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Caption: The Beaver House, Credit: www.thebeaverhouse.com
The Beaver House has long been known for its giant jumping walleye and custom made "Beaver Flick" lures. But after 48 years as a fixture on the co...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Free Spirit Media
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:25
Caption: "Yorkville Twins" by Joseph and John Gindele
Joseph and John Gindele are twin brothers that grew up on the unforgiving streets of Yorkville on Manhattan’s ethnic Upper East Side over 60 years ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Things You Didn't Put On Your Resume." The Beat is a daily remind...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
Caption: Photo by conorwithonen, Flickr
Fathers in Focus is a special collaborative show that delivers the stories of youth experiencing homelessness and their experiences with their fath...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:07
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On September 3rd our castaway was Ruby Simkoff, who since 1990 has been one of the most recognized voices on WMPG Radio in Portland, Maine. Ruby ho...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:22:44
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American artist Norman Rockwell paints nostalgia as we would like to have remembered it in pre-WWII sport art. And, an original poem by Doc to hon...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Shayla Torres is a senior at Community Academy in Philadelphia and is going to college next year. But first, she’ll have to leave her grandparents ...

Bought by KSFR and WHYY


  • Added: May 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
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An interview format show about music on AM radio in the 60's.

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 52:19
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This week’s Moth theme is “silver lining,” so here is a piece about the one bright spot in the worst summer of my life.

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 06:56
Caption: Artistic director Rene Yung (right) gives instructions to the proxy storytellers during a rehearsal of the theater and oral history project “Chinese Whispers." Photo courtesy of Chinese Whispers
In the mid-1800s, the Gold Rush brought enthusiastic settlers westward, from across the United States. At the same time, another migration was flow...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 2
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A ten year old summer camper runs and loses the race of his life. To hear Doc's show, click on the INTRO and 2 MIN links below. It takes a couple...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
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A introduction to the Youth Spin listeners, as well as a personal story where the song is the main character in the plot. That's My Song weaves tog...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:27
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A introduction to the Youth Spin listeners, as well as a personal story where the song is the main character in the plot. That's My Song weaves tog...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:45
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Chris Whitney tells his friend Erin Kuka about being diagnosed HIV positive early on in the AIDS crisis.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUTC, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Ian Williams
Songwriter Ian Williams discusses his approach to writing songs for the Seattle Rock Orchestra, inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lawrence Hamilton
Broadway star Lawrence Hamilton tells his own true story of his childhood in racially-divided south Arkansas. These encore presentations of our Tin...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:47
Caption: Bonnie and Freddie Lee Jackson
In the midst of war, love.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Jessie Veeder (Scofield)
Elk visit the ranch. Jessie and Pops sneak in for a close look.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:23
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Remember Summer as a kid? Remember how there were no iPhones, video games or computers? Just the world outside waiting to be explored. Recollection...

Bought by KWSO


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
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75-year-old Julian Walker tells his daughter, Julia Walker Jewell, about an accident his father had as a young boy.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
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On this edition of Don't Cha Know, Richard Hammergren WSU jazz WSU professor and professional musician stops by to update us on The Black Tie Jazz ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Darlene Harris, a survivor of leukemia, is an honoree for Team in Training
Being diagnosed with an illness connected to death – like cancer – can be life shattering. Or, it can be a reason to reflect on life, and for many,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
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PRODUCIDO EN ESPANOL. Las productoras juveniles Anai Fuentes y Carla Roman describen el proceso de la boda Mexicana entrevistando a sus madres. P...

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:27