneapolis bands ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 2
Remembering the Notorius Debika Ghosh
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Debika and Ronu
The end of year issues all over magazine stands in India all carry photo spreads of the icons we lost. Famous people from the world of politics and...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Pass the lefse, please
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Ask someone from out of state to describe Minnesota and you’ll probably hear a lot of “Minnesota Nice,” "uff dah’s" and "you betcha’s." Scandinavia...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
The (political) lure of Minnehaha Falls
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Minnehaha Falls has been a popular tourist spot for politicians since Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his epic poem, “The Song of Hiawatha” in 185...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
Diwali Crackers
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy tries to hear through the noise and get to the heart of Diwali.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Indian Tartan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Thousands of miles from Edinburgh in the heart of Kolkata there remains a piece of land that is indisputably Scottish. Sandip Roy takes us there.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Jewish Museum in Kolkata?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Magen David Synagogue in Kolkata, India, Credit: Ashok Sinha
A Jewish museum just opened in Kolkata. Not a brick and mortar museum, but an online museum.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
One last ride, Ambassador
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ambassador Car
Sandip Roy takes one last ride in India's Ambassador motor car.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Coolie Woman
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Coolie Woman book cover
But when it comes to women going out by themselves in India, Gaiutra Bahadur comes from a family where the bar was set pretty high. Bahadur's Grand...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Classical Theater
From: Hold That Thought
Series: People, Places, and Ideas to Explore
Caption: Theater of Dionysus, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Prof. Timothy Moore describes the historical context of Greek tragedies and shares his own research into the music of ancient Roman comedies.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 12:39
  • Purchases: 1
Back to War
From: Traveling 219
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A weekend with the West Virginia Re-enactors Association, as they re-create the Battle of Droop Mountain.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
Comedy in Current Events
From: Radio K
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The Brave New Workshop has helped launch the careers of humorists such as Al Franken and Tom Davis, the first head writers for Saturday Night Live...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Texas Music History: Ruben Ramos
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of February (2/9): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performer who blended a variety of ethnic infl...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40