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Live Wire! Radio - Episode 229 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author Kevin Barry, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
Author KEVIN BARRY, author A.M. Homes, and music from Michael Hearst.

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


  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 228 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author T.C. Boyle , Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
Authors T.C. BOYLE, M.K. ASANTE, IAN DOESCHER, and music by TANYA DONELLY.

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


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Man Behind the Half Shell
From: Emma Morgenstern
Caption: Steve Lavigne in his shop, Shellback Artworks. Wells, Maine., Credit: Emma Morgenstern
In 1985, Steve Lavigne quit his job to help a friend draw an indie comic book. He never imagined that those comics, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:38
Riddles from the Border Regions 12/21/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WE ARE SILVER, WE ARE BRASS ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:31
The Peter Yarrow Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
NO JERKS: The House Venues of Pioneer Valley
From: Jonah Fried
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This is a short profile on a few prominent DIY music promoters in western Massachusetts who host shows in their basements and living rooms. Featu...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
Dead Bees, Nail Clippings and Priceless Art in Warhol's "Time Capsules"
From: Lauren Ober
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Andy Warhol is probably best known for his pop art paintings of Campbell’s soup cans and celebrities. But his most personal and intimate work was n...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WXDU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Dallas Crow - "On Pumpkins"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Dallas Crow's work has appeared in Tar River Poetry and Poet Lore. His book, "Small, Imperfect Paradise," is due out from Parallel Press this year....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue 10-10-13: "Seemingly Useless Things"
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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Sonja Peterson in Minneapolis.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:37
39: NYC Foresight
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Explore the hypothetical solutions to real issues caused by technology.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2013
  • Length: 13:20
Loving math and mime
From: Ari Daniel
Caption: Tim and Tanya Chartier present a classic mime stance in Central Park, NYC., Credit: Ari Daniel
Tim Chartier has found a way to fuse his two great loves: math and mime. (It's a fusion that's almost as unlikely as wanting to do a radio story a...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Here and Now, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTIP and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: 10:54
  • Purchases: 7
Interview with Marc Imboden
From: MEEP! (the band)
Series: The MEEP! Show
Caption: Singer / songwriter, Marc Imboden
Singer / songwriter Marc Imboden stops by the MEEP! Show!

  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:35
Country Fried Rock Interviews Jack Logan
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
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From his early underground comic book series pitting Peter Buck of R.E.M. as "Pete Buck, Superhero," to his prolific songwriting and diverse catalo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WLPR , WSLR, KKRN, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Interview with Vince Ector - Part II
From: MEEP! (the band)
Series: The MEEP! Show
Caption: Drummer, Vince Ector
Part II of our interview with drummer Vince Ector.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:35
Regretsy
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Regretsy describes itself as ""where DIY meets WTF." The silliest, grossest and most overpriced items listed on the online store Etsy are featured ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
Summer Camp For Grown Ups
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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It's called the Looplore Experiment and it's partially funded through Kickstarter donations. This weekend-long "camp" revolves around arts and craf...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 2
Zach Kerola: Music Photographer
From: WDSE
Series: Radio Gallery
Caption: Trampled by Turtles, Credit: Zach Kerola
Zach Kerola is a musician who picked has up a camera as his new ax and never looked back. He is still working with music, shooting bands, concerts ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Secret Awesome
From: Dylan Peers McCoy
Caption: A Surly Puppet
Secret Awesome defies categories. But if you press the founder, Zak Kirwin, he describes them as a D.I.Y. artists collective. They are definitely a...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:45
Self-taught
From: Neena Pathak
Caption: Matt Heinlein wears chain-mail he made.
Usually when we need something, we go out and buy it. Matt Heinlein’s a little different. If Matt needs something, his first impulse is to make it…...

Bought by KUER, WABE, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Art of MN Author, Rachael Hanel
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of "Art Beat" we visit with Waseca native Rachael Hanel. Rachael's memoir "We'll Be The Last Ones To Let You Down" explores her mem...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/27/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE WORLD IS HELD ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
In The Rock House
From: Mark Packham
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In The Rock House follows the band Zombie Crash, and explores the learning disable music scene in the UK.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:29
WSU's "Straw Into Gold"
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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The Winona State University Department of Theatre and Dance will presented the 46th annual children’s show, “Straw Into Gold: The Classic Tale of R...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 17:57
  • Purchases: 2
Culture Queue 4-7-13: "Spring Provides"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we're feeling the change of the season. Winters can be bitterly cold here in MN, but when Spring comes around so do a wealth of new possi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
01: The Tide and the Seay (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Explore the role of sound in art with Jesse Seay and her "Mechanical Tide."

Bought by KWMR and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2

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