PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, and KREV-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
  • Purchases: 3
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Bill Caldwell is a nurse, a therapist, and a poet. Much of what he knows about poetry is related to classes at The Loft at the Minnesota Center for...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:13
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For Joe, the best part of playing the piano is doing it where no one’s listening.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
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The six educators who died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Citizenship (at a Wh...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
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Daily routines can become monotonous, but when dealing with mental illness these tasks can feel insurmountable. Student producer Alanna Duncan take...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
Caption: Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston's "It Takes Two"
Husband and wife vocal artists Nicki and Tim Bluhm talk about what it takes to sing and live as a duo and explore the history of famous duetting co...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
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Deborah Cooper has recently been named the fourth Poet Laureate of Duluth. Here the Producer of The Beat, Steve Downing reads her poem "Tikkun (Heb...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
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Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:52
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What Neil Gaiman has to tell his children and children's children.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
Caption: Michael Forbes
Bemidji area writer Michael Forbes recites his essay written in contemplation of Aurora Borealis, family, and home.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:10
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Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
Caption: "My Mother Is Now Earth" by Mark Anthony Rolo
Dan Sinykin is pursuing a Ph.D. in literature and currently lives in Bemidji. Dan recently read and reviewed Mark Anthony Rolo’s new memoir “My Mot...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with Lila Johnston, Stanford student who is documenting the sacred sites of the Winnemem Wintu in Northern California.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Caption: Big Walter Smith
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
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Venezuelan vocalist Jimmy Kansau takes listeners on a journey through the music of early to mid 20th century Latin America and the Caribbean.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Muddy Jungle Rivers - Wendell Affield
Wendell Affield of Bemidji joins Charlie Pulkrabek to talk about his new memoir about his experience in the Mobile Riverine Force while serving as ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Bishop Ricardo Ramirez remembers his grandmother Francisca "Panchita" Espitia.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 1
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The producer wrestles with inequality-related discomforts while he climbs Mt Kilimanjaro.

Bought by Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 1
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We came across an amazing tape that was just uncovered in a box in New York City. On tape: legendary Beat Generation poet, Allen Ginsberg. Ginsber...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 1
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The art of opera translation is subtle yet crucial. Get it right, and the audience feels like they’re experiencing the work with as much richness a...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
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Overcaffeinated and stressed, MIT students rush down the "infinite corridor." But a few steps away is all it takes to make a calming, peaceful moment.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
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For one Indian classical singer, a crowded little apartment in Queens--or even just the sound of a shruthi box (an Indian-style musical drone)--bri...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1