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When Shigeru Yabu was a little boy he made a new friend in an unexpected place. “That bird walked up my arm all the way to my shoulder, and we look...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 34:47
Caption: The powerhouse vocals of Elle King.
On this week's broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Grammy nominated vocalist and songwriter Elle King plus Mexo-Americana...

Bought by KUAR, WVIK, Delmarva Public Media, WEJP-LP 107.1, KTRL and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 37
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On today’s show we partnered with a young artist named Summer Blake, studying film & television at Drexel University. Summer had the opportunity ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2021
  • Length: 19:43
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Take Me With You: Around The World Journey to Invite a Stranger Home Have you ever made friends with someone from a place where you visited as a t...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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David Rice has always lived in Texas. Born in 1964 in Weslaco, he now divides his time between Austin and the Rio Grande Valley. South Texas and hi...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 06:52
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Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 31:58
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People incarcerated in California’s San Quentin State Prison aren’t allowed to have pets — but some people, like Ronell Draper, have found ways to ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 31:49
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1894 Cazadero train wreck, Gaye Lebaron on Black Bart, the restoration of Duncans Mills, the History of Pole Mountain Lookout, and more!

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 57:30
Caption: Agnes Chavez
We talk with artist and educator Agnes Chavez, who explores the interrelationship between art, science, technology and nature as a process and tool...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Galactic
The members of the band Galactic have been groove-makers in New Orleans and beyond for more than 25 years, embracing R&B, hip hop, jazz, rap, rock,...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 51:59
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When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Rohulamin Quander at his home in Washington D.C. in 2016 and Alicia Argrett in Madison, Mississippi in 2010., Credit: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett.
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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When word that California had gold in its creeks and streams reached the United States of America in 1848, fortune seekers from all over the world ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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It’s time to release your inner geek! Today on Culture Clique we take you to Nerd Nite at Ed’s No Name Bar in Winona, MN. The topic? “Jesus and the...

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 35:15
Caption: Unreal Bluegrass , a little bit outside the Flat Top Box, Credit: Steve Martin
Jeremy Garrett visits Unreal Bluegrass to discuss his new solo CD Circles and and the latest from The Infamous Stringdusters, Rise Sun.Jeremy is a ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:02:54
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TC Tolbert talks with Sarah Gonzales about Queer Joy

  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 04:17
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We feature literature and commentary about the December holiday season from our rich archives. The late Rabbi Gerald Kane discusses the origins of ...

Bought by WDCB and WDCB


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Rian Johnson, San Francisco, CA 11/11/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rian Johnson talks being human, toying with an audience, and how the late, great Ricky Jay makes a cameo.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2019
  • Length: 13:18
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Newspapers were the primary means of mass communication in 19th Century America. They not only told the news, but they pervaded social and politica...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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There is strong historical and anthropological evidence that dogs came across the Bering land bridge with people migrating from Siberia to Alaska. ...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with part two of a former Kansas Poets Laureate reading, sponsored by the Kansas Area Watershed C...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Simeon Mills discusses his novel about growing up robot in the 1990s, The Obsoletes. He also reads two short selections.

Bought by KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jeffrey McHale, San Francisco, CA 6/28/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jeffery McHale talks turning tides, cracking intentions, and crossing lines.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
  • Length: 14:26
Caption: Mike Doyle and Scott Evans, San Francisco, CA 6/26/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mike Doyle and Scott Evans talk neurological confusion. not scaring the horses. and getting to use the word jejune.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 17:08
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On the eastern slope of the Continental Divide, about an hour’s drive east of San Jose, Costa Rica, is the Rain Forest Aerial Tram, a tramway that ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00