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Folktale of Parting
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Parting, Credit: Julia Meek
“Goodbyes, they often come in waves.” That's how the humorous American author, Jarod Kintz sees it--and this week's Folktale will show you what the...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
An Autistic Teen's Guide To Impersonating Michael Jackson
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Impersonating Michael Jackson made it easier for Lorenzo Manuel to deal with the social pressures of middle school., Credit: Courtesy of Lorenzo Manuel
Lorenzo Manuel started impersonating Michael Jackson after the singer’s death. At the time he found impersonating Michael helped him to cope with t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Hardship
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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Obstacles of any sort are bitter pills to swallow, and what you make of them is often the final, and finest challenge. We're sharing musical reflec...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Folktale of Devotion
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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Some people, and causes are worth the world, and that's the passion we're tracking this week, in the finest of musical modes. We're quite attached ...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Do Video Games Kill? Episode 5 - Finalé
From: Andrew Mingyar
Series: Do Video Games Kill?
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In which I finally give my opinion.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 12:58
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
EAR OF THE HEART -- Mother Dolores Hart Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Mother Dolores Hart, San Francisco, CA 7/31/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mother Dolores Hart talks finding peace, the nature of faith, and keeping up on the latest film releases.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 12:46
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Her Cold Martini / New Girl / Agreeing"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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“This segment of The Beat features the Haiku poetry of Bemidji poet Marsh Muirhead, regarded nationally as a master practitioner of this old Japane...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "A School Bus / Wearing His Life Jacket / Between Fence Rails"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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“This segment of The Beat features the Haiku poetry of Bemidji poet Marsh Muirhead, regarded nationally as a master practitioner of this old Japane...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "The Last Night of the Carnival - Three Haiku"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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“This segment of The Beat features the Haiku poetry of Bemidji poet Marsh Muirhead, regarded nationally as a master practitioner of this old Japane...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Wild Iris / Produce Isle / October Moon / Christmas Tree""
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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“This segment of The Beat features the Haiku poetry of Bemidji poet Marsh Muirhead, regarded nationally as a master practitioner of this old Japane...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: LouAnn Shepard Muhm - "Copper"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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LouAnn Shepard Muhm is a widely published poet and teacher living in northern Minnesota. She has been featured in the mnartists.org series "What Li...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:28
The Beat: Anthony Swann - "The Blessing"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Anthony Swann Has written a novel about jazz people in the Twin Cities in the early 1960's. He like physical books and coffeehouses. And Anthony Sw...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Sharon Harris - "Other Times"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Beat: Erin Lynn Marsh - "How Not To Keep A Woman Happy"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Patience
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Patience, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a steadfast journey this Folktale makes--around the musical globe--you'll want to join us, because, as they say in many a folkworld, patience ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
"Sole Survivor" film explores lives of lone survivors of commercial plane crashes
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Ky Dickens has made a powerful new film, "Sole Survivor," which documents the struggles of people who were the only ones to survive deadly plane cr...

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 17:27
  • Purchases: 2
Rumble Strip Vermont: After the Forgetting
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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A show about love, family and dementia, in two parts. First, a documentary, second, a followup interview.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:47
Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I still think the same way I thought as a child. I still worry. I'm still frightened... Nothing changes." - Maurice Sendak In 2009 Newsweek's And...

Bought by WABE, KALW, KJZZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of Conflict
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Conflict, Credit: Julia Meek
We've all been warned to choose our battle carefully, and this week we're taking a listen to ALL sides of musical traditions on this issue--ready f...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of Compassion
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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As they say in many a folk world, "Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns"--and on this week's edition, you'll find out that caring and sharing...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Beat : Dallas Crow - "The Aesthetics of Gravity"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Dallas Crow's work has appeared in Tar River Poetry and Poet Lore. His book, "Small, Imperfect Paradise," is due out from Parallel Press this year....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Gail Rixen - "Shell River"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Gail Rixen has been a finish carpenter, a health care aid, and she currently farms near Nebish, Minnesota. Rixen has published three books of poetr...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
The Beat : Charmaine Donovan - "Bad Boy's Blue Shoes Shuffle"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Charmaine Donovan makes her living as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in the Brainerd area. She's a member of numerous regional and national writer...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:34