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Culture Queue 4-28-13: "Bring it Back"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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Retro seems to be all the rage these days. From fashion to food to music, everything is coming back around again. So this week we are looking into ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 172: On Beauty
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Want strong, shiny hair? Pick up a package of Superstrength Henna 'N' Placenta Conditioning Treatment at your local beauty store. It's just one of many beauty products containing decidedly icky ingredients., Credit: Jennifer Dionisio
In this episode we look at questionable appearance enhancers. First the Beauty Historian shares some shocking beauty rituals of yore. Then a look a...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 15:25
Culture Queue 3-31-13: "It's Ladies Night"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we pay tribute to the women of the world with a show themed in their honor. We start out with Managing Editor Noel Clark, who takes a loo...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 31:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
UnFictional: Women's Work
From: KCRW
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A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...

Bought by KUAC, XRAY.fm, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 6
Culture Queue 1-27-13: "Over the Top"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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Whether you like to laugh, shout, sit quietly with your feelings, or just plain get physical, Culture Queue has something for everyone this week. F...

Bought by KPVL and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 30:03
  • Purchases: 2
Audie Winner - Adele Park
From: Cyrus Emerson
Caption: Adele Park, Credit: http://www.jittersaudiobook.com/
What happens when a female shock jock from Hackensack, New Jersey finds herself working at a radio station near a polygamist enclave in Utah?

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 14:22
Ingredients Episode 1: The Arabesque Winds
From: Don Maue
Series: Ingredients
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An interview with the Arabesque Wind Quintet about their history and the sessions for their upcoming CD

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 13:24
Jazz-O-Rama #7: "The Hutton Sisters"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Hutton Sisters, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Marion & Betty Hutton.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:54
  • Purchases: 4
Culture Queue 1-20-13: "Vicinity of Obscenity"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week on Culture Queue, we dive into the world of the obscene. First Producer Marcheta Fornoff learns about a little “dirty dancing” for the sa...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
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
You're the Driver?
From: Jennifer Swann
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A documentary on Adrian Chi Tenney, a female professional driver in Los Angeles, CA.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
Culturology: "Mayor of the Universe" - Author Lorna Landvik talks with Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Mayor of the Universe" by Lorna Landvik
Lorna Landvik is the author of eight previous novels including the best selling "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, "Oh My Stars," and "The View Fro...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
  • Purchases: 2
Quick Queue: Michelle Zimmerman
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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By Marcheta Fornoff. Michelle Zimmerman balances life between school to become a dental hygienist, and hitting the gym to train as a bodybuilder. T...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 095: Tin Roof Project with Tobi Fairley
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
Caption: Designer Tobi Faireley
This week it's our monthly Tin Roof Project, featuring award-winning designer Tobi Fairley. True stories told by the Southerners who lived them.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
The Class Menagerie
From: Mary Helen Miller
Caption: Amy Boortz feeds rescue dogs at the school where she lives. , Credit: Mary Helen Miller
Amy Boortz bought a full-size school in north Georgia to live in with her family. They turned classrooms into bedrooms, and life was alright for a ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
Roller Derby
From: Maeve Conran
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A profile of Boulder County's first roller derby league.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Brazen Belles
From: Sara Robberson
Caption: Back stage with the Brazen Belles
This piece was created for WCAI's Creative Life Series. Producer Sara Robberson takes us to the world of sequence and bras, humor and strip tease –...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 2
Distillations Episode 147: Babies
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Remember when I leeched all the calcium from your bones?, Credit: Flickr user paparutzi.
Big eyes, soft skin, squeezable cheeks. No doubt, babies are adorable. But in this episode we take a break from our cooing to examine some more ser...

  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:43
The Online Date that Went a Little too Well
From: Randy Ross
Series: The Bitter Single's Guide to Love
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
Marlins, dead cats, beagles, and red wine make for an interesting evening.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
Why I'm Over 40 and Still Single
From: Randy Ross
Series: The Bitter Single's Guide to Love
Caption: Randy Ross writes from the Loneliest Planet
A never-married guy comes clean.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Tales from the South 079: The Teen Years
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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On this week's episode, our writers take us back in time to the angst of the teen years. Stories by Jill Bayles, Deana Nall, and Leslie Hitt. True ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 078: Tin Roof Project with Monica Staggs
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Stuntwoman Monica Staggs
Hollywood stuntwoman extraordinaire Monica Staggs is here telling stories. The Tin Roof Project is a once-a-month series of Tales from the South wh...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:00

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