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Joe Bianco speaks with his son Peter Bianco about working together and carrying on the family business of tool sharpening in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
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In this special Halloween episode, learn about fall flowers, the obsession with zombies, and ideas for sharing candy during the pandemic.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 54:53
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Tonight on The Sound we enter a world of entertainment. A world of delicious pop hooks and dance beats, it is a world of sweat. It is a world local...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 57:33
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Tonight on the Live Feed, we are joined in studio by Luke Hendrickson. Luke is a country musician from Rochester, MN. His first full length album t...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:02:44
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Today on Culture Clique, we learn about Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa, which is an AmeriCorps agency that provides opportunities for young ...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 19:35
Caption: Donnie Pedrola and Tom Gasko at their StoryCorps interview in Rolla, Missouri on June 26, 2019. , Credit: By Dupe Oyebolu for StoryCorps.
Tom Gasko has been a vacuum repairman for some 35 years, but his passion for vacuums extends far beyond that and into a collection of hundreds and ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:21
Caption: Kana Harris (right) interviewed in the Texas Folklife archive room
Punk Musician & Creator of Community Record Store, Kana Harris merges all. This story was produced by Mary Hollyman, Tony Plata, and Cynthia Luna w...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Reynaliz playing her bike at home. , Credit: Elizabeth Estrada
Classically trained percussionist Reynaliz Herrera used to use her bike to get around Boston. Now, she uses it to make music.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 05:10
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Bud and Jackie Jones are career taxidermists who helped bring a completely different kind of New Year’s Eve celebration to their small town of Tall...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:37
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Many fear that the album is a dying breed. With the rise of online music streaming, listeners can jump from song to song, artist to artist and play...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2019
  • Length: 27:54
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Senor Jorge has lived a multicultural life. Hear how he came to be a Spanish teacher in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:20
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Tracia and Patrick Kraemer met and fell in love at a resort just outside of New Orleans. The big difference in this love story? They met naked...at...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Kay Johnston Massar tells her husband, Cy Massar, about being the first girl to play Little League baseball.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Greenfingers, Credit: Willard Huyck
On this episode of the Live Feed, we take you Bloomingground's in downtown Winona to talk with local singer/songwriter Greenfingers. We'll talk to ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 32:10
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On this episode of Culture Clique we meet Tom Schneider of Winona. At a quiet intersection in Winona, MN, sits a small unassuming brown building. O...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 06:44
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One of America's most bizarre food battles

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2017
  • Length: 20:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tony Bees shows off his bee-themed tattoos. The scroll reads in Latin: “Go to the honeybee, thy poet, consider her ways and be wise.”
When bee season in New York City begins in early spring, that means retired police detective (and unofficial NYPD beekeeper) Anthony “Tony Bees” Pl...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
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It's official! The Golden State Warriors are the 2017 NBA Champions! Life of the Law honors the team and each of the players with this special epis...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 19:38
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We explore the extremes of the human voice with essayist Elena Passarello, winner of New Orleans’ annual “Stella!” scream competition, in which par...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
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Lakes are often portrayed as calm and serene environments, but Dave Sanford knows better. The Canadian photographer uses his pictures to reveal a m...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Frank Mutz (left) and Phil Mutz (right)
A father and son talk about working together in an air conditioner repair business that has been in their family for more than half a century.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
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John and Carol met in 1964 when a computer dating service matched them up. This December, they will have been married for 52 years.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
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We continue our coverage of the 2016 Dixieland Jazz Festival in Winona MN with The Gate City Jazz Band. We visit with long time members of the band...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 14:07
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KQAL’s Muhammed Al-Rous talks with Felix from hip-hop group Heiruspecs. Learn more about the band's roots and developments and hear their live perf...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 35:05
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Enrolling in college at 40 to study art, Sharon Long had no idea an anthropology class would put her on a path to a career as a forensic artist.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2