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Allen Ginsberg
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Allen Ginsberg reading poetry, Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collections
One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :59
Frank O'Hara
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Hunter S. Thompson
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Hunter S. Thompson, Long Beach, California, May 1989, Credit: Rs79
Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
90 Second Naturalist - February 2016 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 2
90 Second Naturalist - January 2016 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 32:43
  • Purchases: 2
Waking Michelle
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
She sets 56 alarms every day, which are really good at waking everyone *else* in her dorm....

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:28
Feeling Raced
From: Terrascope Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Does your race affect how you act? Well, it probably affected how you answered that question.... In this award-winning story, hear why one young ma...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
90 Second Naturalist - November 2015
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KMUN, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 3
90 Second Naturalist - October 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Red State Gun Owner Who's Not so Red
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Matt Knox, Credit: Amy MArtin
We go to Montana, where Making Contact Producer Amy Martin spent some time with a guy that you might think of as the stereotypical American gun own...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 3
90 Second Naturalist - September, 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - August, 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 01, 2015
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - July, 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Ballad of Maggi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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India has tied itself in knots thanks to a noodle problem. The country has been in an uproar since tests alleged that some packets of Maggi instan...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - June 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - May 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist, George Coleman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master George Coleman shares stories about playing with NEA Heritage Fellow, BB King, falling in love with Charlie Parker, and learni...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
How I left Saigon
From: Valerie Hamilton
Caption: Lawyer and newspaper publisher Dat Huy Phan at his desk at California's Nguoi Viet Daily News, Credit: Marcus Teply
California lawyer and newspaper publisher Dat Huy Phan was a 27-year-old high school teacher in Saigon when the city fell to North Vietnam in April...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:47
Panics, depressions, recessions
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 2
Open Source Song Writing
From: Fil Corbitt
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Billy Mack got a house, and then got 95 people to play a song about it.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
TSR15-15 BCO & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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This weeks episode features friends from New Orleans ~ Preservation Hall Jazz Band with an opening set by our very own Blue Canvas Orchestra.

Bought by WNMU-FM, KMSU, KALH, KPIP-LP, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
90 Second Naturalist - April 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 2
Is Spring Overrated?
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: What's to Love About...?
Caption: Writer/performer Sharon Glassman, Credit: Katie Weisberger
Its roots are natural, sure. But isn't spring a bit...overpromise-y? Sharon Glassman makes the case for a name change. Or maybe just a change of he...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Giving up the ghost
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Eyes on the Sky
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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Into Tuesday we’ll see gusty winds, an early morning cold front east of Route 2 and a massive low pressure system delivering winter-like temperatur...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:46

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