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17: A Smattering of European Influences on Midwestern Foodways; 09/22/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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This week's episode showcases the culinary traditions of Scandinavian, Germanic and Eastern European immigrants into the American Midwest. Capri's ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 54:05
  • Purchases: 2
Winston Churchill's Connection to a Small Midwestern Town
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Timonthy Riley in the Churchill Museum., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Hear why a small Midwest American town pays tribute to Sir Winston Churchill and where you can walk in the footsteps of his life.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 31:43
3: A Primer on Midwestern Cider, 05/24/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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In this hour, we are drinking our way through the Midwest starting with hard cider. Our guests introduce us to the multifaceted world of cider maki...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Prairie Public


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 2
2: Midwestern Cocktail Culture, 05/19/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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Capri is joined by author Jeanette Hurt. Jeanette has written 12 books about food and drink including Wisconsin Cocktails and The Joy of Cider: All...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Prairie Public


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:04
  • Purchases: 2
28: Unexpected Slices of Life from Iowa and Missouri, 04/21/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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On this episode, we share two different slices of life from across the midwest. First, we focuses on experiential learning in the food space. The C...

Bought by KRPS and Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
27: The Effervescent World of Midwestern Craft Soda...or Pop, 04/07/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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In this episode, we are drinking in the effervescent world of Midwestern craft soda. We meet makers and purveyors of unique pop products. Mark Laz...

Bought by KRPS and Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:05
  • Purchases: 2
18: Traditions and Philosophy of Midwestern Baking, 03/31/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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This episode of Eat Your Heartland Out is all about baking. First up is Shauna Sever, the author of Midwest Made, who shares her insights into the ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRPS, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
17: A Smattering of European Influences on Midwestern Foodways, 03/24/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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This week's episode showcases the culinary traditions of Scandinavian, Germanic and Eastern European immigrants into the American Midwest. Capri's ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRPS, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 54:05
  • Purchases: 3
26: Cheesetales: The Past, Present and Future of Midwestern Cheese, 03/17/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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Cheese is the star of this episode of Eat Your Heartland Out. We will talk with anthropologist and author Heather Paxson. Her book, The Life of C...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRPS, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 18, 2022
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
2: Midwestern Cocktail Culture, 11/11/21
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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Capri is joined by author Jeanette Hurt. Jeanette has written 12 books about food and drink including Wisconsin Cocktails and The Joy of Cider: All...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:04
  • Purchases: 1
18: Traditions and Philosophy of Midwestern Baking
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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This episode of Eat Your Heartland Out is all about baking. First up is Shauna Sever, the author of Midwest Made, who shares her insights into the ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Importance of Expanding America’s Hidden Historical Narratives
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Rotterdam Slavery Memorial, Credit: Courtesy of Pixabay
We discuss why preserving and expanding historical narratives is important to protecting our future with Cordell Reaves from the New York State Off...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 34:38
Discover President Joe Biden’s Delaware
From: World Footprints LLC
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In honor of America’s 46th President, World Footprints will share a cultural slice of President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 52:36
Exploring Martha's Vineyard and the American south
From: World Footprints LLC
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Experience a slice of American history as two journalists share their knowledge about Martha’s Vineyard and parts of the American south.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story Sampler
From: David Dunaway
Series: Across The Tracks: A Route 66 Story
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This 6-minute sampler provides a taste of the history, literature, and legacy of Route 66 as discussed in the 3-hour-long radio documentary series ...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 06:18
Episode Two: "The Small Town through the Literary Lens"
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize
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In this episode we're looking at the small town through the literary lens. Hear how Shirley Ann Grau author of "Keepers of the House" hung up on th...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 24:59
Michael McCarthy, author of "Ashes Under Water"
From: Janelle Brown
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Michael McCarthy, author of "Ashes Under Water: The SS Eastland and the Shipwreck that Shook America."

  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 30:05
Traveling the Underground Railroad from Virginia to Buxton, Ontario
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: Unmarked graves on Yellow Hill, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints travels along one path of the Underground Railroad starting in Norfolk, Virginia and finishing in Buxton, Ontario. We will also s...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
In the Footsteps of Birmingham's Civil Rights History
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: Slave Memorial on Martinique, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Walk through a chapter of America's darkest history in Birmingham, Alabama as we visit iconic sites that were central in the civil rights movement.

Bought by KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Jan 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Author James Rollins, Kenya, America's Whiskey Trail and Founders' Homes
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Giraffe on lunch break., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Explore Kenya, America's History from the Whiskey Trail and Founding Fathers, meet bestselling author James Rollins and learn about Sri Lanka and B...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
Bovey Farmer's Day Parade in Bovey, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Close to Home
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Grant Frashier reports on the Bovey Farmer's Day Parade in Bovey, Minnesota.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 09:11
  • Purchases: 1
Action Speaks "Paradise Found (and Lost?)" Frommer's 'Europe On $5 A Day' published, 1957
From: Action Speaks Radio
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This week's underappreciated date that changed America is the 1957 publishing of Frommer's "Europe on $5 A Day" and the American travel industry.

Bought by WGCU, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 4
Imaginary Island of California
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The Island of California appeared on maps for over a century.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
210: Conrad and the Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Joseph Conrad (back, center) at sea posing with apprentices aboard Torrens. , Credit: Provided courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Yale University
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will suggest that the greatest author of such sea-based literature was Joseph Conrad and will...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
209: Canals
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: The Göta Canal, Credit: Insightguides.com
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will take us on a tour of the canals of the world.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 06:11