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Political Junkie 12-3-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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We know for certain that President Obama pardoned a turkey this Thanksgiving. But is Healthcare.gov a turkey as well? Host Ken Rudin speaks with W...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-26-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The word of the week is “nuclear,” and the latest Political Junkie show is all over it. First, Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks with Cameron ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Alyssa Rhoden and the Rise of the Europa Underground
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Alyssa Rhoden studies Jupiter’s moon Europa…from a distance. She, many other scientists and millions of space exploration fans around the globe wan...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-19-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks with Wall Street Journal congressional correspondent Siobhan Hughes about the changing fortunes on Capitol Hill. D...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Jobs: "Not Living For A Living."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 11-12-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Host Ken Rudin welcomes back his old friend from NPR's Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan, to the Political Junkie. They talk about the emergence of Ch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-6-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The 2013 Elections are over, and though the winners aren't a surprise, some of the insights are. Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks to NPR's Mara Lia...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 10-22-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Our long national nightmare is over! Political Junkie Ken Rudin and NPR's Senior Political Editor Ron Elving team up this week to tackle the world ...

Bought by KCRW


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Comfort Food - "Did That Truck From the Gargantuan Restaurant Supply Company Really Make A Delivery To Every Restaurant In This Town?!"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Shakespeare - "Proof of Bill's Translatability."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Laziness - "Salt and Bubbles, Yay!"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:03
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Nerds - "When You Go the Opposite Direction of the Herd, the Destination Isn't Marked By A Crowd."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:49
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Nerds - " Nerd is the new black. Well, technically..."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:21
The Beat: Julie Hart - "Throwaway Culture"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Julie Hart grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. She went to Carlton College, and has been pursuing her education ever since...to the ends of the earth....

  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Minnesotans and Bragging - "Any food shaped like the can it arrived in, meat no less, needs no support."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Signs from Nature
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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Host Erik Redix, an assistant professor of American Indian Studies at UMD, talks with Larry Amik Smallwood, a language instructor at the University...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Equal Time Minute - Augusta National and Women
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Culturology: Aaron Brown - The Least, and Most, Stressful Jobs
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown pontificates about a list of The Most, and Least Stressful Jobs recently published by a major news organization. Aaron J. Brown is an a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
Managed Car: An Additional 210 Seconds On How to Triple Car Insurance Premiums
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: The car would not start at all today., Credit: Susan Cook
"Whoa, the car won't start," our gentle car owner says to himself as he turns the key in the ignition only to hear a soft whimper, whimper, whimper...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:34
The Beat: Mike Finley - "Toggle"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mike Finley says about himself, "I'm a Minnesotan who has been writing forever. I seem to write poems that are simultaneously anxiety provoking and...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
The Beat: Todd Boss - "Dream In Perfect Color Though I Might"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
The Beat: Will Weaver - "The Tow Rope"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Will Weaver grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota. He's attended St. Cloud State, the University of Minnesota, and Stanford. He was a Professor of E...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
This American Life Parody: Hey, It's Our Thing
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Brooklyn hipsters explore modern commerce through social networking, urban tribalism, and suspicious fires.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
WorldCanvass:Africa
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The wildly diverse and compelling continent of Africa is our focus on this program from December 2009. Discussion centers on WiderNet and the eGra...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:37:56
The Hyles Files
From: WVAS
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A short commentary that gives a serious yet satirical side on opinions and topics about life in general that an audience can relate to.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 11:12