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  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Author Nate Patrin talks about his new book "The Needle and the Lens: Pop goes to the Movies from Rock 'n' Roll to Synthwave"

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 09:18
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Ned Netzel and Nic Peloquin talk about the new cookbook "Smoke on the Waterfront"

  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 08:41
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Author Amy E. Casey talks about her NEMBA nominated book "The Sturgeon's Heart"

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 06:33
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Minnesota musician Tony Petersen, known for his work with bands like Saint Anyway and the Social Animals, releases solo music under the name Ditchb...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Just as his music career was heating up, Decio Rubano discovered he was not a U.S. citizen and was deported to Canada as a young man. He came to St...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:15
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Winter in Minnesota. It’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Some love it, some hate it, but we all get through (deal with) it...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 18:31
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HOUR ONE: "Weird World Of Mushrooms" - They can heal you. They can also kill you. This hour, take a trip into the wild world of toadstools. HOUR ...

  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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Winter in Minnesota. It’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Some love it, some hate it, but we all get through (deal with) it...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 18:38
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Today on Culture Clique we are joined by former KQAL Program Coordinator Teri Tenseth to talk about her latest venture, The Mother Loaf. The Mother...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 43:20
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
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Aaron Parrett discusses his collection of stories, Maple & Lead. He also reads a short selection and remarks on his letterpress business and collab...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
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In this piece, Connor interviews Doug about his experience in Canadian music and radio, and the ways in which it differs from his experience in Ame...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 12:24
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Avner Dorman, Credit: avnerdormanmusic.com
We’ll hear music and new releases from composer Avner Dorman on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, WETS, WGTE Public Media, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KHSU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Daniel Earl Javorsky was born in Berlin and immigrated to the US. He has been, among other things, a delivery boy, musician, product rep in the che...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 08:24
Caption: Alexander Kime
We invited Brooklyn-based restaurateur Andrew Tarlow in to chat with Chicago-based entrepreneur Ed Marszewski. Alex Kime edited this piece.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 17:31
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Composer Beth Anderson on phoning up John Cage, not "looking like" a composer, and the collage that is life. 

  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 27:19
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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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In this program, we hear from two high school students working on the issues of overpopulation and car pollution, both from Merit Academy in Santa ...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
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California's AB 32 paved the way for a bold investment in alternative energy. SB 32 will up the ante, aiming to phase out fossil fuels by 2050. Wil...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Harwin bought his first diner in 1987...and has been preserving this special part of American history ever since. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg caught...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 18:05
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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: Avery Fisher Hall, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
In this episode of For the Record, Tom and Julian go behind the scenes of a legendary Broadway event and the creation of its exalted recording.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
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On this episode of The Live Feed, KQAL’s Mohammad El-Rous talks with Minneapolis-based band, Al Church, as they discuss the highs and lows of a mus...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 31:44
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Local historian Bill Pagel, who runs the Dylan website boblinks.com, has an enormous collection of Dylan memorabilia. He's chosen some of the best ...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 19:08
  • Purchases: 1