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Master Traditional Singer Sherry Minnick in a Concert of Great Songs
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Sherry Minnick, Credit: Elizabeth Lofgren
Sherry Minnick has sung many styles of music in her life. In the last few decades she has focused on great traditional songs, many of them very old...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Any Natural Treatments to Help With Alzheimers? [Fork as Medicine #1]
From: Shahar Boyayan
Series: Fork as Medicine
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Any Natural Treatments to Help With Alzheimers? Let's take a look

  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:18
Brazilian Choros by local group Choro Borealis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Choro Borealis, Credit: Antonella Borgatti
When was the last time there was a local group specializing in Brazilian choros? Maybe never. But Choro Borealis has been playing for a few years,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
53: The Black Country
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: The flag of the Black Country
The Black Country, an area of the West Midlands in England, is known for a unique dialect that can be difficult for modern English speakers to clea...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 19:21
Kitchens of Central America (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Wisdom and stories learned from grandmothers in Central Mexican Kitchens. Plus: can years of farming rice change a cultural personality?

Bought by WCNY, KFOK-LPFM, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Jon Pemberton Honors Local People in his Piano Jazz
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jon Pemberton, Credit: Lana Pemberton
Jon's group plays the Loring Pasta Bar in Minneapolis on June 21. The group plays there every couple of months. Jon has a solo piano show at Sunfis...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Eid
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Eid, an Islamic,a twice annual celebration is a favorite holiday of many Islamic students. Farhan, of the Luxton after-school program, contributes ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
43: The Legacy of Spence Broughton
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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How would the legacy of your great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather be passed on if he was a notorious criminal?

  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 20:54
Donald Payne Jr. Tribute to his Father.
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Caption: Donald Payne Jr on Left
Charmil Davis talking to the US Congress from New Jersey Donald Payne Jr.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
From This Point On
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
19: Sound Chambers
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Somewhere in the midwest are two of the most unnatural sounding rooms in the world, which some say were used to test the hearing of rabbits.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Parsi in America: Diana's Story
From: Christine Beaderstadt
Series: Indian Ornamentation and Globalization
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Ethnically Parsi, Diana grew up in the Indian state of Maharashtra, and went to boarding school there. She talks about how she and her family have ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
My Blue Bucket
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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A simple scene of sharing language, laughter, songs and daily chores with my neighbours in Kigali, Rwanda.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KCUR, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Boat builder Douglas Brooks on the art of traditional Japanese boat building
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: taraibune (Japanese tub boat), Credit: courtesy www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com
Vermont boat builder Douglas Brooks has spent years studying and apprenticing in Japan to learn the art of traditional Japanese boat building. He v...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 14:14
It's a Dog Eat Dog World
From: Bob Long
Caption: Ashley Brand's kitten that will be living in her apartment over the summer
With graduation drawing near, students will be packing up their bags and throwing out whatever they won’t need in their post-graduate life. Does th...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
StoryCorps: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 4
A Child's View of Domestic Violence by Valencia McMurray of MPR News
From: YouthCast
Caption: Valencia and her mother, Charlene, Credit: MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
For fourteen years, a singular event has shaped Valencia McMurray's life: her mother, Charlene Sanders, was violently attacked by her father when s...

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Aug 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
Nellie Moore
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Quite the pioneer!

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Native Sounds: Steve Wood of Northern Cree and Derek & Melonie Mathews
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Sounds
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Eric Martin speaks with Steve Wood of Northern Cree and Aden Marshall speaks with Melonie and Derek Mathews.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSQM 91.5 FM, and KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Producer Profile: Diane E. Benson and Jonathon Stanton
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
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Ben Kreimer speaks with Diane E. Benson and Jonathon Stanton, about their films incorporating Alaska Natives and their efforts to overcome harsh Al...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 10, 2011
  • Length: 27:55
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Your Neighbors: Afghanis find a new home in Fremont's "Little Kabul"
From: KALW
Caption: From the NowRoz Festival, Credit: http://www.littlekabul.com/littlekabul_history#Next
As U.S. journalists and photographers venture into war-torn countries like Afghanistan, scores of people from there try to get out. The largest Afg...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
Why Do Kids Drop Out of School?
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The KFAI Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 2
Teen Violence Hurts Everyone
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The KFAI Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 04:53
Uncovering Anorexia
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: KFAI Youth News
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The KFAI Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
Life Through a New Lens
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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One actor from the cast of the new HBO television show "Treme" is doing more than just acting.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1