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4 on the Floor
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed, we catch up with Minneapolis based band 4 on the Floor. The bands brand of stompin' bluesy rock gets their audien...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 38:42
Battle of the Brushes
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we take you to Island City Brewing for Battle of the Brushes, a live painting showdown. Battle of the Brushes is a liv...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 16:01
The Holiday Season: Spreading Joy or Spreading Stress
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: A Christmas display, the one referred to in the audio piece, in a grocery store on October 27th. , Credit: Emma Henzes
It seems that the holiday season comes earlier and earlier every year. Some people love it, but many people find it stressful. Customers, small and...

Bought by KSFR and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
Folklorist Moira Marsh Loves The Krampus
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Monsters descended on Bloomington's B-Line Trail Saturday evening.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Over The Back Fence
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tune in the The Live Feed for this month’s presentation of Over The Back Fence, with host Damen Presteman and a cast of local talent featuring musi...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
The Lowland Lakers
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This episode of The Live Feed we take you to Boats and Bluegrass for The Lowland Lakers, a Minneapolis based folk trio that blends together folk, b...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
tappet
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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No, it's not an alternative slang form of "tap that," but it is a part that really gets us going.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
brainwriting
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Bear Speaks
From: Carol Vassar
Series: Stories & Stuff
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He's a familiar face around Boston. Now hear what this mystery man has to say about music, race, street violence and bringing joy to the city he lo...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Zoë Waters, Maddy Waters, and Nick Waters
From: StoryCorps
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Ten-year-old triplets Maddy, Zoë, and Nick Waters have spent their entire lives together, sharing everything from a birthday to a bedroom. But desp...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Kevin Fredericks, Isaiah Fredericks, and Josiah Fredericks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Nine-year-old Isaiah Fredericks and his younger brother, Josiah, used their StoryCorps interview to ask their dad, Kevin, some hard-hitting questions.

Bought by Public Radio for All, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KZYX, WVBI-LP, WGUC/ WVXU and more


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Morelia and Manuel Cuevas
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Designer Manuel Cuevas crafted iconic outfits for Gram Parsons, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. At StoryCorps, he tells his daughter Morelia about h...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WOUB, WGUC/ WVXU, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 4
Mannequin challenge leaves participants speechless
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Celebrities pose for the mannequin challenge at the People's Choice Awards 2017 nominations press conference (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP), Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Social media trends like the mannequin challenge fulfill desire to belong, help connect people

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
(Episode #19) More Assisting than Directing: The AD Team
From: Odegaard Writing and Research Center
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In this episode of Character Development, the podcast team sat down with one of the Assistant Directors, Madeline Clarke. Madeline shared with us h...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 14:52
Finding Center
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Teeba Alkhudairi, hooping in Dubai desert
Horse whisperers, Muslim astronomers, hula hoopers find their spiritual and physical centers.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
Look in a Mirror. Up Your Game. #526
From: Teosson Wells
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Slothfully inclined and vanity deficient? Less is more ... dress better!

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 09:10
The Untold Story of Pokemon Go and the Unrelenting Rampage of Cuteness and Community That's Taking Over St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack finds the city of St. Cloud inund...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
North Woods Tall Tales - Schoolcraft Learning Community (2/2)
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: The Regevask, Credit: Clara A.C.
Lumbering giants, shape shifters, and devious beauties… The students at Schoolcraft Learning Community have been busy creating their own tall tale ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 05:56
North Woods Tall Tales - Schoolcraft Learning Community (1/2)
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Imagine what lurks in the north woods of Minnesota. That was the basic prompt for a group of Bemidji students to write and illustrate their own tal...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 06:09
StoryCorps: Carol Miller and Marge Klindera
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carol Miller (L) and Marge Klindera (R)
Marjorie Klindera and Carol Miller have spent the past 30 Thanksgivings answering phone calls about turkey troubles from panicked home cooks.

Bought by WTIP, WUTC, WHYY, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 4
Hi Five, Denzel Washington
From: Liz McArthur
Series: The "Get to Know Me" occasional series
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I hate high fives and have only tried to high five one person as an adult. It was Denzel Washington. He wasn't really into it.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
The world’s fair that changed San Francisco
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Imagine a tower more than 40 stories high, sparkling as the sun catches a hundred thousand pieces of colorful cut glass. Imagine this tower at nigh...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 1
Song Poems
From: Michael May
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A business designed to exploit amateur songwriters winds up making lots of them really happy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:48
  • Purchases: 1
The History Behind Easter Traditions
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Courtesy of T. Demand, Credit: (cc) <a href=" http://www.faunaflorawallpaper.com/viewer/wallpaper.php?/rabbit/31680/rabbit-easter-eggs-ccbysa-Gerbil">T. Demand</a>
The stories behind popular Easter traditions like the Easter Bunny and decorating eggs.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, 'The Sea', WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 7
Allusionist 9: The Space Between
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Forget words for a moment; look at the spaces between the words.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 10:21
  • Purchases: 1