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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: 01:46
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Robert Bly refers to Louis Jenkins, poet from Duluth, as the contemporary master of prose poetry. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota p...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:10
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "The Assumption." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:09
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The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:45
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
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CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:24
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
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When does trash talk in online gaming cross a line?

  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 18:31
Caption: Jesus Green, Credit: Ben Weisz
Every year, in a decades-old tradition, student drinking societies descend on Jesus Green in the heart of the English University city of Cambridge ...

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 14:56
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Also skinny and running songs and a bunch of music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:46:54
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Interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts & Ronnie Wood celebrating the Stones' 50th anniversary

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kimi Eisele and Earl Mendenhall III , Credit: Laura Markowitz
Tucson’s Purple Lunch Project creates civil discourse between Democrats and Republicans during a divisive election season.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
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New music from Wild Nothing, Parquet Courts, Flying Lotus and more.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 5
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Boston Irish mob boss "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend spent 15 years hiding out in Santa Monica. Residents say the most wanted man in America wa...

Bought by KMUZ, WFMU, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Mugshots of James Bulger and Catherine Greig, Credit: US Marshals Service
Infamous Boston Irish mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, spent 15 years hiding out as retired couple "Charlie and ...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
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The Philadelphia School District released a plan to close schools, dismantle the school district as we know it, eliminate union jobs & and privatiz...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:15
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Baltimore is a city of many neighborhoods, of intense divides—racial, class, and otherwise-- not easily overcome. It’s a city bogged down by a repu...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WESM 91.3 FM, WRKF, KACU, WVTF and more


  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 20
Caption: Opal Palmer Adisa is an Oakland homeowner whose tenants refuse to pay their rent or leave
As Californians struggle with foreclosure, those who still own their homes might be facing other struggles. Take Oakland resident Opal Palmer Adisa...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:22
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Right now, there are 17,000 inmates in California prisons serving life with the possibility of parole. For years, no one has really known how many ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:50
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Winona State University President Dr. Judith Ramaley talks to us about the Teach 21 Campaign and NEXT (Network for Excellence in Teaching) through...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 16:41
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A Gypsy, he never lived in a house or wore a suit until age twenty. At age 18, a late-night caravan fire left him with only two, useful fingers on ...

  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Former San Jose State Professor and artist Hasan Elahi, founder of “Hiding in Plain Sight”
Descendants of immigrants and refugees from countries in the Middle East and South Asia often find a hard time living in the post 9/11 United State...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Eagleman, Credit: eagleman.com
David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...

Bought by PRX Remix and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
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We talk with Bemidji Art Beaver artist Deborah Davis on the controversy surrounding her beaver, Gaea.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 10:27
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When Charlie died, his son Edward made a discovery. A true story.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:59