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The Bullet Was Just The Beginning
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Matthew Dressel, Credit: Sophie Nikitas
Writer Matthew Dressel was driving through the woods during hunting season and wondered, “What’s to stop a stray bullet from hitting me?” He took t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 14, 2018
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
The cockroach that broke the camel's back
From: Sarah Wyman
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Sarah Wyman reflects on self-care, adulthood and the roommate she didn’t know she had.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 03:18
The Untold Story of Ifrah Mansour's "How to Have Fun in a Civil War," a Midnimo Project Performance at St. Cloud State University
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Sometimes a performance needs a gripping title in order to convey not only content, but also the subtlety of emotional weight found within, and Ifr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 27:28
The Insult
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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The Insult is another provocative drama about the Middle East from Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri, who made a film a few years ago called The Attac...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:23
Coco
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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Every critic has blind spots. I’m sure I have more than a few. The fact that it’s taken me this long to go see Coco, the latest feature from Disney...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:52
The Wrong Box
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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There’s a special place in my heart for silly comedies. I realize I don’t review these kinds of movies on the show very often, and that’s partly be...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:46
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Guitarist, Pat Metheny
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Metheny grew up in a musical family, starting on trumpet at the age of eight and switching to guitar a few years later. By age 15 he was mentored b...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
Folktale of Abundance
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Abundance, Credit: Julia Meek
According to Epicurus, "The grateful heart sits at a continuous feast." And we're sharing it with you this week on the Folktale of Abundance.

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


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Untold Story of St. Cloud's Promise Neighborhood
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Ever wonder what it takes to get a kid to do their homework? In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 31:35
Chanticleer: Heart of a Soldier #18-11
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Chanticleer sings music of war and peace

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KMXT, and KWAX


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Folktale of Sorrow
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Sorrow, Credit: Julia Meek
Author Paul Coelho said, "Tears are words that need to be written." We're adding music to the emotion this week, on the Folktale of Sorrow.

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


  • Added: Feb 20, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 7
Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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This last year saw the release of Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner. It’s rather unusual for a sequel to...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 04:40
Job Talk Episode 33
From: Paul Russell
Series: Job Talk
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Balancing work and fun, how to be taken seriously, when you're a fun loving guy. Doug and Dave speak with Dave Scott about how intensity and a cari...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 15:45
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen Beethoven (and Schumann!) 18-03
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Trio Con Brio Copenhagen play works by by Beethoven and Schumann.

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, KWAX, Rhythm & News Service, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Schubert Ensemble of London Farewell #2 18-02
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Part 2 of our celebration of the Schubert Ensemble of London.

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, and KWAX


  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
Schubert Ensemble of London Farewell #2 18-02
From: All Classical Public Media
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Part 2 of our celebration of the Schubert Ensemble of London.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 10, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Birding
From: Matthew Simonson
Caption: bird on the cape, Credit: Matthew Simonson
In a busy world, everyone's looking for a place for peace. Ask Skyler Kardell and he'll show you somewhere right in front of your nose. All you n...

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


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
Time Travellers
From: Arlie Adlington
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This feature uses the natural sounds and rhythms of a watchmaker’s workshop to take listeners on a journey through time and space.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:02
The Square
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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The surprise winner at the Cannes Film Festival this year was The Square, a provocative and disturbing satire from Swedish writer-director Ruben Ős...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
The Florida Project
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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The Florida Project is a film of rootlessness and dysfunction, so unusual that nothing could have prepared me for its kind of honesty.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:31
The Untold Story of Laughing All The Way VIII: If the Fates Allow at the Pioneer Place Theater Company
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits backstage at one of St. Cloud’s newer holiday t...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
A Holiday Duel (Hour 1): Presented by The Appetizer Radio Show
From: D. Grant Smith
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This season is filled with music that has been around for years and years, to the degree that most Christmas albums or collections all contain some...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Holiday Duel (Hour 2): Presented by The Appetizer Radio Show
From: D. Grant Smith
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Our special continues with a historic and introspective look at other holiday classics including one of the most historic Christmas songs of all-ti...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Patrick Scully, Leaves of Grass Illuminated
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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This week on Art Beat, we catch up with performer Patrick Scully, to talk about his show, Leaves of Grass – Illuminated. The production is a one ma...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 18:00

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