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The Beat: Charlie Pulkrabek - "Pedestrian Tragedy"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Mi...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:31
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "Guys Like That"
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, "Guys Like That." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:10
The Beat: Sharon Harris - "Walking These Hills/The Empty End of Things"
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. Here Sharon Harris ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
She Sees Your Every Move
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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Michele Iversen photographs people through the windows of their homes at night without their knowledge.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, HowSound, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 5
A Conversation with Dean Bakopoulos
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Dean Bakopoulos discusses his first novel about fathers and sons in middle America's working class. [30:40]

Bought by WNJR, KPIP-LP, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 30:40
  • Purchases: 3
In George Gittoes' studio
From: Catherine Gough-Brady
Caption: Blood & Tears, Credit: George Gittoes
George Gittoes, a middle-aged painter, stands in his studio. Looking down on him, with her eyes filled with hatred, is his painting of a Rwandan wo...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:18
My Audio Universe Spring 2012
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: My Audio Universe - 59:00
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Our Spring 2012 Edition features five short stories specially adapted to audio. Unique sound design illuminates the best contemporary short fictio...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Rent-A-Family
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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An ominous facility appears in a rural town and the playground is abuzz with anxious rumors.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:26
Bloody Mary
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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Everyone is afraid of something. Here is what happens when one girl finally decides to confront "Bloody Mary."

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 1
Mikhail Tank's MAGMA (lead performance art piece from 'THE POWER OF REJECTION')
From: Mikhail Tank
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Mikhail Tank's MAGMA (lead performance art piece from 'THE POWER OF REJECTION') More info on www.MikhailTank.com

  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:21
Sun, Stone, and Shadows: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Today we hear stories by two giants of Mexican literature, Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. The former is read by actor Tony Plana; the latter by th...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KPIP-LP, WABE, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Things They Carried - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (1990) is considered one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. But it's almost less about the war and m...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WKMS, KMUN, KUER, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
A Conversation with Charles Randolph-Wright
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Charles Randolph-Wright talks about directing Lynn Nottage's play Ruined at Arena Stage.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:38
Warning Signs
From: Sarah Lilley
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Nuclear waste will be with us for thousands of years. But the signs we use to warn people about its location will likely have to change.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
The Library of Dust
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Library of Dust, Canister 1454, Credit: David Maisel, photographer
Photographer David Maisel's project "Library of Dust" proves there is life after death, in vivid color.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 3
Scream Symphony #1
From: Tom Tenney
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Symphonic audio collage using authentic screams from CVR recordings, taped phone calls and other sources.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Int'l Falls' Icebox Radio Theater goes 'Transcontinental'
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Audio drama is alive and well in International Falls. Jeff Adams of Icebox Radio Theater talks about the troupe's history and its upcoming role in...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 11:12
The Art of Lightsey Darst
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Lightsey Darst, Credit: Terese Tenseth
On this edition of Art Beat we feature Minnesota poet Lightsey Darst. Darst was visiting Winona State University Professor James Armstrong's class ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 31:07
Dealing with Problems
From: Stan Bindell
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A commentary about the different ways to deal with problems.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2010
  • Length: 01:39
Sculpting Agent Orange's Legacy
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: A Vietnamese boy exposed to Agent Orange., Credit: Kirk Torregrossa
A Dartmouth student travels to Vietnam to document in sculpture the legacy of Agent Orange.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 1
2 Minute Film Noir
From: ZBS FOUNDATION
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A compilation of a bunch of short 2 Minute Film Noir audio stories.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 18, 2009
  • Length: 53:03
  • Purchases: 3
Continental Divide
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Crossing the BLVD, Credit: Judith Sloan, Warren Lehrer, Scott Johnson
Shekaiba Wakili's aunt was en route to New York, September 11, 2001, when her plane turned around and flew back to Peshawar, Pakistan. Shekaiba str...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: May 30, 2009
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Fear & Loathing in Budapest
From: Chris Carlson
Series: Thirst Theater presents
Caption: Thirst Theater
A pretty American tourist with a secret becomes the guest of honor at a birthday party thrown by an attractive Hungarian artist who she has just met.

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 15:33
  • Purchases: 1
Beckett's EMBERS
From: Sean McCandless
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A modern interpretation of Beckett's original "soulscape" radio play

  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 29:01
The Rock: A Double Abecedarian
From: Leah Welborn
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A 26 line double abecedarian poem about Alcatraz.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2007
  • Length: 02:04