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Caption: The owners of "Maybe You Should Die," surrounded by their creations., Credit: Todd Melby
"This is what happens when Minnesota nice goes wrong." That's how Meghan McDonald-Heisserer describes the company she started with Christina Nguyen...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
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Conversation with our early bird fishing guide Jeff Sundin. July 29th, 2010.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2010
  • Length: 13:46
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John Latimer shares his observations of the change of nature in our lives.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:47
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Paula Brandel talks local arts on The Morning Show with Heidi and John.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 09:37
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The former political writer of "The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" takes you on a "newsical" trip through the looking glass with narration, musi...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2010
  • Length: 54:50
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A clown commercial reeks havoc on an advertising executive.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The Camp's Neo Economist, Jim Smith, revisits the virtual campfire with insights about the economic crisis we face as he covers topics that challen...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:01
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Visitors to Jane Austen's museum are scattering cremains. Administrators there disapprove. So does Ian.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:05
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In Southern California, everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or wher...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 04:44
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Just listen to it, it's short

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:07
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What a normal day is like working from home

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
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short takes on daily doings for the depressed, doubtful, delirious

  • Added: Nov 10, 2007
  • Length: 01:42
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An hour with singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright and comedian Jimmy Tingle.

Bought by Prairie Public, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KZYX, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 7
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A young actor discusses, humorously, why he does his craft.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Conflict in Israel? Stop presses!

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:37
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Sex-ed meets shop class.

Bought by KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUSP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 3
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A bombastic but friendly, fictional history of dinosaurs.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:28
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A surreal guitar lesson that is all over the map, with a sampling of guitar sounds to punctuate.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:07
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A stream-of-consciousness recitation of facts from an imagined horror film including Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, with spooky music followed by a ra...

Bought by WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Administrator and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Harry Nilsson: The Beatles called him their favorite group, and though he died 12 years ago, there's resurging interest in the artist and his work.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jun 06, 2006
  • Length: 11:08
  • Purchases: 1
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How the "insurgents" are branding themselves.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:50

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 16
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Islam needs Unitarianism

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
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A documentary about the Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, located near Saugatuck, Michigan.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 19:00