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An Interview with Vermont Farmer Alan LePage
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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Alan LePage has been an organic vegetable gardener in central Vermont for over thirty years–-long before anyone cared much about organic farming. I...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 39:34
Episode 35: Joseph Campo – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Joseph Campo (accepting his gift of FAT ENZO tee shirts)
Bobby speaks with Joseph Campo, executive producer at Grassroots Films and the director of the St. Francis House. The two discuss a range of topics...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:05:38
The Privatization of Death Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the rights of families to care for their dead and the funeral industry in this two-part interview with Lisa Carlson and Jos...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
Episode 5: "Hark! Who Goes There? Locating the Self in the Stories We Tell"
From: WFHB
Series: The Custom House
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We enlist the aid of noted scholar of autobiography, John Eakin, as we seek to answer Andrew Bird's question: where exactly does the self reside, i...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:26
Culturology: "Finns In Minnesota: Finn Halls" by Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Cokato Temperence Hall, Credit: Britt Aamodt
When traveling through Minnesota's Finn country, you'll see a good number of Finnish-style log cabins, a lot of saunas, and, if you look hard, a ha...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: "Finns In Minnesota: Crosby's Communist Mayor" by Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Karl Emil Nygard
During the past year, Northern Community Radio has been running a mini-series produced by Britt Aamodt focusing on Minnesota Finns. In this segment...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 3
Alloy Orchestra: New Music for Silent Films
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Terry Donahue, a member of the Alloy Orchestra, a group of multitalented musicians who provide live, in house, orchestral...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Centerstage Minnesota: Ryan and Jesse Dermody of The Brothers Burn Mountain join Amy Clark
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Ryan and Jesse Dermody of Brothers Burn Mountain
Ryan and Jesse Dermody have chosen to approach life on their own terms. The specifics of that implication involve many creative pursuits, music occ...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage Minnesota: Alicia Corbett of Tea and Sympathy joins Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Alicia Corbett of Tea and Sympathy
Though Alicia Corbett is an acclaimed musician and songwriter among the musicians inhabiting the Twin Cities, her music is a virtual secret to many...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Opening Door Show - Sally Kempton
From: Wendy Strgar
Series: The Opening Door - Positivity Series
Caption: Sally Kempton
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: "Long-Shining Waters" - Author Danielle Sosin talks to Heidi Holtan in this Real Good Words interview
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Long-Shining Waters" by Danielle Sosin
Danielle Sosin's novel, "The Long Shining Waters," tells three stories of three women living around the shores of Lake Superior in three distinct t...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 17:32
  • Purchases: 2
Dan Beachy-Quick on Moby Dick, Part One
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features part one in a two-part series on the enduring capacity of Moby-Dick, with a focus on one man's particular devotion to Melville's greatest ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
Scott Dixon on "Enemy Alien" - A Play Reflecting Minnesota WWII History
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of "Art Beat" we find out how you can attend a free play reading this Friday, January 25th at the Lanesboro Commonweal Theatre. The...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 23:14
  • Purchases: 1
Fresh Talk: Rashid Novaire
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Rashid Novaire
In Amsterdam, Cathy Byrd meets Dutch novelist Rashid Novaire, of Moroccan and Dutch descent. The writer's heritage is embedded in his imagination.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
Why Mothers Worry About Their Children
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Is the concept of  “mother blame” a method to control women?  Is motherhood really a fearsome job?  Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Conservation in the Anthropocene
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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In our second compilation, we bring together voices from the Leopold Leadership Program to investigate the changing nature and changing goals of co...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 23:16
GOD: A STORY OF REVELATION -- Deepak Chopra Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Deepak Chopra, San Francisco, CA 10/8/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Deepak Chopra talks identity, infinity, and the benefits of laughter.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 10:27
Culturology: Duane Paulson's silver print and contact print photography
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Orchid, Credit: Duane Paulson
Duane Paulson is an accomplished fine art photographer living in the St. Cloud area. For more than 40 years Paulson has been using black and white ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
The Microfinance Heretic
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: jacket Cover, Credit: design by Kirk DouPonce
Hugh Sinclair traveled to several continents while working for numerous banks, agencies and institutions, and saw microfinance from the ground up. ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
Real Good Words: Will Weaver
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: The Survivors by Will Weaver
Heidi Holtan talked with Bemidji author Will Weaver about young adult novels and his latest “The Survivors” a sequel to the bestselling “Memory Boy...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Buddhism Behind Bars
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: Venerable Aileen Barry, Buddhist nun, Credit: Liberation Prison Project
Venerable Aileen Barry, a Buddhist nun from Ireland and for­merly of the Liberation Prison Project in Australia, talks about spir­i­tu­al­ity behin...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 03, 2012
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Mary Strother's toned and hand painted photography
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Mary Strother discusses how she has evolved her artistic process and how she gathers her photography's subject matter. Her exhibit appear during Fe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Lisa Stauffer's landscape paintings and "In Search of Enough" traveling exhibit
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Katie Marshall and Lisa Stauffer join Travis Ryder to preview the exhibitions appearing this month at MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids. The mai...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 11:52
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Michelle Boisseau
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Michelle Boisseau
Poet Michelle Boisseau talks about her collection A SUNDAY IN GOD-YEARS, which examines borders between black and white, free and slave, living and...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Humankind: Rubin Carter's Hurricane
From: Humankind
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Memorialized in a Bob Dylan song and an Academy Award nominated Denzel Washington film, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a successful prize fighter, wh...

Bought by WEZU, WOUB, NPR Illinois, RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28