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For the third week of April (4/18): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped inspire the creation of one of the...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the first week of March (3/6): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performance that signaled certain death to its aud...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the second week of June (6/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a wandering performer who left a lasting mark on Te...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the last week of March (3/28): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singing schoolteacher whose hit song landed him in...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the fourth week of October (10/25): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an accomplished songwriter who is probably best...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
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For the third week of September (9/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a traveling folklorist who encountered everyone...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of August (8/20): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the original “Mr. T.”

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the last week of July (7/29): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a classically-trained musician who was best known for...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the second week of April (4/11): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a venue that brought world-class entertainment to ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the second week of August (8/10): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a country singer who found his fortune at the bre...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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The residents of Islesboro, Maine are fighting against a growing Lyme disease panic.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Courtesy of the Maine Department of Transportation
Lynn Smith moved to Maine in hopes of retiring in peace - but there was one thing she hadn't counted on.

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Paul Zak, Credit: James Duncan Davidson/TED
Phalana Tiller talks with author Ron Ashkenas about his HBR blog "Learn to Trust Your Gut." She also interviews neuroeconomist Paul Zak about his r...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
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in this segment we sit down with cook and author Anna Teresa Callen, Paolo Vanini and Executive Vice President & Dean Emeritus of the international...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:20
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Stephen Manes discusses his book Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear, his inside look at a full season of Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet. [24:58]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A locally-grown tomato, Credit: Kyle Durbin
An feature-length interview with Slow Food International Secretary General Paolo di Croce about how his organization plans to feed the growing worl...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
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There are certain questions that get scientists really excited – discoveries that are big, tantalizing, and often, far out of reach. Even if they’r...

Bought by WDBM, WTJU, KUT, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 18, 2011
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Camera on head, Laura Milkins walks across Tucson, AZ, Credit: Tom Willette
Laura Milkins is walking from Tucson, Arizona to Grand Rapids, Michigan—with a streaming webcam attached to her head. Milkins is a performance art...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
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A look at changes in art policy during the Kennedy Administration, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Asst Stage Manager  Jewell Fears checking an effect used in Women Beware Woman at Constellation Theatre, Credit: Courtesy: Andrew Hiller
A look behind the scenes at the fires, mishaps, injuries and backstage drama that arises during the intermission of the National Touring company of...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:44
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Gavin Svenson and Dr. David Yager discussed mantodea.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 31:37
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tent City resident Lantz Rowland has camped at religious sites across the greater Seattle area., Credit: Eliza Ridgeway
Religious Seattle residents are taking an in-your-face approach to housing the homeless.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 15:01
Caption: Valerie Red-Horse
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker, entrepreneur and investment banker Valerie Red-Horse, about her film Choctaw Code Talkers.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 15:18
Caption: Making a run to leave the island in the final episode of "Lost.", Credit: Mario Perez ABC
After six years, "Lost," one of the most successful dramatic series in prime TV has come to an end. Heidi Chang spoke with the cast and producers ...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
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Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:38