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These child prodigies are taking on the world
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a boy who became a chess master at ten, siblings who started college at seven, and one of the youngest members o...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
  • Purchases: 1
What happens when you choose a vow of silence?
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, an environmental activist and a Trappist Monk talk about their vows of silence, and host Chion Wolf takes a week off ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
Constant Wonder - A Cartoonist Uses Pen & Paper to Rediscover Her Lost Grandparents
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A cartoonist’s journey: an unlikely path to finding awe, family, and a place in the world.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
Constant Wonder - Storyteller Kevin Kling, A Life of Humor and Humility
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Disability is something Kevin Kling faces not only determination and courage, but with a highly developed sense of humor. Kevin Kling, a beloved st...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - Fear and Wonder in the Natural World
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt makes a case for becoming rooted in nature. Sometimes, even with potential risks.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - In Uganda, Healthy Communities Make for Healthy Wildlife
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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At the edge of the windy, impenetrable forest, disease can break through. From animals to humans, from humans to animals. The first ever wildlife v...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
The Hemingway Project Imagines Jazz in Paris Between the Two World Wars
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Rick Carlson and Gary Schjulte, Credit: photo by Andrea Canter, poster by Maud Hixson
We’re at a rehearsal of violinist Gary Schulte and pianist Rick Carlson of the Hemingway project. Along with bassist Graydon Peterson, the group pl...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
The Hemingway Project Imagines Jazz in Paris Between the Two World Wars This Thursday at Crooner’s
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Rick Carlson, Credit: Andrea Canter
We’re at a rehearsal of violinist Gary Schulte and pianist Rick Carlson of the Hemingway project. Along with bassist Graydon Peterson, the group pl...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Constant Wonder - Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: This movie star knew what depravation felt like; Topic 2: How Jimmy Stewart stole our hearts

Bought by WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 52:47
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - From the Streets to Symphony Hall: The Improbable Backstory of a World-Class Tuba Player
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A young Black boy from Baltimore survived childhood neglect to become a professional tuba player.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Lives in Music: Gavin Monaghan
From: Robin Valk
Series: Lives in Music
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In a down at heel part of the West Midlands in the UK, a producer with an extraordinary track record continues to make magic. The wizard in his Mag...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
Twin Cities Jazz Workshop Trains Middle and High School Musicians in Jazz Performance
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Charlie Lincoln, Credit: Andrea Canter
Jazz pros Doug Little and Charlie Lincoln lead a group of high school jazz musicians known as the Twin Cities Jazz Workshop. The group learns music...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of Ifrah Mansour's "How to Have Fun in a Civil War," a Midnimo Project Performance at St. Cloud State University
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Sometimes a performance needs a gripping title in order to convey not only content, but also the subtlety of emotional weight found within, and Ifr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 27:28
Remembering George Kennedy
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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In an interview from our archives, host Bob Kustra talks with the Oscasr-winning actor about his memoir. Kennedy died Feb. 28, 2016.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:30