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Two short plays. In Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn’s Fifth Planet, a professional astronomer played by Amy Ryan (Birdman; Gone, Baby, Gone) an...
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM
- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 4
Exotic dancers, on-call drivers and writers might have a different name for what they do -- freelancing, part-time work and independent contracting...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, KALW, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 07, 2015
- Length: 14:51
- Purchases: 4
Barack Obama plans to send his VP choice via text message to supporters. But is it possible to text something meaningful? Kat and Kaitie seek to a...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 06:13
New-music saxophonist Kendra Emery talks about her debut CD Beautiful Mess.
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 36:34
Bang On a Can pianist Vicky Chow talks about her new releases; Composer-singer Danielle Eva Schwob and harpist Ashley Jackson discuss the upcoming ...
- Added: Sep 17, 2014
- Length: 01:21:31
Robert Platshorn once spent thirty years in prison for smuggling marijuana, and in a sign of changing times, over the past weekend, Platshorn organ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2014
- Length: 17:00
Hosts Tricia and Greta bring you the stories of muckraker Nellie Bly, painter Georgia O'Keeffe and jazz singer Nina Simone. We talk to authors, une...
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Jul 14, 2014
- Length: 27:00
- Purchases: 1
For America's birthday, Nerdette highlights the mothers of movements. Hosts Tricia and Greta bring you the stories of journalist Nellie Bly, painte...
Bought by WCNY, KOSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WHRV, KUNM and more
- Added: Jun 30, 2014
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 13
From: WBEZ
Freaks and nerds unite! Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner teaches Tricia and Greta how to think like a freak. Plus a portrait of astronaut Sally Ride on...
- Added: Jun 24, 2014
- Length: 26:59
- Purchases: 3
Brian Bahouth chats with rocker JD McPherson ... a jumping mix of words and music ...
- Added: Jun 08, 2014
- Length: 18:15
Guitarist Bill Frisell and Brian Bahouth chat about his popularity in Europe, love of John Lennon songs and more … this mix of words and music prod...
- Added: Apr 27, 2014
- Length: 16:39
I walked the Truckee River Trail through downtown Reno this past Saturday and recorded an interview with a man selling cds and playing a drum. Lar...
- Added: Apr 21, 2014
- Length: 06:29
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
Founder of American Babies Tom Hamilton shoots from the hip in this conversation about his forthcoming acoustic EP, Stark and Red … this rocking bl...
- Added: Mar 08, 2014
- Length: 25:44
Singer and musical saw player Ursula Knudson discusses her role in the Fishtank Ensemble and also offers a tour of their album Women in Sin … this ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2014
- Length: 09:48
Drummer and founding member of the all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band Zepparella chats with Brian Bahouth … a rocking mix of words and music prod...
- Added: Feb 08, 2014
- Length: 12:35
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
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
Dessert? Some people have never even heard of it. This piece examines the cultural relativity of this sweet, after-meal food practice by contrastin...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 04:12
Thomas Burns discusses film, photography, teaching, and life in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 36:01
In this evergreen single-voice portrait, renowned hair designer Vidal Sassoon discusses one of his greatest artistic inspirations with charm and in...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 16, 2011
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 1
Should we resolve inconsistent beliefs... or let them be?
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 2
And the programming, and the news, and anything else on the air.
- Added: May 11, 2010
- Length: 01:51
City High junior A Greene asks, "What would you be like if you were the opposite sex?" and finds the answers surprising.
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 04:56
Mick Dodge has been going barefoot--all the time, everywhere he goes--for almost 25 years. He believes that our feet connect us to nature. KUOW's J...
- Added: Sep 21, 2009
- Length: 09:29
