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We look at urban fears about the country, and rural fears about the city. Which is scarier, and should we take more issue with the tropes, or the i...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 36:38
Caption: Roopika Risam
We're joined by the co-editors of Reviews in Digital Humanities, Dr. Roopika Risam and Dr. Jennifer Guiliano. Dr. Risam is the Chair of Secondary a...

Bought by KNCT FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Running Wolf
We're joined by Michael Running Wolf (Northern Cheyenne, Lakota and Blackfeet). He has a Master’s of Science in Computer Science, is a former engin...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Liz Neely
On this program we're joined by Liz Neely, the curator of Digital Experience at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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The best versions of other tunes done in the bluegrass, jazz and jam-grassicana fusion styles

  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Caption: Holly+
On this program we're talking with composer, musician, and sound artist Holly Herndon, whose most recent full-length album Proto was released in 20...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: MoniGarr
We're joined by MoniGarr, the founder of MoniGarr.com, a small tech company based in the Akwesasne Indian Reservation. MoniGarr develops XR -- aka ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Eels!
We're joined by Dr. Shannon McSheffrey, a medieval historian at Concordia University in Montreal. Professor McSheffrey's research interests center ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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A celebration of a decade and a half of sonic explorations on the radio into bluegrass, jazz and that chimeric, shapeshifting space between.....

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
Caption: Unreal Bluegrass
Award winning musician Sierra Hull has released a new CD , 25 Trips.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:29
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On this episode of The Children’s Hour, we explore whistles and flutes through stories, poetry and music.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Movies 101, Credit: Spokane Public Radio
Dan, Mary Pat and Nathan discuss 3 artistic efforts: "The Peanut Butter Falcon," "Tel Aviv on Fire" and the Australian historical drama "The Nighti...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 24:00
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How do we prepare for life after work?

Bought by KMUN, PRX Remix, and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 27:28
  • Purchases: 3
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Mary and Maeve are laying down the law. Three years ago, 886 ordinary Dutch citizens sued their government over climate change... and won. Tessa Kh...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 43:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Herman B Wells Library, Credit: Indiana University Archives
An audio story about working in the Herman B Wells Library.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A history and philosophy of the cover song in the rock music tradition, and how it contrasts with the classical music tradition.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 47:28
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Karen Turman, Assistant Professor of French at Winona State University, compares Prince to a 19th Century French Dandy.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 50:38
Caption:  Joyce DiDonato, Credit: Simon Pauly
We'll feature the amazing mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, from her very first solo cd to her latest release, In War and Peace.

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, 'The Sea', WETS and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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The mystery over what the falcon really is, whether it even existed, and why it has any value has remained so compelling, in fact, that over the ye...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
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I’m here at Pick-n-Pull to sell my beat-up 1998 Subaru Outback Legacy to the State of California under the Consumer Assistance Program, or CAP.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 12:51
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews, Scotland, votes September 18 on whether to admit women. If the measures passes, the club will be fi...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
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This week we explore inaccuracies within song lyrics. Doves can't cry. The Shenandoah River is in Virginia, not West Virginia. Carbon 14 is not ...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Can't Bury Your Past -- Turchi, Credit: Official Album Cover
Turchi's self-titled band develops songs via emailed snippets, since the 3 members live hundreds of miles apart. With a strict "no rehearsal" poli...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WLPR , WSLR, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Jorma Kaukonen made a name for himself by being the guitarist in bands like Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. His distinctive finger pick technique ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 08:42
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On this week's Rock School, we'll be talking about the different kinds of music licensing being used in the world of advertisement and beyond. We'...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 01:05:44