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New MNHS exhibit explores Twin Cities suburban culture
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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A new exhibit at the Minnesota History Center creates a picture of Twin Cities suburban life from after World War II to the 1970s. Dan Spock, direc...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 18:04
St. Paul Winter Carnival
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: KQAL's Teri Tenseth and the Vulcan Crew
The St. Paul Winter Carnival has been a tradition in the Twin Cities for over 100 years! Today we learn from the carnivals cast of characters just ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 32:54
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the Quest for Longitude
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Come with us on a visit to the home of the prime meridian for a conversation with the curator of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich about the race to...

Bought by WQCS, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Hampton Sides, author of "In the Kingdom of Ice"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Sides tells the the thrilling and harrowing story of an early attempt to be the first to reach the North Pole in his book, "In the Kingdom of Ice: ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 30:31
Whitewater Russian
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In 1987, russians and americans rafted together in siberia as teammates for the first time.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
Q. What is "Historical Sci-Fi"? A. 1779 Ships meet 2132 Mars!
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MARCH 2015
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It's evident author Michael J. Martinez is enjoying writing this series where "worlds collide." He reads from the first book, The Daedalus Incident...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
The Warehouse
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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All you need to know about the legendary music venue in New Orleans. From The Doors to The Who, The Warehouse was The place to play in the Crescen...

Bought by KSKQ, WOUB, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Working: Then & Now
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Studs Terkel
In the early 1970s, radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel went around the country interviewing people about their jobs. Studs recorded more th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, Spokane Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 10
The Inside Scoop on Serving at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Alan DeValerio was a White House butler for Presidents Carter and Reagan., Credit: Alan DeValerio
"The Butler" didn't do it - or so says real-life White House butler Alan DeValerio.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
The Blues Rib Shack (Show III)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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The "Blues Rib Shack" is a Blues music show lasting one hour with three segments. This show is part of a limited series of shows that your listen...

  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 55:13
You Know Them Through Others
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Do you know who wrote "That '70s Show" theme song, "In the Street"? Cheap Trick, maybe? Wrong: Big Star. Today's episode of Rock School will discus...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ski Champion's Invention Transformed The Sport
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 2
The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves
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Look around your daily life.  There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 7
Todd Rundgren
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Everything you always wanted to know about Todd Rundgren... and some things you didn't want to know. This episode tracks the history, showcases th...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
JazzStories: Freddie Hubbard
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"When people get two trumpet players it becomes very competitive...It was [Booker Little], Lee Morgan and myself at the time. We we're the young ...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 4
Centerstage Minnesota: Shannon Selberg of The Cows talks to Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Shannon Selberg (Cows, Heroine Sheiks)
Shannon Selberg was the downright frightening frontman, vocalist, and part-time bugle player for eleven years for the legendary Minneapolis punk/n...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Leslie M.M. Blume, Credit: photo by Billy Farrell
Try to imagine drinking your way through this book! That’s what author Leslie M. M. Blume has done in order to provide recipes for 144 cocktails.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 13:16
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Texas Music History: Fredrick Lemsky
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of March (3/13): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the very first Czech musicians to perform i...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
WorldCanvass: Women, Hysteria and Medicine
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:52:09
Lincoln through Fiction
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Abraham Lincoln through Fiction—a conversation with professor and novelist Adam Braver, whose work includes Mr. Lincoln's Wars; also, poetry from D...

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Twin Paradox
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Step into the weird world of relativity as we walk through the Twin Paradox with help from some great physics teachers.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 2
3 Great American Voices
From: Leet and Litwin
Caption: Julia Child
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, WXXI Rochester, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 55:08
  • Purchases: 6
Clever Apes: Apes in space
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Ham, the first chimp in space, Credit: NASA
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer considers what science has to learn from flying saucers, what it might take for humans to colonize space in o...

Bought by WVTF, WTJU, KBGA 89.9 FM, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 6
Going Local: The Ins And Outs Of "Washingtonian-ness"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?

  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:04