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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jun 23, 2014
- Length: 01:27
Two skaters for the Reno-based Battle Born Derby Demons, Anita JamBayou (also known as Kris Malen) and D’Napalm (also known as Dene’ White-Atcheson...
- Added: Jun 15, 2014
- Length: 16:22
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
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jun 09, 2014
- Length: 01:41
Reese Erlich unravels a family tale and explores old wine making as he opens a mysterious magnum of Sebastiani Barbera.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 30, 2014
- Length: 05:19
- Purchases: 1
The Times of India newspaper called this Indian election a "Dance of Democracy." But for Sandip Roy it's more of a 'Disco' Dance of Democracy.
- Added: Apr 30, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Learn about Numero Group's mission to salvage, restore, and archive neglected pieces of 20th century music history.
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:30
I walked the Truckee River Trail through downtown Reno this past Saturday and recorded an interview with a man selling cds and playing a drum. Lar...
- Added: Apr 21, 2014
- Length: 06:29
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman and producer Laine Kaplan-Levenson about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, New Orleans...
- Added: Apr 15, 2014
- Length: 11:01
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 04:27
Ben Kaufmann, bass player and singer for the Yonder Mountain String Band, talks about his roots and the band’s latest EP, YMSB EP 13. A funky mix ...
- Added: Mar 30, 2014
- Length: 31:36
Jim Heath, a.k.a. the Reverend Horton Heat, and I chat about his latest LP, REV. This rocking mix of words and music produced for KVMR radio …
- Added: Mar 22, 2014
- Length: 14:33
Is it possible to make “music” from “noise”? Is it possible to enjoy it? Randy Wenner reports on an experimental music genre making a comeback of s...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 04:13
- Purchases: 2
Betsy. Buttercup. Bambi. Those are not Disney characters but three of the eight female bison that live at the bison paddock in Golden Gate Park. Sa...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 1
Thao Nguyen grew up in Northern Virginia, and started playing music at age 12. Since then she has released three critically acclaimed albums, and s...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 08:13
“If Jeff Klinkenberg isn’t careful, he might give journalism a good name,’’ says the author Carl Hiaasen. “He has a rare eye for marvelous detail, ...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Mar 06, 2014
- Length: 27:21
- Purchases: 1
Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti goes to "bee school" to learn what's new in the 4,000 year old hobby of beekeeping.
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 21:46
- Purchases: 2
Sadly, the historic Hubig's Pie factory in New Orleans burned down, and its neighbor Laura McKnight slept through it...almost.
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 04:43
The average Joe's short answers of what heartbreak is, what it does and what it has to do with one man's video game.
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 01:26
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Drummer and founding member of the all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band Zepparella chats with Brian Bahouth … a rocking mix of words and music prod...
- Added: Feb 08, 2014
- Length: 12:35
There’s a national conversation about promoting science education for students, but what about science after graduation? Allison Quantz has the sto...
- Added: Jan 31, 2014
- Length: 02:39
- Purchases: 3
Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 4
Near dusk, you can often find Shirley Doell at Oakland Civic Center, staring at the tops of skyscrapers through her big telescope. But she isn’t sp...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 15:48
