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Gay Rights and Religion
From: Littleglobe
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Chloe Espinosa, a student at a Catholic school in Santa Fe, NM, explores the issue of gay rights in the context of religion. She interviews a local...

Bought by WDBM and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 2
Michael Earl Craig, (not a cowboy) poet and farrier
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Michael Earl Craig reads a few poems, talks about his writing process, and wonders why he gets the same comment, "over and ove...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Kelly Kathleen Ferguson, author of 'My Life As Laura'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Not long ago, a middle-aged woman, Kelly Ferguson, left Missoula, Montana, with a crazy-sounding mission: wear a prairie dress, an apron and a bonn...

Bought by Prairie Public and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
"A View From the Lake" by Beryl Singleton Bissell
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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This collection of short stories captures the beauty, triumph and challenge of making the leap of moving from the city to a small town on the North...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Smith's "A Cavalcade of Lesser Horrors" is the subject
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Advertising industry veteran Peter Smith explores life's minor trauma's in his sometimes humorous, sometimes raw "A Cavalcade of Lesser Horrors."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 19:06
  • Purchases: 1
Tom Keith: Sound Effects Man from "A Prairie Home Companion"
From: Katy Sewall
Caption: Tom Keith takes a bow with his sound effects behind him, Credit: Katy Sewall
Tom Keith, long time sound effects man for A Prairie Home Companion, could have worked during the Golden Age of Radio. He preferred to create sound...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
Did Tommy Chong fire Jimmi Hendrix
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Tommy Chong talks about his music career and the secret to comedy

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:33
Eric Poole, author of 'Where's My Wand?'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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According to People Magazine, 'Where's My Wand?: One Boy's Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting' is "Gut-splittingly funny ... a deep...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Howell Graham and Nan Graham
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Howell Graham, one of the longest-surviving double-lung transplant patients, tells his mother, Nan, about the days after his surgery.

Bought by WHQR, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, KGLT, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 5
Bobby Collins on the Lawn
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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What it takes to become a World Class entertainer!

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:44
The Great America in Writing - Arnold Weinstein and Jimmy Breslin
From: Open Source
Caption: Jimmy Breslin in his Manhattan home.
This week we're delving into the world of American letters with Arnold Weinstein and Jimmy Breslin. Veteran journalist Jimmy Breslin might be the l...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Live Feed Presents: The Comedy of Shane Mauss
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Braving the day after the December 11th blizzard that brought down the metrodome and dumped 26 inches of snow here in Winona MN, comedian Shane Mau...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 39:10
Chris Elliott and His Dad On Family Comedy
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my sense of humor. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing." - Chris Elliott with his dad, Ray Elliott.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSFR, XRAY.fm, KJZZ, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 7
What if Vanilla Ice Kept it Real?
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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A journey into ideas of self-love. Can we be ourselves, and still be accepted?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 15:50
  • Purchases: 1
Exit 25-Eccentric Druid Billionaires
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
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Deceptive fontina, ironic American cheese, hooded cloaks, and H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 53:59
Thomas McGuane, Driving on the Rim
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Thomas McGuane talks with Chérie Newman about his new novel, Driving on the Rim. Also about working in the film industry as a screenplay writer, wh...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
My Friend Vannessa
From: David Malkiel
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Vannessa talks about homosexuality.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
The Life of Death
From: Deborah Pardes
Series: Get Smart Radio
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When someone's life end's, another person's job begins...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:16
ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne on "An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport"
From: KUOW
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ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne discusses early sporting memories and his book "An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport" KRAK

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 18:27
Ringo Starr "Liverpool 8" One-Hour Radio Special
From: Nicole Haldeman
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This radio special celebrates the release of Ringo Starr's new studio album "Liverpool 8" as Ringo shares his thoughts on the album, plays songs fr...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2008
  • Length: 55:10
Who Needs 2?
From: Ian Epstein
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An Inside Look At The Seconday Ticket Business

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Too Late)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Violinist Gil Shaham became an overnight success when he filled in for Itzhak Perlman at the last moment. Excited after a champagne sipping flight...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Meet My Wife)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When violinist Gil Shaham plays recitals with his sister Orli Shaham, members of the audience are often the victims of an innocent case of mistaken...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (How I Compose)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Composer Jennifer Higdon maintains a full schedule of commissions and enjoys more than 200 performances of her music a year. "Blue Cathedral" is o...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
HEAT -- Stories We Can Tell
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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John swaps stories with Singer/Songwriter Luka Bloom, Storyteller Mike Feder and Lynda Barry

Bought by WCPN, KLCC, WGBH Radio Boston, KERA, and WCQS


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 5