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4 Year Old Adventure Seeker
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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High adventure does not scare this 4-year old! Bikes, and boating are just part of his life. However, listen to find out the one thing that’s even ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
It's That One Moment of the Day
From: Amy Gastelum
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
TSR14-19 The Pines
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Iowa originated via now Minneapolis situated underground folksters The Pines join us for the their third visit to the Big Top stage.

Bought by KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WPCA-LP, WDSE and more


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 6
Ben Kaufmann
From: Brian Bahouth
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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
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 232
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Cartoonist Peter Bagge, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Cartoonist PETER BAGGE, author KAREN KARBO, and music from OLD LIGHT.

Bought by WCPN, KSRQ, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, and 90.5 WESA


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 232 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Cartoonist Peter Bagge, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Cartoonist PETER BAGGE, author KAREN KARBO, and music from OLD LIGHT.

Bought by KUT, WRIR, KCPW Salt Lake City, KUOW, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 231 Newshole version
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis, Credit: Duane Bolland for Live Wire! Radio
Comic book writer BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, Toro Bravo chef and cookbook author JOHN GORHAM, comedian BRANDIE POSEY, and music from 1939 ENSEMBLE.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 231
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis, Credit: Duane Bolland for Live Wire! Radio
Comic book writer BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, Toro Bravo chef and cookbook author JOHN GORHAM, comedian BRANDIE POSEY, and music from 1939 ENSEMBLE.

Bought by WCPN, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Bushwhack through the Quetico & BWCAW? Ely outfitter's overland adventure
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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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
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
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
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 217 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NYTimes Best Selling Author Augusten Burroughs, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author of the NYT best seller "Running with Scissors", AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS The Oregonians musical editor, RYAN WHITE Musical Guests, RADIATION CITY

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR, and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Susan Werner on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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We talked with Susan just before she released her CD The Gospel Truth

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
SITPE # 1310
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Heavy focus

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Tales from the South 114: Annual Holiday Show (Full Hour)
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Sara Etgen-Baker reads
The full-hour version of our Annual Holiday Show. Also available in 2 29-minute segments.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
The Artist and the Pinhole
From: Marnie Crawford Samuelson
Caption: Pinhole camera/hot dog stand, Provincetown, MA, Credit: Marnie Crawford Samuelson
When Provincetown artist Marian Roth learns that a seaside hot dog stand is about to be razed because of coastal erosion, she sees the chance to tu...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
Busking for Change
From: Mallory Falk
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When Marcia Mello started busking, she was excited to pursue a life-long dream. But she's had to fight for her place on the street.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 2
New Life
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Every thing deserves a second chance

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
The Sharing Economy: A bank where time is money
From: KALW
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One Bay Area organization has created an economy based on trading services and skills. KALW's Jen Chien reports.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 08:11
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 181 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: New York Times Best-selling author of Wild, Cheryl Strayed, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHERYL STRAYED - Best-selling Author LAUREN WEEDMAN - Actress, Writer, Humorist LAURA GIBSON- Singer/Songwriter

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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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
SITPE # 1202
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: Turn On The Music Machine, Credit: (debut album)
A Music Machine in every set.

Bought by KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KKRN, KPVL, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
A Conversation with Liz Lerman, Part One
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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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
A Conversation with Frank Stella
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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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
On The Margins of Music - Alan Lomax & Anthony Burgess
From: Open Source
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
A philanthropic walk across the United States
From: KALW
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