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Dan Beachy-Quick on Moby Dick, Part Two
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features part two 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: 20:31
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "The Long Shining Waters" by Danielle Sosin
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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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 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "It's Fine By Be" from Per Petterson. Published by Graywolf Press.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "It's Fine By Me" by Per Petterson
Dan Sinykin very cleanly illuminates the strength and appeal of this new novel from published by Graywolf Press and written by Per Petterson called...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage Minnesota: Adam Herman of The Slamming Doors talks to Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: The Slamming Doors
This week's feature is an interview with Adam Herman of the Iron Range band The Slamming Doors. Also we continue the look back at the music from 20...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Erika Kooda presents an essay about starting her high school senior year
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda has recently begun her senior year at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she'll be checking in with essays reflecting on ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Shift Work
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Peter Drucker
Host Phalana Tiller talks with Business Talent Group's Jody Greenstone Miller and then we hear a rare audio recording of Peter Drucker on the mobil...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Mexico’s Drug War: The Politics of Violence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Javier Sicilia in 2011, Credit: Flickr user: sarihuella
On this edition, political science professor David Shirk sheds light on the history and politics of the war on drugs in Mexico. And an emerging mov...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Woman's History: Susan B. Anthony March 13, 1906
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Our unappreciated national treasure, Susan B. Anthony spent more than five decades in a struggle to transform life for American women by securing t...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Fukushima
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tsunami, a country, a power plant.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
Moments in Black History: Rosa Parks
From: N Lorde
Caption: Rosa Parks, Credit: Mindfully.org
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 3
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 Year in Review
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...

Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
147: Citizens of the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill talks about the W2O, the Subscription Service, and asks how we might connect and unite the c...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:51
Frac-Sand Mining and Winona County, Minnesota
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this edition of "Don't Cha Know" Jim Gurley stops by KQAL to talk about Frac-Sand Mining and what it has to do with Winona County, and Winona Mi...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 31:52
  • Purchases: 1
Empire of Corn: From Cornucopia to Corporate Commodity
From: A World of Possibilities
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Corn: that most American of grains. These days corn is feed, fuel and ubiquitous sweetener, the biggest of business and some say the core of an ind...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 4
Defenders of Wildlife
From: The humble Farmer
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Should any species be hunted to extinction?

  • Added: Dec 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:14
Outsource Our Prisons
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Let's Share The Wealth

  • Added: Dec 12, 2010
  • Length: 01:15
Unique Crime Report From Maine
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Police are looking for a 6 foot 2, 250 pound robber

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2010
  • Length: 01:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Violin Prodigy
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One must be focused to excel

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 1
The Secret of Home Maintenance
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Nothing lasts like a temporary repair

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
Adopt A Wolf?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A calf might be easier on the grandchildren

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: :43
  • Purchases: 1
Evidence for Fast Food 20,000 BC
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
An ancient obese female doll may represent a mother goddess worshipped by Stone Age people

  • Added: Dec 05, 2010
  • Length: :54
Why Santa Claus Is Richer Than Daddy Warbucks
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Their employees have different retirement programs

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
I Prefer Death By Chocolate
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In the US your chances of being shot are relatively high.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Danger In An Education
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can learn things that will make you uncomfortable

  • Added: Nov 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
Tips For A Happy Marriage
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Be responsive to your partner's needs

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:57

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