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Chicago-based The Bricklayers mask theatre visits The Roadhouse
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The Bricklayers (Matt Trucano, founding artistic director; Kyle Cadotte, co-founding artistic director, and Jonathan Greene, international theater ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:56
  • Purchases: 1
Suite for a Salty Standard
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
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My neighbor Ellen swings a classic (from the I Hate to Cook Book, circa 1960.)

Bought by KRPS, Troy Public Radio, WNIJ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Puerto Rican Skier
From: Fritzi Bodenheimer
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Jennifer Bentley is 67 years old, has lived in Puerto Rico for more than 40 years, and hates the cold. So how did she end up skiing down a Maine m...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
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
Folktale of Direction
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Direction, Credit: Julia Meek
Hard to figure out where in the world you're going? Musical orientation abounds this week on Folktales!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
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
An Ode to Hot Pockets
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Hot Pocket Pimpin', Credit: hotpocketsbrand
Cold like a brick, molten like lava. What's not to love? A non-narrated voxpop produced by Mike Mallory for the Advanced Audio class at the Univers...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
Quick Queue: SoundScope - The Writer's Soundtrack
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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by Alex Mehrtens: The mind of the writer is filled with words. But not every writer can concentrate with another person's voice bumping out of thei...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
LatinoAltROCK
From: Pablo & Raul
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LatinoAltROCK was created with the goal of sharing the music that is part of our cultural experience, with a wider audience.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KZYX, KUOW, KRSC, and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:27
  • Purchases: 5
Quick Queue: Charlie Brown Christmas
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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A Radio K Charlie Brown Christmas - By Noel Clark: The holidays are a time for creature comforts and family traditions. Whether that means trimming...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
Culture Queue 12-23-12: "A Charlie Brown Radio Play Christmas"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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It's the holidays, so that means food, television, and vacation. We here at Culture Queue are celebrating our winter break with a remastered versio...

Bought by WNMU-FM and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 2
Artsy Fartsy Show Antislam Melting Pot 4-10-2012
From: Artsy Fartsy Show
Series: Artsy Fartsy Show
Caption: Rev Jen Guest Co-Host the Artsy Fartsy Show
This week’s program is a collaboration of two terrific NYC Slam establishments. The Anti-Slam and The Melting Pot. The studio will be filled to the...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 51:36
Fresh Talk: Sasha Dees
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Sasha Dees
Cathy Byrd connects on Skype with independent curator/producer Sasha Dees to talk about the Open Ateliers residency program, Zuidoost Amsterdam and...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:02
A. Wolf & Her Claws
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Off The Record; On To Video
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A. Wolf & Her Claws live in Studio K.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 1
Not your ordinary bike trip...this one's to the South Pole
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis visited recently with polar adventurer, educator and guide Eric Larsen about his upcoming adventure, Cycle South. Eric, the first...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue: Bananas
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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By Amy Friedman. Bananas: they're rich in potassium, great for creating some slippery hijinks, and, as a result of fruit magnates like Chiquita, ba...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Cellmate
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Off The Record; On To Video
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Cellmate live in Studio K.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 14:06
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 100: Helping Hands
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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In this week's show, our stories are all about lending a helping hand. Stories by Warren Kuhn, Jr., Nancy Louise Baxter, and Renie Prentice Rule. T...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Obscurity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s dancers
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
Riddles from the Border Regions, 07/07/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WE MAY BE ARCHED, WE MAY BE SCANT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fifty Shades of Love: Falling in Love in a Brothel
From: Artsy Fartsy Show
Series: Artsy Fartsy Show
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In the Erotic Memoir Novel LAURA MEETS JEFFREY written from two perspectives - Jeffrey Michaelson and Laura Bradley detail their lives during the N...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 11:42
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
May Day Artist Fury
From: Artsy Fartsy Show
Series: Artsy Fartsy Show
Caption: May Day General Strike 2012, Credit: Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt
In celebration of May Day, The Artsy Fartsy Show covered art in immigrant communities, activism and the artistic influences within the Occupy Wall ...

  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 52:11
Riddles from the Border Regions, 04/07/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHAT IS IT THAT WE LEAVE BEHIND...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
At the Exploratorium, there's no such thing as too much Pi
From: KALW
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The basic definition of the number pi is that it’s doesn’t have an exact value – it’s an infinite calculation. But it is possible to know the exact...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1

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