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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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"Mountains" can be literal or metaphoric--places of peace and escape, or symbols of trials to be overcome. This episode will take us through the be...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 54:18
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When it’s Snakesgiving Time in the Mojave, everybody’s just a little more careful. Goes well with these weird new times, being careful. So please m...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jello Lake, Credit: Erin Sullivan
Join us as we explore the great outdoors while indoors with photographer Erin Sullivan of Erin Outdoors.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 27:51
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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
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In this episode we will see examples of some of the influential people and stories from one’s life, and how these stories continue to influence gen...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:34
  • Purchases: 1
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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Growing up in the 60s with the likes of Robert Plant, Roy Williams is a renaissance man of UK rock music, who quietly has had a massive influence.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 37:26
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This week on the show we talk about vegan rock stars.

Bought by WOUB, WSLR, KRSC, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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This week we talk about wild conspiracies we found on reddit.

Bought by WOUB, KWIT, KSRQ, KRSC, KTRL and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Four brands of matzoh compete in a taste-test at a Jewish temple in Belmont, MA in a humorous, quirky piece about this traditional Passover food.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 13:56
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Listen to an interview with author Steven Tow.

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, KRSC, KTRL and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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A wish for my oldest daughter on Valentine's Day - keep gifts, expectations, and hope for this day small. Do nothing that creates permanence. Avoid...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
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TC Tolbert talks with Sarah Gonzales about Queer Joy

  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 04:17
Caption: Dr. Steven Schlozman, zombified, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Zombies. I hate them the way Indiana Jones hates snakes. As part of my series Imaginary Worlds, I confront my biggest phobia with the help of a zom...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 3
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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
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We make up phrases to disguise the fact that what we're really doing is having fun.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 03:35
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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This week in space, Blue Origin gets ahead of the competition by, well, not competing, nobody can find India's lunar lander, and we discuss how ast...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 16:54
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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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David Toll is a noted newsman, author and publisher, a maverick known for his wit and keen observations of life on the Comstock and the state of Ne...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2019
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 1
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The Minnesota Indian Womens’ Resource Center recently teamed up with Hennepin County Library to host an Indigenous Comic Book Workshop in Minneapol...

Bought by KSRQ, KVSC, KMSU, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KQAL and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2019
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 9