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From paintings to prints, from wood work to writing, there is no limit to what you can find at the Winona Art Walk. Hosted across the city of Winon...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 24:50
Caption: Tom is ready to greet customers with a joke and a smile at Tom's Popcorn Shop, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
There’s a little popcorn shop in the Nokomis neighborhood of south Minneapolis where you can get popcorn, banter, and half off double the normal pr...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 07:10
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An episode that discusses the “neverendingness” of it all - a phrase spell-check does not recognize, but one you may have experienced if you ever f...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:06
Caption: Chill Beefs
Kate complains about her sister and other people who are not prepared to do the one thing they have to do when they get to the head of a line.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 03:29
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On this episode of YBYG Mike McGrath digs into Spring Saviors like Forsythia & Spring Bulbs! And of course your fabulous phone calls!

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
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Mike McGrath warns against handling plants when wet in the Question of the Week!! And as always, your warning Phone Calls!!

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
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Mike McGrath warns against "Improving the Soil" in the hole while Planting Trees and Shrubs in the Question of the week!! And as always, your "impr...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
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I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more about jojoba (Simmondsia chinesis) other than what you hear in this show, except that it is now in its own ...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:20
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Though Sonoran Desert millipedes are nocturnal, this is the time of year when you see them out and about on muggy overcast days.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:56
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Get a humorous account of the holiday season with Kansas blogger Jen Mann's book SPENDING THE HOLIDAYS WITH PEOPLE I WANT TO PUNCH IN THE THROAT. S...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :58
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A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
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This episode speaks to those of you who are just starting your journey of months, if not years, of practice and frustration in achieving the painfu...

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:17
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette of properly administrating and participating in a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 11, 2015
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette of properly administrating and participating in a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:56
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette of attending and appreciating a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 12:16
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette of attending and appreciating a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette when soloing during a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette when soloing during a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:29
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode is all about the etiquette in dressing for a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 1
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:53
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
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Liberal Human Rights Perspectives

  • Added: May 07, 2014
  • Length: 06:16
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I don't suppose it would surprise anyone to find out the Cultural Curmudgeon is an insomniac. When a person takes on the troubles of the world, the...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
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Twitter is hemorrhaging self-aggrandizement and hucksterism.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:27