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Tune in to learn more about the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, why it was founded, its significance beyond the Jewish community, and the...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 40:28
Caption: Dancing in the Streets book cover, Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection
Put on your alligator shoes and Sunday best as we explore the history of the Second Line while we go dancing in the streets of New Orleans.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:55
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Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of former slaves and a founder of Bethune-Cookman University. She was often the only woman of color with a sea...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Cally shares the back story on the famous phrase!

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Nov 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on The Rough Draft Dairies we talk to Jerry Gray, artist and the creator of Bozarts Fine Art and Music Gallery, as he returns to an ever ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Guided By Mushrooms owner Audra Sparks holding Golden Oyster mushroom, Credit: Renee Wilde
Today we turn to the ground beneath our feet to bring you stories from 2 agricultural pioneers in Ohio. One is a farmer that turned to cover crops ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 20:49
Caption: Chicken Tractor at the Raven Rocks Quaker farm in Beallsville, Credit: Renee Wilde
Regenerative agriculture is more than a human-centered enterprise: it means working with nature and alongside other creatures, to accomplish larger...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2021
  • Length: 23:34
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Muyambi loved biking, so when his friends asked him to plan a cycling trip across his home country of Uganda he was thrilled. But challenges arose ...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 13:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Mo Beck was a professional climber who regularly won gold in competitions. But when she joined a team on a long expedition in the remote Cirque of ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 21:51
  • Purchases: 3
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South Africans Chris Diedericks and Anna Calitz wanted to go on a romantic getaway, but their adventure broke down before it even began.

Bought by WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 21:41
  • Purchases: 3
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According to the USDA, nearly half of all the American adults listening to this story right now will eat a sandwich today. So, how has this simple ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 06:51
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Mishy Harman talks to Liron Lavi Turkenich, a type and graphic designer from Haifa, who invented a hybrid Hebrew-Arabic script.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:01
Caption: Akins High students interview Larissa Akhmetova, Credit: Texas Folklife
Artist profile of Larissa Akhmetova (Stephens). This story is part of an audio series "See It Through My Eyes" created at Akins High School during ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:54
Caption: Texas Folklife x Akins High Listening Party flyer, Credit: Jennifer (Amora) Arriaga
Akins High School has an annual fall festival called Blue and Gold Night. It's a night with many activities, including a pig kissing "contest." Pro...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:19
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A weekly two hour vintage country music program

Bought by Raven Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:55:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kolor Showroom, Credit: Tom Howell
From Korean and Italian Business to Business importer to a local scarf designer Tom kicks off the season with a fun informal walkabout around the C...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:06:34
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James Dickerson is a street photographer, known as Dirtykics on Instagram, with over 1,700 followers. His introduction to photography and street co...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2019
  • Length: 06:09
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're talking to Joel Washing, an artist who works for a steel fabricator company half of the day and then cre...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:16
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

  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
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One stolen bicycle leads to an abundance of free ones to those who need them.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Nature Artist C.D. Clark , Credit: Tom Howell
In the fist part of this series Tom interviews representatives from: No See Um Lodge, Pinnacle Performance Eyewear, Julie Seur, Yeti Coolers, Art W...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 45:01
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The UnCommonCore Podcast is about the ideas, experiences and perspectives that make us different from each other. Content includes live to tape rec...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 47:02
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
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Maggie had it all: a fine house, a loving family, and a big yard. But she threw it all away for adventure. And when things got bad, she had to use ...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and KRZA


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 15:49
  • Purchases: 3