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The Head Water Blues Opry
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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What is The Blues? Arts and Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack looks for the answer as he explores the Head Water Blues Opry, performed at th...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:25
The Big Ponder #40: The Farm
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Ira Karp lives on a farm in northern Vermont, surrounded by music, puppets, and a family of incredible storytellers. Over his brief lifetime, he ha...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
Canyonlands, Utah
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Canyonlands, Utah.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #24: Happiness
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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How do you quantify something as indescribable as happiness? Michael Hobbes searches for a way to measure life satisfaction that works in both the ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #23: Airlines
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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A lot has changed since the first days of aviation, from beverage service to affordable plane tickets. Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginzel recap the hist...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #22: Candy
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
As a kid, candy makes the world go round. As an adult, it has the power to bring back long-forgotten childhood memories. Carol McKinley talks about...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #15: Record Booth
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. C...

Bought by HowSound and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
Seeking and Blundering – The Discovery of Penicillin
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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This episode of the FEHLER podcast is an exploration of mistakes in science and their connection to art. Listen for more!

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 14:27
Rediscovered Radio: WYSO’s Lost Tapes
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Listen to this story on how an act of benign neglect transformed Southwest Ohio based WYSO from a small public radio station into a community.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 30:33
  • Purchases: 1
Dan Bazile: There's a Reason That Rain Is Here
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Dan Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Rain - In March 2004, Dan Bazile joined the news team at WNYT (a television affiliate of NBC), where he anchors "Weekend Today". Prior to that, he ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:35
The Unintentional Development of Plastic
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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The plastics we rely so heavily on today weren’t a single discovery. In fact, they weren’t even all discovered on purpose! Tune in to find out more.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of GREAT Theatre and KVSC Radio's Production of Sherlock Holmes as Radio Theater
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with the cast and crew of GREAT Theatre and KVSC...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:53
The Big Pond #27: Welcome to Motherland
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Three women, two countries, one shared experience: Motherhood. From giving birth to receiving support – our producer Melissa Gerr looks at the role...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:46
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Pond #09: A Singer’s Life
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Leigh Hamilton is a dramatic soprano who has been based in Germany for more than 17 years. This episode follows Leigh’s story, which takes her from...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 23:25
Freedom and Hostile Design
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Some acts of expression are awesome, while others suck, and one philosopher has a new theory about the difference. Using this theory as a guide, we...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:21
Drowned at Sea
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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This week, we look at how a religious cult of number worshipers on the Italian coast gave rise to modern science, mathematics, philosophy, and musi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:09
  • Purchases: 1
Birding
From: Matthew Simonson
Caption: bird on the cape, Credit: Matthew Simonson
In a busy world, everyone's looking for a place for peace. Ask Skyler Kardell and he'll show you somewhere right in front of your nose. All you n...

Bought by PRX Remix, 'The Sea', and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
The Untold Story of Laughing All The Way VIII: If the Fates Allow at the Pioneer Place Theater Company
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits backstage at one of St. Cloud’s newer holiday t...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
The Untold Story of the 2017 Governor's Fishing Opener in St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this "experimental" installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, it's Fishing on the Radio as Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 35:23
Sex at Vassar
From: Sophia Steinert-Evoy
Series: oversharing
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Is it possible to have a healthy relationship with sex at Vassar?

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 06:24
The Untold Story of Pokemon Go and the Unrelenting Rampage of Cuteness and Community That's Taking Over St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack finds the city of St. Cloud inund...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Zhong Zi
From: Joy Yang
Series: Bite Bytes
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On this episode, we will discuss Duan Wu Jie, or the Dragon Boat Festival.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 15:29
The Furry Ambers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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This rock band uses music to voice a perspective that is often swept under the rug.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mascot Boot Camp: Putting the F-U back in FUN
From: Alexis Kenyon
Caption: Dave Raymond watching Fritz the Cat at Mascot Boot Camp, Credit: Alexis Kenyon
Since retiring as the original Philie Phanatic, Dave Raymond makes his living training professional mascot performers and creating new mascot ident...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:31
JazzStories: Michael Cuscuna
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I guess it was about 3rd or 4th grade that I got hooked on R & B and early rock & roll. I just became a fanatical record collector even at that ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 17:26
  • Purchases: 2