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Topic 1: The true story of Yasuke, the African samurai. Topic 2: The debate over statistical significance. Topic 3: An Adventurer who inspired gene...
- Added: Feb 13, 2020
- Length: 49:58
- Added: Jan 17, 2018
- Length: 25:35
We hear a lot in the news about the Antarctic ice sheet melting – but what else threatens a place so cold, so remote, and so seemingly barren? In t...
- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 21:32
- Added: Dec 20, 2017
- Length: 30:18
The Pillsbury A Mill is a National Historic Landmark, and in the midst of a $150 million redevelopment project. But back in the 1800s, it was the b...
- Added: Mar 19, 2015
- Length: 04:31
James J. Hill is known as the “Empire Builder.” His vision for a Great Northern Railway in the 19th century helped put Minnesota on the map. Produc...
Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 2
“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
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
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
When work began to rebuild the Calaveras Dam, Paleontologist Jim Walker was called to the scene to hunt for fossils. He expected to find a few, but...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 05:50
- Purchases: 1
Ever wonder what happens to films too bizarre for the big, or even small screen? Many of them end up at Oddball Film and Video, a stock footage com...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 04:57
- Purchases: 1
Boontling is a dialect spoken in the tiny town of Boonville, Calif. While every word of the homegrown language tells a story, how and why it emerge...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 26, 2013
- Length: 12:50
- Purchases: 1
For nearly a hundred years, Morse Code was the official language of international communication for ships in distress. Then, at the end of the twen...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 1
A Curious Citizen had a hunch there might be tunnels lurking beneath Chicago’s downtown. She had no idea how right she was.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 24, 2013
- Length: 09:32
- Purchases: 1
Um, No. But did the Manhattan Project’s Enrico Fermi consider the risk to Chicago?
Bought by XRAY.fm, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 10:03
- Purchases: 3
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
For the third week of August (8/19): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who conquered Nashville on her own terms.
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the last week of May (5/31): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a keyboard player who was part of Texas music royalty
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the fourth week of May (5/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texas singer who was as popular abroad as he is he...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:30
For the third week of May (5/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who managed to turn lemons into lemonade.
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the third week of November (11/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a talented drummer whose career was almost dera...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the first week of December (12/3): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the pioneers of chicano blues.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:41
For the fourth week of October (10/25): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an accomplished songwriter who is probably best...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:51
For the last week of July (7/29): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a classically-trained musician who was best known for...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of April (4/11): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a venue that brought world-class entertainment to ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
