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Becky Schlegel and the High 48s Combine the Expected with the Unexpected, Friday Dec 13 at the Aster in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: High 48s, Credit: Greg Johnson
Renowned Minnesota songwriter Becky Schlegel is joining forces with the High 48s Bluegrass Band for a show at the Aster in Minneapolis, 9PM Friday ...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Youthful Brother-Sister Piano Duet Taggart Squared Amazes Audiences
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Emma and Jacob Taggart are a brother and sister piano duet from Blaine, Minnesota. They play concerts, they tour and they’ve been featured on TV an...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Brother-Sister Piano Duet Taggart Squared Amazes Audiences at Crooners This Monday Night
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Emma and Jacob Taggart are a brother and sister piano duet from Blaine. They play concerts, they tour and they’ve been featured on TV and radio. An...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
StoryCorps OutLoud: Alexei Romanoff
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: David Farah (L) and Alexei Romanoff (R) at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles, California in June 2015. By Jill Glaser for StoryCorps.
Alexei Romanoff tells his husband, David Farah, about a mentor who taught him to be proud of who he was.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 03:12
Scott Keever Plays and Combines International Musical Traditions on Guitars
From: KBEM
Caption: Scott Keever, Credit: Ben Zvan
Scott Keever is a composer and guitarist who works with many different styles. In a recent conversation with interviewer Phil Nusbaum, Scott told h...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Over My Dead Body!
From: Israel Story
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Shlomo Avni devoted the last few years of his life to a fight to be buried the way he wanted. Although, buried isn't quite the word - he wanted his...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 12
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Running For Your Life" and "Hurricane Of The Heart" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: After breaking his back, doctors told Gary...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Johnny Holmes and Christian Picciolini
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Johnny Holmes (left) and Christian Picciolini (right)
In the 1990s, Johnny Holmes was head of security at a high school in Blue Island, Illinois, located just outside of Chicago, where he met Christian...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:19
Choosing JUCO Lacrosse
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This piece describes the positives and negatives of starting out a college lacrosse career at the junior college level and then moving to a four ye...

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:21
Part of the Problem
From: Jake Smith
Caption: The street where the two neighbors live., Credit: Jake J. Smith
Neighborhood present sits down with neighborhood past.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Lucille Horn and Barbara Horn
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Lucille (L) and Barbara Horn (R)
Lucille Horn, 95, tells her daughter, Barbara, about the baby incubator exhibit at Coney Island that saved her life.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps MVI: Anny Pena and Jonny Pena
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Anny (L) and Jonny (R) Pena
Retired Marines Anny and Jonny Pena talk about the challenges they faced as military spouses, and what it was like when Jonny came home from Afghan...

Bought by WVBI-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Walter Naegle and Ericka Naegle
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ericka Naegle (L) and Walter Naegle (R)
Walter Naegle tells his niece, Ericka, about the unconventional decision that he and his partner, Bayard Rustin, made to protect their union.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Rami Aizic and Robin Share
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rami Aizic talks to Robin Share about how they met and decided to start a family.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 2
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
StoryCorps Griot: Reverend Eric Williams and Jannette Berkley-Patton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Reverend Eric Williams tells his co-worker Jannette Berkley-Patton about his first experience with AIDS.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Robert Griffo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Robert Griffo remembers how his life changed after the "Black Monday" stock market crash of 1987.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Ken Rensink and Laurel Hill-Ward
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Special education teacher Ken Rensink tells his friend Laurel Hill-Ward how surviving a near-fatal car crash influenced his teaching.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Peter and Jacqueline Headen
From: StoryCorps
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Peter Headen and his wife, Jacqueline, tell the story of their 40-year courtship.

Bought by WEZU, KBBI Alaska, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 3
Why I am Homeless
From: Emily Berman
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With striking honesty, Carol Unger, of Washington D.C., explains how she became homeless.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
First Date
From: ayme frye
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Young man speaks of the manners involved with a first date and how etiquette interfere with getting a second.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
Swing Free
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A look into the hidden world of Swingers.

Bought by KUT, SALTcast Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
25 Years Later, Elia Tape Lives On
From: Sam Hudzik
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anniversary of Legendary Rant by a Former Cubs Manager

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
90 Year-Old is a Living History of Diabetes
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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Gladys Dull is one of the longest living diabetes patients in the world

Bought by KHSU and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2