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22-Asteroid 2013 TV 135
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid 2013 TV135 is a potentially hazardous asteroid which at first appeared to be on a collision course with planet Earth. Subsequent observat...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
21-The Kepler Spacecraft's Search for Earth Like Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Kepler Spacecraft has discovered that planets which are apparently similar to Earth exist outside of our solar system.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Souvenirs - "Pants from France, A Soup Spoon From Rangoon, Propecia From Indonesia."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Women's Sports - "Lack of Inherent Interest, Or Lack of Enactment of Proclaimed Principles?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Anticipation - "There's No Dishonesty In Reveling In the Anticipation of An Impossibly Ache, Pain, and Problem Free Future."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
The Beat: Kevin Zepper - "Ghostwriting"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Kevin Zepper is an Associate Professor of English at Minnesota State University - Moorehead. He was recently awarded a writing residency at Starry ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On School Supplies - "Nothing But the Best For Our Future Leaders, As Long It Doesn't Cost Anything."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
The Beat: Shanthi Siva - "Avatars Of Water"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Vacations - "This Summer's Vacation: China."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "The Book of Hours"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "The Book of Hours." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minneso...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "Do Your Inlaws Bristle Because You're Finished Eating Before They've Pulled Their Steak From the Grill?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "The Importance of Playing Trumpet Is Sometimes Not About the Tune."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:14
Dr. Carlos Reijnen, de Academicus uit Amsterdam
From: Anton Foek
Series: Polen Nederland Polen
Caption: UvAmsterdam, Credit: UvA
In een kort exclusief gesprek vertelt dr. Carlos Reijnen over de sociaal economische consequenties van de migratie uit Oost naar West Europa

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 12:47
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg: "It's Awkward To Shout About the Fact That We Don't Shout and Like It That Way."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Patricia Kirkpatrick - "Survivor's Guilt"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Patricia Kirkpatrick lives in St. Paul and teaches at Hamline University. She's won awards and fellowships from the McKnight, Jerome, Bush, and Wil...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: David Treuer Reading at the Cass Lake Public Library
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: David Treuer - Author
Writer, and Native American from Leach Lake Reservation, David Treuer, last year published “Rez Life,” an important work on many levels. David Treu...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSJD, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:45
  • Purchases: 3
The Beat: Todd Boss - "Blind"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:33
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "Time, Pressure, and Positive Change on the Iron Range"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Navigating"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 03:07
Culturology: "Elder To Crone" an essay by Anne Dunn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Will Weaver - "Minnesota Grooming"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Will Weaver retired from 24 years as a professor at Bemidji State University to write full time. He has published something like a dozen books, fi...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
Dianne Dettmann's "Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow's Story of Love, Loss and Renewal
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Dianne Dettmann's new book chronicles a widow's journey through grief and to recovery.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 20:44
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Piotr Anderszewski (Beethoven is Tiring)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski’s association with Beethoven’s music goes back a long way. It’s a connection he cherishes, but like all relationships, they’ve ...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Piotr Anderszewski (Chopin's Immaculate Suit)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Like most of his countrymen and women, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski is proud of Chopin's Polish connection, but he says Chopin has other conne...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:13
Virtuoso Voices - Lorin Maazel (New York Love Affair)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Lorin Maazel
Since leaving the New York Philharmonic in 2009, conductor Lorin Maazel has been as busy as ever, but never too busy to look back at his seven year...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1