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StoryCorps Griot: Diane Kenney and Linda Kenney Miller
From: StoryCorps
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Linda Kenney Miller (R) and her sister Diane Kenney (L) remember their grandfather, Dr. John A. Kenney, who founded the first hospital for African...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Future of the Book
From: With Good Reason
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Some say that books – that is, the printed, non-digital variety – are destined for the trash heap. Call it the Age of the Kindle.

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Mary and Charles Van Beke
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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94-year-old Mary Van Beke tells her son, Charles, about growing up in the 1920s.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 4
Aldo Leopold and the Emerging Land Ethic (59:00 / 54:00 - Free Program)
From: Jack Loeffler
Caption: Aldo Leopold, Credit: Aldo Leopold Foundation
A celebration of the life Aldo Leopold, the man who wrote “A Sand County Almanac” in 1949, and introduced Ethics as the fundamental concept that sh...

Bought by KZYX, WRGY, KUPR low power FM, WMUU-LP, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 15
This WE Believe - Race
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
3 'This I Believe' essays from older, middle and young generations on Race

  • Added: Feb 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Dean Urdahl and the 1862 Dakota War
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Minnesota State Representative, retired teacher and author Dean Urdahl discusses the 1862 Dakota War and Its Aftermath. Urdahl not only has a fami...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WRPI


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 36:06
  • Purchases: 2
He Loved Me Truly: Abraham Lincoln
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Chronicle
Caption: Abraham Lincoln, Credit: Matt Lemmon
Much has been written about the life, times and experiences of Abraham Lincoln, but perhaps the nicest part of the truth is the story of Lincoln an...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Jan 12, 2011
  • Length: 50:47
  • Purchases: 1
The Jayhawks - Mystery Demos
From: Andy Cahn
Series: New Music from Public Media Service
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5 track sampler of The Jayhawks acoustic "Mystery Demos" recorded in 1992.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 19:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Godfather
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
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A personal reflection on the stakes of becoming the godfather to my best friend's first child.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 09:59
Evidence for Fast Food 20,000 BC
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
An ancient obese female doll may represent a mother goddess worshipped by Stone Age people

  • Added: Dec 05, 2010
  • Length: :54
Author Molly Gloss and the Heroines of the American West
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Stage and Studio
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This show profiles novelist Molly Gloss, whose books have shed light on untold stories of women in the American West.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
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
An Elizabethan Christmas w/ the Rose Ensemble
From: The Rose Ensemble
Caption: The Rose Ensemble, Credit: Michael Haug
The Rose Ensemble brings the time of the Tudors to life. Splendor, tension and intrigue, all reflected in the dark and light of tender carols, and...

Bought by KCME, WCVE, RadioStPete Florida, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WCVE and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2010
  • Length: 58:14
  • Purchases: 80
The Art of Billy Curmano
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Billy Curmano: Performance Artist, Credit: BillyX.net
On this edition of Art Beat we visit with well known Minnesota artist Billy Curmano (also known as Billy X). Billy is a performance artist who has ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 25:05
Japanese-American granddaughter questions internment
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Mara Kumagai Fink (right) interviewing her great aunt Matsue at Manzanar, the camp she was brought to in northern California.
Mara Kumagai Fink explores her family's experiences in the internment camps during WWII. Mara spent the summer interviewing family members and revi...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WRST-FM Oshkosh, WGXC, Vocalo.org, KUNM and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 6
Interracial Marriage
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A comparative generational discussion about interracial marriage

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
You Can Live On Less
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can live on less. Others can't.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:48
Those Who Know History
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Those who know history are often amused.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:54
Restoring Old New York
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: A still from the 1920 film "Manhatta."
The early American experimental film "Manhatta" gets a much-needed facelift.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
Back to the Land in Debs
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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We talk with Diane Schwanz about the back to the land movement in Debs, MN in the 1970's.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 21:55
  • Purchases: 1
Moon Graffiti
From: The Truth
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What if Apollo 11 had crashed?

Bought by KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., The Story, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2010
  • Length: 15:21
  • Purchases: 7
Robert K. Elder interview, author, Last Words of the Executed
From: Bob Andelman
Series: Mr. Media Radio Interviews-Nonfiction Authors
Caption: Last Words of the Executed by Robert K. Elder
Elder collected the final words of American serial killers, psychopaths and more. The book has an introduction by the late journalist Studs Terkel.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:53
Humankind: An Informed Republic
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast around July 4th: America's founders knew their democracy required informed citizens, but is quality journalism now threatened b...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KVSC, WBEZ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Jim Thorpe, The World's Greatest Athlete
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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A sports icon of the first half of the 20th century, Jim Thorpe, was a Native American athlete who rose to athletic stardom at the Carlisle Indian ...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 26:20
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Zinn - A Memorial
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Howard Zinn’s productive insights into history came to an end with his death in January 2010. This edition of Radio Curious shares a previously not...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:34

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