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Folktale of Workloads
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Workloads, Credit: Julia Meek
Grab the elbow grease and clock in--this week's Folktale is riding the wheels of production around the globe!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WLPR , WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 12
First-Class Swamp Music from the Land of 10,000 Lakes
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Swamp Kings, Credit: Sarah Harkness
The first thing you need to know about the Swamp Kings is that being geographically challenged has not proved an impediment. The group has been pum...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2016
  • Length: 07:56
The Swamp Kings Bring Louisiana Rhythms to Dulono's Pizza
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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
Folktale of the 4 Elements
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of The 4 Elements, Credit: Julia Meek
Earth, water, fire & air--these are the "spiritual essences" this week's Folktale tracks, in the finest of musical tradition!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 8
Four Garys: World Premiere. An interview with playwright Jeremiah T.S. Liend
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Conversation about the unique sci-fi, large scale puppet play "Four Garys" written by Jeremiah T.S. Liend

  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 11:56
radio UNLEASHED #1409
From: radio UNLEASHED with Dave Leonard
Series: radio UNLEASHED
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Three broadcast-ready segments with out-cues (one hour total) of weekly new music show, radio UNLEASHED, based out of Woodstock NY.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 55:09
The Post-Atomic Trio and its Improvisational Muse
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Post-Atomic Trio, Credit: Post-Atomic Trio
The name “Post-Atomic Trio comes from the groups fondness for using the word “post.” You know, like “post-modern.” Well that would fit them, too. I...

  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 07:18
Folktale of Going Nowhere
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Going Nowhere, Credit: Julia Meek
A dead-end street is a good place to turn around--and that's the musical direction this week's edition of Folktales is headed--ready to follow along?

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 6
Folktale of Animal Instinct
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Animal Instinct, Credit: Julia Meek
As Dr. Doolittle notes: "If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it..."--that's the conversation this folktale proposes--and to be sure, they...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Is Space the Place?
From: Distillations
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Trying to save humanity by mining asteroids.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Retirement! / Spreading Island Fever / Bewitched! / Diabetes / Say Cheese!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Dr. Joe Coughlin/AgeLab Segment 2: Edward Chamberlin/Islands Segment 3: Erin Murphy/Tabatha Segment 4: Dr. Osama Hamdy/diabetes Segment ...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
Folktale of Caution
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Caution, Credit: Julia Meek
Beware! we foresee obstacles, danger and pitfalls around every bend--so do consider musical prevention, with a listen to the Folktale of Caution

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Beat: Linda Back McKay - "Acknowledgements"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing writer and director in the Twin Cities. Her most recent books are "The Next Best Thing...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Sarah Porwoll-Lee Leads a Concert of New Music at Studio
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Sarah Porwoll-Lee, Credit: Ellie Peterson
Sarah Porwoll-Lee plays the clarinet. Her concert Saturday night October 3 features not only her and two bandmates, but premieres of newly commissi...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Folktale of Education
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: Folktale of Education, Credit: Julia Meek
We're traveling around the world of knowledge on this week's back-to-school edition of Folktales, in the finest of 'musical continuing ed' traditio...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Creative Imagination of Playwright Don Samson
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with playwright Don Samson, who discusses his work and creative process and his former life as the author of legal briefs for ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
The Beat: Jim Johnson - "Driving Gravel Roads"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Jim Johnson is the current and former poet laureate of Duluth not many poets laureate can say that. He's taught for three plus decades in the Dulu...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:56
Almost History
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Rufus Porter was a nineteenth-century American artist, journalist, and brilliant inventor, who almost made it into the history books, but not quite.

Bought by Radio Newark, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Dishonesty
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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On this week's Folktale, we're chasing guile, duplicity, and random acts of falsehood around the musical globe--and that's the truth!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Cannabis Radio News #36
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News, we get an update on the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act introduced in ...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Roswell the painting horse
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation may have one of the most unique benefactors around. KFAI producer Susan Budig introduces us to Roswel...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
35th Annual Razzie Awards -- John Wilson Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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John Wilson talks hubris, madness, and going public.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 31:26
Touch Of Grey: Lecturing to retired Deadheads
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Peter Richardson lecturing about the legacy of the Grateful Dead., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
Peter Richardson, a lecturer at San Francisco State, was teaching a course on the Grateful Dead at a school for adults over 50. A cultural history ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Secrets
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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Mum is not always the word, and cats DO have a way of getting let out of the bag...musical proof will be uncovered this week on the Folktale of Sec...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WEZU and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
VoxPod #9 - From Seeds to Sales
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
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Today's show features a profile of Seattle Youth Garden Works.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 10:22