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Jean Shepard, a renowned American storyteller, captivated audiences for decades with his unique blend of humor, wit, and nostalgia. His radio caree...
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 04:55
I could be over thinking the feeling I got when I saw that lone coati from the now named coati mundi bluff, but it was wonderful. The other flora a...
- Added: May 03, 2023
- Length: 04:17
Ruben Östlund’s satire on the ruling class takes us on a luxury cruise headed for disaster.
- Added: Apr 12, 2023
- Length: 03:33
It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been doing this show for 17 years, and yet I haven’t talked about one of my favorite movies, The Big Sleep, u...
- Added: Dec 13, 2022
- Length: 03:25
It was the American botanist Soreno Watson, that named the onion collected in Tanner’s Canyon of the Huachuca Mountains to honor Sara Plummer Lemmo...
- Added: Dec 07, 2022
- Length: 04:16
It’s fun to have favorite plants to look for on excursions into the hills. Looking back at photos and my notes, we have been checking on this parti...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:23
My morning ditties are not nearly as amazing as the song of a curved bill thrasher, but they help me begin the day.
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:23
There are a dozen species of Melampodium and I wonder which one Linnaeus was looking at when he honored Melampus with the genus name. And I wonder...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:28
The botanical name for jackass clover is Wislizenia refracta and for clammy weed it’s Polanisia dodecandra. I translate those very cool names in th...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:00
Two stories about coexistence.
Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 51:20
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Aug 04, 2022
- Length: 50:44
- Purchases: 1
Beenish Ahmed’s journey from NYC to her Pakistani immigrant parents’ home in Ohio brings up questions of belonging and the meaning of family.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 11, 2020
- Length: 26:47
- Purchases: 1
This week we bring you an abbreviated special edition of World Ocean Radio in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. In this edition we'll reite...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Mar 30, 2020
- Length: 02:02
- Purchases: 1
How does a soldier start bombing his own country? This is the question Houda asked her cousin after he was discharged from mandatory military servi...
- Added: Oct 25, 2019
- Length: 04:10
We’ll meet Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow and environmental and indigenous leader Isabella Zizi. In this piece, Zizi talks about how ...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRIR
- Added: Jul 23, 2017
- Length: 11:16
- Purchases: 3
Loretta Ross, co-founder of SisterSong breaks down the reproductive justice framework; and Tina Reynolds, co-founder and Chair of Women on the Rise...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU
- Added: Apr 08, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 38:16
- Purchases: 1
A new approach at discussing wine by treating it as a movie or book review. Talking about why it is what it is in hope of taking away the stigma of...
- Added: May 18, 2015
- Length: 07:25
A story about one very special summer camp, and how difficulties with fundraising could cause problems in the near future.
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 1
This piece discusses interesting facts about the American Goldfinch
- Added: Jun 22, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 01:36
In 1999, The Band officially called it quits. In this hour long audio essay, Don McIver looks at the history of The Band to examine the nature of ...
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 58:03
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Northern Cheapskate - Acoustic Stories
Series: Northern Cheapskate - Acoustic Stories
Christina Brown is the founder of NorthernCheapskate.com, a frugal living website dedicated to helping people save money every day.
- Added: Apr 16, 2014
- Length: 02:12
In the summer of 2012 WUNC established its first ever Youth Radio Institute. The station hired five young people -- and two mentors -- to produce r...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 05:57
Yumei Lay, whose parents immigrated to Chile from China, explores how Chinese and Japanese schools teach the Sino-Japanese wars differently.
- Added: Jun 21, 2010
- Length: 05:01
