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Caption: Superfan Tim Hathaway with a replica of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Tim Hathaway
In 1969, the Vikings won the NFL Championship, taking home the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy. According to legend, the Vikings accidentally left the tro...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 09:13
Caption: Happy Halloween from Up Close And Acoustic, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
Up Close And Acoustic presents ghost stories, wiches, fairies, and goblins to contend with for Halloween! Enjoy!

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:54
Caption: The Ultrasounds, Credit: Bill Stoneberg
On this episode of The Live Feed we take you back to the 2018 Midwest Music Fest for the Winona Minnesota band The Ultrasounds. The Ultrasounds are...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 32:34
Caption: McNasty Brass Band, Credit: Willard Huyck
On this episode of The Live Feed we take you back to the 2018 Midwest Music Fest for the McNasty Brass Band from Minneapolis. The bands high energy...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 34:47
Caption: Jaybone Bell and The Restless Light, Credit: Logan Erickson
On this episode of The Live Feed we take you back to the 2018 Midwest Music Fest for Jaybone Bell and The Restless Light. The Winona, MN band has d...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 33:06
Caption: Skippy White and Marc Siegel
Physical record stores have made a comeback in recent years, but there's one in Boston that never went away. At Skippy White's CDs & Records, owner...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 21:17
Caption: The Swamp Kings, Credit: Nancy Harkness
People from all over are attracted to Louisiana Culture. As far as Louisiana music, the Swamp Kings have been mainstays in Minnesota for over a Dec...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Paper Plate Moon (Tunnel) , Credit: Liz Nielsen
A want-to-be ghost hunting narrator thinks she finds Electronic Voice Phenomenon when she playfully searches hard enough for it.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:53
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:25
Caption: MJ Mueller and Papa John Kolstad, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
The 32nd holding of the event makes its annual return to Minneapolis' west bank. It's an event for music making for musicians and non-musicians, ol...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A story on BronyCon 2013, the biggest-ever gathering of the mostly adult, mostly male fans of the TV show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Over...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:03
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Washington. D.C. boasts every kind of social sport league imaginable. There are the standards — kickball, dodgeball and softball, to name a few. Th...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:43
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Robert Jevne discusses his former love of the Chicago Cubs in a lighthearted tone and how their incessant losing seasons defeated his passion for b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
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From the "Millionaire Matchmaker" and "The Shah's of Sunset"...here's Comic David Golshan on the subject of High School and alot more...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
Caption: Bunnies posing at Dr. Sketchy's, Credit: Justin Moore
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is not your typical drawing session. It’s held in a bar, for starters, and features models ranging from circus perfor...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 03, 2011
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gigi at the Canal Cafe Theatre, London
A true love story for those who have loved, lost and then gone on a cruise to forget... if only she hadn't picked the same cruise as her ex.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 11:15
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Malort and me. , Credit: Robin Amer
You might say that Malort is Chicago's signature drink. Which would be fine, if it weren't so disgusting. For the uninitiated, here is the story of...

Bought by KUT and WILL


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 2
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Boom! Bap! Biff! The CornerCast cruises from Los Angeles to La Ciudad Gotham with the lo-fi, lowrider soul of Chicano Batman.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 06:39

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Who decided on the name of that band and why that name?

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
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An essay 'snapshot' of an ethnic neighborhood fair in Cleveland, Ohio

  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 03:37