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The Big Pond #23: Sorting Out Recycling
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Most of the Western world has a waste problem, and recycling has been pushed by policymakers as one of the best ways to combat it. In Baltimore and...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 16:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Chris Dombrowski - 406
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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A conversation with Chris Dombrowski about his collection of poems, "Ragged Anthem." He also reads a few selections.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jonathan Evison, author of "Lawn Boy"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra talks with Novelist Jonathan Evison about "Lawn Boy"

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 30:11
Sean Prentiss — "Finding Abbey" — and the way back home (Part two)
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes presents part 2 of his conversation with author and educator Sean Prentiss.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
ThinkPeople — A conversation with Monika Vischer
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
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Monika Vischer is program director at Colorado Public Radio Classical. She is also co-founder and board chair of El Sistema Colorado, a non-profit ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: A Study of People
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week, The RDD is at a coffee shop in Downtown Bowling Green. Since 1989 Grounds for Thought has offered coffee, used books, records and comic...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2018
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at St. Cloud State University with ISAIAH Members Pastor James Alberts and Justin Lewandowski
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this timely installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack talks about the Martin Luther...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: 30:45
The Write Question - Russell Rowland - 330
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Russell Rowland discusses his book, "Arbuckle," prequel to his 2002 debut, "In Open Spaces."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Sharon Brangman and Jenna Lester
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sharon Brangman (Left) and Jenna Lester (Right)
Dr. Jenna Lester talks to her mother, Dr. Sharon Brangman, about growing up in a family of black women who have dedicated their lives to medicine.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Interview: Camille Dungy
From: Generation Anthropocene
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How do cultural constructs, like race, influence our relationship to the natural world? Poet and professor Camille Dungy explores this question by ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 25:50
"A Conversation with Raoul Peck"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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The Cutting Edge presents a conversation on the making of the film "I Am Not Your Negro" with film maker Raoul Peck.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:44
"Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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Discussion on the lingering history of racist ideology in the Americas and beyond.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:02
RDD: Marjory the Motivator
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Marjory is a keynote speaker, author, playwright, student, and advocate for children in the foster care system. Her success in these areas stems la...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Jane Vance and Lucinda Roy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Jane Vance and Lucinda Roy, who taught at Virginia Tech during the shooting that killed 32 people in 2007, talk about the aftermath.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 2
James Sallis discusses "Willnot"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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In his celebrated career, James Sallis has created some of the most finely drawn protagonists in crime fiction, all of them thoughtful observers of...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 11:14
RDD: The Reluctant Interview
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet John Eikost, the editor-in-chief of the art and culture entertainment website Toledo.com

  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 06:02
StoryCorps: Terri Roberts and Delores Hayford
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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The mother of the gunman who entered an Amish schoolhouse and killed five girls discusses the events of the day and the bonds that came from it.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:26
RDD: Connecting Through Cancer (part 1)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of the Rough Draft Diaries, we'll meet the creator and director of Cancer Connection of NorthWest Ohio, Jean Schoen. The Cancer Co...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Targeting the Vulnerable: Charter Legislation and Urban School Districts
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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This conversation was excerpted for the program, "Darker than Blue: The Failure of School Integration." This is the full conversation between Inte...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 55:59
Schools Serving Students Dinner
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Los Angeles County's poverty line is almost at 20%, and the majority of these households have children. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LA...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Passing on the Traditions
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa, Brian McInnes talks with Obizaan [Lee Staples], a spiritual advisor for the Mille Lacs Band of O...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WMUU-LP, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 33:19
  • Purchases: 4
Nobody Discussed It:  Lacey Schwartz and “Little White Lie”
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Lacey Schwartz, director and producer of “Little White Lie,” a documentary about her experiences growing up as a white Je...

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Valentine's Day
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Would you believe that some teens view Valentine's Day as shallow and expensive? Others see it as an opportunity to demonstrate appreciation. Car...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
#4 Keeping Me Humble podcast -- Dogs die in the care of a dog walker. A columnist defends her.
From: Steven Chua
Series: Keeping Me Humble
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Keeping Me Humble is a podcast about the tough things in life...the stuff that keeps us humble. Today...stories of failure. Host Steven Chua on why...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 16:19
Learn From the Anishinaabe to Better Serve Them
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa, Brian McInnes talks with Obizaan [Lee Staples], a spiritual advisor for the Mille Lacs Band of O...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 6