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Instrument of War No More: Bagpipes in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Bagpipes arrived in Minnesota in the 1850’s, brought by Scottish immigrants to what is now Blue Earth county, as settlers moved in, occupying Dakot...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 06:32
Rudos in the ring, técnico in the community
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Wytt Torsden and tag team partner Kanan Korus celebrate after winning their match at Rudos match in April 2023 , Credit: Julie Censullo
Lucha libre is a style of Mexican wrestling that blends acrobatics, combat, and classic narrative tropes of good and evil to engage audiences. One ...

  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 05:56
A Sharp New Skill
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Bad Axe site lead Ollie holds an ax in front of a target at Bad Axe Throwing - City Center in Minneapolis, Credit: Dixie Treichel
While ax throwing was historically reserved for frontiersmen and lumberjacks, it is becoming a popular recreational activity, thanks to spaces like...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 04:29
FOLK SALAD AIRING 6-12-2022-
From: SCOTT Aycock
Series: Folk Salad- Certified Organic Music
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It's all about the band sound on this installment of Folk Salad. We will be playing songs from the Rolling Stones, Oklahoma's own Double Not Spyz,...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Folktale of Inclusion
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Inclusion
We're gathering together our artists, our philosophers, our listeners, and our radio peeps... I guess we better include you too!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
Folktale of Trees
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Trees, Credit: Julia Meek
What did one tree say to the other? "Leaf me be, I'm listening to Folktales!"

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


  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
AG 22-03: Charlie Parker With Voices, 1/10/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, we pay tribute to bebop legend Charlie Parker. I’ll feature his recordings with vocalists like Sarah Vaughan, as well as vo...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Breakin' in the 612: How breakdancing has evolved in the Twin Cities
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Jack "Boogie B" Riley and Charles Thorstad a.k.a. Stepchild, Credit: Bao Lee Riley
Despite being far removed from places like New York, Los Angeles, or Houston, Minneapolis and St. Paul and their suburbs have earned some hip-hop s...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:46
In Real Life
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A hilarious and harrowing account of an actor's journey.

Bought by KMUN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 22
CJL-616 Bill Overton Quartet: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
From: Steve Rashid
Series: Chicago Jazz Live
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we’re going back to our archives to welcome saxophonist and vocalist, Bill Overton, with his quartet featuring Jerem...

Bought by KMUW, WDCB, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Purest Form of Pleasure
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Summer 2020
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A piece by Zaire Martin. Everyone has something that gives themselves a sense of joy or completion. In this audio essay, I will discuss what gives ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 03:35
Folktale of Understanding
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Understanding, Credit: Julia Meek
Either you get it or you don't. This week's edition of Folktales is ALL about understanding. Are we clear?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, 'The Sea', WFIU, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Action Figureland
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: A sculptor at NECA works on a Heath Ledger/Joker action figure., Credit: Eric Molinsky
Action figure collectables for adults is booming, even when kids are loosing interest in little plastic guys.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 18:11
  • Purchases: 3
When Human Met Creature
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Frank Oz performing Yoda, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Which is more believable, a computer animated creature or a puppet? I talk with an animator who worked on the Star Wars prequels and a puppeteer wh...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 15:51
  • Purchases: 3
#18-24 Unquenchable Light
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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The Southern Oregon Repertory Singers make their first performance on the show with a world premiere commissioned work called Unquenchable Light by...

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
PIO 18-20 Emerson Quartet Plays Shostakovich
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Emerson Quartet Plays Shostakovich 14, and OSU-Corvallis Plays Reformation Symphony

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Takacs Quartet Plays Beethoven 18-05
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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From an Oregon visit just two weeks ago, the Takacs Quartet play the quartet number 14 by Beethoven, and the Newport Symphony takes on Bedrich Smet...

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
"Alexis Cole: Out There On Her Own"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge presents one of jazz's hidden jewels, Alexis Cole. She’s been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:50
Michael Lyons - Ojibwe artist
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Call of the Wild
Caption: Tippy, Credit: Karen Oothoudt
Milt Lee talks with Michael Lyons, Ojibwe artist.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: "David and Sue at Boats and Bluegrass"
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed, we bring you music from France, Brittania and other countries where traditional dance music is largely celebrated...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 34:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Jazz Drumming (Ep. 21)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: The "greatest drummer i n the world," Buddy Rich
Jazz drummers have got to be some of the most unheralded of jazz's many unsung heroes. This week we dissect their art and craft with world-renowned...

Bought by KMUW, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WCPN and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Origin Stories
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Luke Skywalker action figure, Credit: Eric Molinsky
What makes a great origin story -- for superheroes or regular people going on a job interview?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 15:21
  • Purchases: 3
Pretty LIT 2.1
From: BJ Love
Series: Pretty LIT
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Featuring some totally pretty literature by Mike Young, Montreux Rotholtz, Ted Berrigan, Jeff Hipsher, Josephine Rowe, Eric Baus, and Elizabeth Bis...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 21:37
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, George Wein
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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A conversation with George Wein, the man who launched the first outdoor jazz festival in the US--the legendary Newport Jazz Festival. [29:54]

Bought by KMUW and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 2
From Ukraine to Michigan: The Bandura Still Sings
From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide
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Julian Kytasty is a world-renowned bandurist who's family and musical history can be traced from the Ukraine, through exile from Stalinist USSR, to...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:59