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Disability is something Kevin Kling faces not only determination and courage, but with a highly developed sense of humor. Kevin Kling, a beloved st...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: A Death Cafe discussion group meets at the Rogue Buddha Gallery in Northeast Minneapolis, Credit: Twin Cities Death Cafe Facebook
Death is a scary to talk about. But some people in Minneapolis meet up every month to talk about just that. It’s called Death Cafe, and KFAI's Matt...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 06:03
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Today on Art Beat we're talking with Sharon Mansur, the first ever guest curator for the Frozen River Film Festival 2022. She shared more about thi...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 26:41
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The cast of WSU's Theater And Dance Department's presentation of "All Together Now" joins us to talk about their experience in making this producti...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 31:13
Caption: Comedian Tyler Fischer turns his bedroom into an online venue., Credit: http://TylerFischer.com
How standup comedians and venues in New York City are coping and adapting to comedy in quarantine without their audiences.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:40
Caption: Dan May, Credit: Dan May Facebook
Singer-songwriter Dan May’s career path has taken more twists and turns than a corkscrew in a hurricane. He has worked as a grave-digger, televisio...

  • Added: May 05, 2019
  • Length: 57:00
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According to the mythology of the Yoruba Tribe of Nigeria, the creation or the making of the earth was a collaborative effort between Olorun and or...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 01:54
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In this audio piece, among other things, we learn how she joined The New Yorker’s staff and how her illustrations are infused with a particular kin...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 06:26
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Joe Reginella, a Staten Island based sculptor, sneaks a statue into the park every weekend to commemorate a disaster that has been scrubbed from th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lester Blackiston
Pirates and their deeds become legend. Blackbeard, Lester’s personal favorite, did this thing with canon fuses, or so the legend goes. Just as his...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 26:15
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Comic Books and Super Heroes” is the theme of our episode of “Over the Back Fence” Community Variety Show from Lanesboro MN’s St. Mane Theatre. You...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:14:55
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In this episode of "Street Economy," radio producers Kelley Crawford and Sarah Holtz go to the streets in search of poetry -- literal poetry, not a...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:21
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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
Caption: Make Your Own Severed Finger
Gore has become a big part of the Halloween experience. And that's why student producer Son Vo of Columbia College Chicago felt compelled to attend...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
Caption: Will Durst, Johnny Steele, Larry "Bubbles" Brown, San Francisco, CA 9/28/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Will Durst, Larry “Bubbles” Brown, and Johnny Steele, talk collecting murmurs, career metaphors, and the magic that is San Francisco.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 25:20
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Jan sees every film that comes to Columbia, MO's arthouse cinema. Sometimes she'll see a film five or even ten times. Andrew Leland investigates wh...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Marvin goes to the same spot each morning. It doesn’t matter what the weather’s like or what day it is, he’s there trying to make people’s days bet...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Liz Barr, reigning Miss Biscuit, Credit: Tanner Latham
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Les Thomas, legendary travel writer and storyteller, Credit: Tanner Latham
Les Thomas wrote his way across the South. His travel writing, for Texas newspapers, Southern Living magazine and beyond, has spanned over 45 year...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
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4 min piece on Midland Community Theater and the volunteers that make it happen

  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
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Join us as we speak with concert pianist Stephen Cook. Along with being a wonderful player, he is bringing back the old-school piano recital (as Fr...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Feminist Mothers, Michelangelo in America, and Humor in the Workplace

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Episode fifty-nine! Wait, I guess that was the Stratocaster ’59. Still, it’s fifty-nine-y time! This episode we speak with certified master watchma...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
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If you’ve already visited a haunted house or plan to do so on Halloween, chances are you’ll see something designed to scare you that’s been created...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:53