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Augsburg Professor Bill Green Talks About Book Degrees of Freedom: The Origin of Civil Rights in Minnesota 1865-1912
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Augsburg College professor Bill Green as he ma...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 28:04
The Robot (fiction)
From: LN Lurie
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A girl tries to finish her father's work. After 15 years, she has a breakthrough!

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:49
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "Intertext Mix"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota's current Poet Laureate was one of the first contributors to Northern Community Radio's "The Beat".

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:26
FALL POEMS: "Wide Receiver" by Mark Halliday
From: The Poetry Foundation
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This contemporary poem gets into the mind of a wide receiver in the middle of a play.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Freedom to Choose
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
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This episode might make you question every choice you’ve ever made.

Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 2
To Lie or Not to Lie
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
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This episode will have you asking: What moral rules do I live by?

Bought by PRX Remix and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 2
Kids These Days!
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
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This episode will make you think twice before you blame Twitter or FaceBook for the downfall of society.

Bought by KFOI Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 3
You Didn't Start the Fire
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
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This episode asks: how do you know what you know?

Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 2
Don't Mess with Texas History
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
Caption: The Alamo, San Antonio, TX USA
This episode could change how you remember the Alamo.

Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Marjorie Buettner - "Three Haiku: Deeper by Degrees, Snow Walking, Looking for Your Grave
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marjorie Buettner's new collection of haibun is "Some Measure of Existance" recently published by Red Dragonfly Press which has also published coll...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Louis Saxton - "Snow"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Louis Saxton a sixth grader at School Craft Learning Community only recently started writing poetry. At home he enjoys sitting in the woods by hims...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:14
Memories Down the Slope
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Victoria Gunning re-calls some childhood memories skiing in Bogus Basin, Idaho.

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Acoustic Stories : Robert Jevne - "Cherries"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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KAXE contributor, Robert Jevne, shares "Cherries." A piece about a young woman's artistic venture with an intriguing direction.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:26
San Francisco’s Columbarium – where you can truly leave your heart
From: KALW
Caption: Neptune Society Columbarium, San Francisco
Oh, how the residents of San Francisco love their city! So often they’ll say, “We never plan to leave here. Never!” That’s a great sentiment, but t...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
Up the Uts
From: Kieron Yates
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A short feature exploring the social world of a British cycling club as it faces the challenge of a declining and aging membership.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 10:00
Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Patterns in Music
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For “Patterns in Music,” Mike Whorf presents this special program of music, poetry, and thought-provoking reflection.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, 'The Sea', KKWE Niijii Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:07:36
  • Purchases: 4
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 3 Hour 2
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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With help from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, KVSC has sent Wayne Bergerson, host of Frets on Saturday mornings, and long-time KVSC d...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2010
  • Length: 55:47
Practically Speaking: What's in a Name
From: Ayana Contreras
Series: Practically Speaking
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Are African-American parents that choose unique or African-sounding names putting their children at a disadvantage? Is society unduly prejudiced ag...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 10:22
  • Purchases: 1
Home Sweet Texas
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's good to be home.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
Hiking in Australia
From: Jake Warga
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A travel writer gets lost in Australia's outback

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Making It Out of High School
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Making It . . .
Caption: PRX default Piece image
High school senior Lena Eckert-Erdheim explores making it out of high school and making a decision about what to do next.

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 3
About the Video Game and its Relation to the Soul
From: Matthew Sahr
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Why do I play videogames?

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 09:56
Dark Skies
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Professional Lighting Designer creates enviro-friendly light systems

  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 07:18
What does "Latino" and "Hispanic" really mean?
From: Andrew Reissiger
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There's so much diversity in the Americas. What does the term "Latino" or "Hispanic" really mean?

Bought by KZYX, KRZA, Delta College Public Radio, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Aug 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 4