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Manuel
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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The work is hard. There's an assembly line. There's a line of people, like, from here to the end of the block, to keep up with the chicken.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Linda & Dean Tonto Cox
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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"We never had tepees. We had houses, just like everybody else did."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Maureen
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Sparx is a rat terrier Chihuahua, and he doesn’t let people get too close to me, I think for fear that they’re going to hurt me. He’s a good boy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
414-Enormous Visitor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The impact of a 1,200 foot diameter asteroid would produce devastating earth quakes and wind blasts over many square miles on the Earth's surface.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
A health insurance executive has a crisis of conscience
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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What happens when the executive spin doctor for one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country confronts the consequences of his spin...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 32:37
  • Purchases: 1
Recovery From Above, Recovery From Below- The AIR Dorm
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we focus on the closing of a volunteer-run dorm in the Monroe County Jail. The Addicts in Recovery, or AIR Dorm, has been a unique part ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:05
Wine for Cats!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Try Wine for Cats and Meet Sarah & Arthur of Purr Cat Cafe! It's also our Quarterly Semi-Biannual Begathon Episode!

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sheriff
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: The Meth Effect
Caption: Sheriff Don Bell of Lake County, Credit: Corey Hockett
"Ninety percent of the time, they stored the meth lab in the baby's room." Sheriff Don Bell of Lake County, Montana, has seen enough as part of his...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Shawn Vestal, author of "Daredevils"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Shawn Vestal about his debut novel.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 30:31
The Art of Jon Swanson, Museum Curator
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Jon Swanson checking light levels for pieces in "X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out,"., Credit: Minnesota Marine Art Museum
On this episode of "Art Beat" we get to know Jon Swanson, curator for the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona. Jon has a passion for art. At age ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
A fundamentalist Christian transforms his views on abortion
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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Chris Ladd was raised as a fundamentalist Christian in East Texas, believing he possessed the secret to how everything in the universe worked. A br...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2016
  • Length: 34:45
Snap 721: Fortress of Solitude, 8/18/2016
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
Caption: Snap Judgment
Snap #721 "Fortress of Solitude" -- On the next all-NEW Snap..."Fortress of Solitude." When the world because too much, you need a safe place to re...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
An unlikely friendship transforms the gun debate
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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In the mid-90’s, Dr. Mark Rosenberg was leading gun violence research at the CDC. Republican Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey, the NRA’s so-called '...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 37:50
  • Purchases: 3
Kidnappings
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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We are gonna go back to the life of Frank Sinatra Jr. who died last year. Did you know that he was once kidnapped? This got us thinking if any othe...

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 18 - Crenshaw - Katherine Applegate
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Markel, Jhandira, and Amelia
Sometimes, you just need a friend. Even if he’s imaginary, like the gigantic purple cat named Crenshaw. That’s the name of Newbery Award winning wr...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 21:36
To Become a Marine or Not...
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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As combat positions will now be open to women in the military, one woman opens up about her trials and experiences in the military.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:40
The Live Feed presents "2nd year anniversary party" with Eli Wolfe
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode on the live feed we will cover the 2nd year anniversary party at Wenonah Brewing with Eli Wolfe. Eli Wolfe is a talented guitarist ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:49
Snap 516: Striker, 9/3/2015
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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It's gotten to the point where when someone says they're gonna punch you in the mouth, they don't actually intend to hit you in your face. But tha...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
Around The World With RadioActive
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Monthly Podcast
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RadioActive is back with a monthly podcast! This month, hosts Tatevik Aprikyan and Kendrick Bradley take us from Seattle to Japan. Kamna Shastri re...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 19:07
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Max Voelz and Mary Dague
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Retired Army Sgt 1st Class Max Voelz first recorded in 2011 to remember his wife...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Rebecca and Xavier
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Wiijigindiwag: To Be the Same Age
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Rebecca and Xavier sit down and have a chat in Naytawaush, Mn.

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Storm Reyes and Jeremy Hagquist
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Storm Reyes tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, about growing up in migrant farm worker camps during the early 1960s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, WTJU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 4
Words vs. Bars: How Prison Poets Escape
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Dwayne Betts
Poetry is form of self-expression that’s become vital to the incarcerated. To mark National Poetry Month, we bring you a special production by the ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
How to See Glass
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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After 20 years of hunting sea glass, Bill and Helen Carney have collected and cataloged 200,000 pieces. But their obsession takes on new meaning as...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 5
The Beat: Kyle Underwoods "The Old Massey Ferguson 165"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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In December at Schoolcraft Learning Community near Bemidji student teacher Anna Brown worked with Sara Breeze's 6th and 8th grade classes writing p...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:26

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