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234-Salty and Cold
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The salty oceans of Europa may be very similar to the seas of planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
226-Cosmic Campground
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Charlie Mylie (Walking The Border)
From: Matt Hodapp
Series: Paris of the Plains Podcast
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Borders separate us, but they also define us. Creating your identity means defining what you are in relation to what you are not. This episode is a...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:31
Vivienne Morgan Photographs What We No Longer See
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Vivienne Morgan: Nature/Nurture/Typology/ Beltrami County, Cumbria
Close your left eye. Now close your right eye. See how everything shifts? That’s Vivienne Morgan’s approach to photography. Vivenne talked with Are...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: Landscapes are inhabited even when they're empty
From: Don Hill
Series: Insight Treks > 3D SOUND
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3D audio trips to 'special places' on the land; supernatural spots with unusual acoustics and extraordinary sounds.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 11:02
Sometimes, I Try to Catch Wind
From: Kasia Gladki
Caption: A windy day. Wood Neck Beach, Falmouth MA, Credit: Kasia Gladki
Everyone’s felt it. A breeze, a gust, a storm. Wind. Produced for the Transom Story Workshop.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 07:53
Acoustic Stories: Jim Gallagher - "Like a Bookmark, a Tangible Object To Help Recall Tangible Experiences In Our Past."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Jim Gallagher lives with his wife, and writes from his home near Bemidji, MN.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Mark Maire - "Distance"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mark Maire is a retired reference and technical services librarian who's lived in Duluth for most of his adult life. His poems have been published ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Resorts - "Life Before Waterproof Matches"
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: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
It's Not Wise to Rush About
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sargeant Mountain Pond in Acadia National Park is the oldest pond on the east coast. Fittingly, it's amassed its fair share of lore. Two friends ad...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg - "The Trail Is Always In Front Of You"
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: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
Culturology: Sara Stonich talks to Heidi Holtan in this Real Good Words interview
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Vacationland" by Sara Stonich
Sara Stonich is the best-selling author of internationally acclaimed novels "These Granite Islands," "The Ice Chorus," and the memoir "Shelter." St...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 18:38
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat : Francine Sterle - "Consider Pa Ling"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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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: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
Acoustic Stories: Dan Sinykin - Christmas In A Swamp
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is a writer and frequent contributor of essays and book reviews to Northern Community Radio. In "Christmas In A Swamp" Sinykin recounts...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Marsh Muirhead - "Thin Ice"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:55
Culturology: An essay from Robert Saxton about living in Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Robert Saxton
In the first of a series of essays, Robert Saxton reflects on perspective and some of the unique characteristics of living in northern Minnesota. I...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
German Chef Rolf Schmidt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: At Rolfs Place, Credit: http://rolfsplace.tumblr.com/
Rolf came to Kenya in 1973 in search of "Real Africa" and he found it. Few people know that Rolf is now a proud Kenyan citizen. I interviewed him a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 13:28
The Bridge Guy
From: Amy Gastelum
Caption: John at the top of the north tower
John Mickiewicz maintains and operates the iconic WPA built Railroad Bridge that connects Cape Cod to the mainland over the Cape Cod Canal. He love...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 2
Eco Byway Art Exhibit
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us out to the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University to explo...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Paula Hay
From: Erin Bosenberg
Series: SPACES
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Paula Hay Masters student of Social Anthropology Her SPACE - the train

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
Lost in the Friendly Skies
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: The Mansions at night, Credit: Walter Murch
We fly to Las Vegas for the weekend while a racing pigeon finds her way to the farm.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 09:39
Summer Insects
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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Soothing sounds from the short lived singers of summer - cicadas, crickets, and grasshoppers.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Insects Galore
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Insects and the world we humans share with them is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is anthropologist Hugh Raffles, the author...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:23
Winter: Where the Wild Rivers Run ~ Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
Caption: Clark Fork River, Missoula MT, Credit: Cheryl-Anne Millsap
We crossed the Clark Fork River on our way out of Missoula, Montana. The sun was just coming up and the sky along the horizon was fading, changing ...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Fever
From: Clearwater Moment
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Short Poem on the wonders of sailing

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:46