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Casper talks with us about coming to terms with health struggles.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 10:36
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HOUR ONE: "Reading While Young" - Having trouble reading? Maybe the answer is a younger read. We'll celebrate the new season of our "Bookmarks" mic...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "The Power Of Pleasure And Joy" - Joy, pleasure and delight feel good. But are they also politically powerful? HOUR TWO: "Making Waves...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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At the turn of the century, Carry Nation was “America’s foremost lady hellraiser” and “the apostle of reform violence.” In her own words, she was “...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 23:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Wine Fellers
A funny look at the things French People Find Strange About The U.S.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
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We need to change the way we think if we want to extend the shelf-life of our civilization, according to Frances Moore Lappé, author of EcoMind: Ch...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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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 Mohammed El-Rous talks with Minneapolis-based jam band Space Monster about their musical inspirations, journey to success, and words for wis...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 35:10
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Chris Holm is from Minneapolis Minnesota and is a Blues Rock musician who has performed both solo and as a member of the Fattenin' Frogs. We will t...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 17:49
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KQAL’s Mohammed El_Rous sits down with Minneapolis songwriter Matt Latterell and the two visit about the art of performance, the Minnesota music s...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 26:20
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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
Caption: The Chef in the Hat (left), host Katy Sewall, host Steve Scher, Credit: personal photo
Thierry Rautureau, aka The Chef in the Hat, is a James Beard award-winning celebrity chef in Seattle. He talks about life as a professional chef an...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:51
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Barack Obama plans to send his VP choice via text message to supporters. But is it possible to text something meaningful? Kat and Kaitie seek to a...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
Caption: Mother: A Podcast, Credit: logo created by Justin Schnarr
Fifteen year old Delia Hernandez tells her nurse why she breastfeeds.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 08:06
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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
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Jason Zabokrtsky, owner of Ely Outfitting Company, set off Oct. 11 to bushwhack from Atikokan, Ontario to Ely, a distance of about 80 miles. No wat...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 21:02
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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We talked with Susan just before she released her CD The Gospel Truth

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Choreographer and author, Liz Lerman converses through dance on the stage and now the page.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 23:42
  • Purchases: 1
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One of the most well-regarded postwar American artists still working, Frank Stella discusses his five-decade career in the visual arts, from painti...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2011
  • Length: 21:40
Caption: Anthony Burgess by David Levine, from The New York Review of Books
First, we join biographer John Szwed in thanking the eccentric musical anthropologist Alan Lomax for his rare recordings of early twentieth century...

Bought by KRVS, KPIP-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KXOT Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Jonathan Stalls and his dog arrive at Ocean Beach at the end of his walk across the U.S., Credit: Photo courtesy of Jonathan Stalls
Jonathan Stalls is a pretty typical young American. Nice guy. Loves his family, his friends, his country. You’ll learn more about all that later. F...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:31
Caption: Gordon's pez: an image of tensor glyphs baffles a spouse., Credit: Courtesy of Gordon Kindlmann
Some tough science threatens an otherwise happy marriage, and some gifted students try to unravel relativity.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This piece is about J-Kronic's life, her struggles, her little boy!

  • Added: Jun 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:56