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History Theater and Theater Mu Present Musical about the Swing Era Kim Loo Sisters
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: History Theatre's Kim Loo Sisters Kelsey Angel Baehrens, Suzie Juul, Morgan Kempton and Audrey Mojica photo by Rich Ryan, Credit: Paul Ryan
In the 1930s, the Kim loo Sisters of Minneapolis was a harmony singing force. From May 4 through the 26th, St Paul’s History Theater in co-producti...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Wanted Man
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Kids aren’t the only ones rebelling against extinction. In Ottawa, a sixty-year-old gets arrested for sitting down on a highway. Forget politicians...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:19
Hollywood Presidents for a Partisan Nation (Part Three): Hail the Flip-Flopping Egomania of Veep
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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In this episode we talk to David Mandel head writer and showrunner of the iconic HBO satire, Veep.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 39:26
There Ought to Be a Law: Student Contest Finalists
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Sharing our top five pieces of legislation submitted by students.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 20:47
Mae Simpson: Did You Make It Back
From: KQAL
Series: The Sound
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Tonight on The Sound, we check out Mae Simpson’s release, “Did You Make It Back?”. Mae Simpson is a soulful singer from Minneapolis with an energet...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 30:02
WRM33 - Will on Politicians
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers often showed respect to the men and women in politics he poked fun at

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Re-opening Winona During COVID-19
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On June 10th more businesses started to open up again in Minnesota after being closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Winona has been...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 26:01
The John Grisham Writers Hour - Jon Meacham
From: WMRA
Series: The John Grisham Writers Hour
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WMRA and James Madison University present The John Grisham Writers Hour with special guest Jon Meacham.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
The "Love Bomb" of Afghanistan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Nemat Sadat, Credit: Elliott O'Donovan Photography
Sandip Roy speaks with author and Afghan born American, vegan beefcake and most lovable teddy bear, Nemat Sadat.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life on the Line
From: Chloe Williams
Caption: When you drive in from the south, a road sign announces that both Canada and Derby Line are four miles away., Credit: Chloe Williams
The story of a small town split by the border

  • Added: Feb 08, 2019
  • Length: 19:49
This is why we can't have ice things
From: Cooler Earth
Series: Cooler Earth Podcast
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For decades, controversy has brewed in DC over whether the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be opened to oil and gas exploration. This week, ...

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 19:59
Political Classical
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Mrs. President the opera, Credit: Kevin Patterson
We'll hear music with a political slant by Steven Stucky (August 4, 1964), Michael Daugherty (Jackie-O), and Victoria Bond (Mrs. President). A land...

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Hannibal
From: Jane Hirsh
Series: American Dream Players' History Bits
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Why (and how and when) did Hannibal cross The Alps? Find out again with the American Dream Players short, funny (historically accurate) version.

  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 13:39
Little Falls Students Practice for the Regional History Day Competition
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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From the discovery of a Chicken Pox vaccine to Louis Armstrong’s influence on music to the numerous ways that women have fought for equal rights ov...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:51
Love, Happiness, and Mole
From: Tom & Debra Weistar
Series: Voices of the Future: Youth and Elders Speak Together
Caption: Andres Jaimes, Credit: Tom Weistar
Andres Jaimes grew up near the US/Mexico border in Baja California. At 17 years old, Andres is acutely aware of how negatively Mexico and Mexican p...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 17:21
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 8-13-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Hillary Clinton's not known as someone who says whatever she’s thinking, certainly not when it has the potential to make headlines … or create wave...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WRKF, WXXI Rochester, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 5-21-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The big primaries of the week were the Senate contests in Kentucky and Georgia. Al Cross of the Louisville Courier Journal talks about the Bluegra...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, KUER, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 5-14-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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It's going to be a long primary season. So maybe we should decide right now that the strength and influence of the Tea Party should not be determi...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and KUER


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 5-7-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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At long last, the 2014 primaries have arrived, in earnest. Judging by the results in Ohio and North Carolina, it was a great week for the GOP estab...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF and more


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie 4-30-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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So how do you run your campaign in 2014 if you're a Democrat and your president's job approval numbers are not so good? That's the question host K...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie 1-29-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The State of the Union is... strong. And so is this week's Political Junkie! Former Clinton speechwriter Paul Glastris joins us with an assessmen...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
The sound and fury
From: KALW
Caption: Aam Aadmi Party band, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy endures the madness of elections in New Dehli.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
Paula: Chicago Field Office Volunteer
From: Obama for America
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From persistence to flexibility, neighborhood team leader Paula offers an inside look at what it takes to be a volunteer with President Obama's re-...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:43
Biting Competition in 2008 Election
From: Susan Kottler
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I have baked the 2008 Presidential Bake-Off Cookies (The Cindy McCain Oatmeal-Butterscotch Cookie and the Michele Obama Shortbread Cookie) and have...

Bought by PRX Election Podcast


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
"Simon Says" Electronic Voting Machine
From: Vince Hancock
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What's inside of those electronic voting machines? Bleep bloop blop!

  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:56