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Ghost Stories with Taff Roberts
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Taff Roberts gives his presentation at the Historic Bunnell House in Winona MN
On this very special Halloween edition of The Live Feed, Winonan Taff Roberts takes us on a ghastly journey to main and then drops us off in Pickwi...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 49:51
The United States of Lyncherdom
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: New York Mayor Seth Low shown taming the Tammany Tiger on the cover of Puck Magazine, Credit: Library of Congress
Horrified by accounts of lynchings in his home state of Missouri, Mark Twain penned a dark, satirical essay on the subject — but then, he chose not...

Bought by WETS, KREV-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 3
The Ghost of Satires Past
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: New York Mayor Seth Low shown taming the Tammany Tiger on the cover of Puck Magazine, Credit: Library of Congress
Comedians Azie Dungey and Jordan Black examine how history figures into their satirical web series Ask a Slave. This piece comes from the BackSto...

Bought by WDBM, WETS, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 3
What Fools These Mortals Be!
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: New York Mayor Seth Low shown taming the Tammany Tiger on the cover of Puck Magazine, Credit: Library of Congress
BackStory producer Emily Gadek has the story of a satirical arms race during the election of 1884 that changed the face of political cartooning. ...

Bought by WETS, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 3
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL -- Bel Powley and Marielle Heller
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Bel Powley & Marielle Heller, San Francisco, CA 8/3/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marielle Heller and Bel Powley talk hormones, patriarchy, and the importance of bangs.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 12:03
Author Mary Pilon talks about the intriguing history of Monopoly
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Mary Pilon, author of "The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game," discusses her New York Times bes...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Donnie Dunagan and Dana Dunagan
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Donnie (L) and Dana (R) Dunagan
Retired Marine Corps Major Donnie Dunagan, who was the voice of Bambi in the 1942 Disney film, tells his wife, Dana, about hiding his acting credit...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WVBI-LP, Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 6
Using the Power of Music To Rewire The Brain
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After a year of neurologic music therapy with music therapist Tracy Bowdish, Jim Bob Rodriguez has regained some of the speech he lost after suffering a stroke., Credit: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Three years after a stroke robbed him of speech, a Virginia man is regaining his ability to sing and speak, thanks to revolutionary music therapy.

Bought by Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 4
Dustin Hoffman on Duplicity and Famosity
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I carried a knife taped to my leg. I never used it but it was there." - Dustin Hoffman, 1971, from the Pacifica Radio Archives. Listening to this ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 1
Tuned to Yesterday #7
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Tuned to Yesterday
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Tuned to Yesterday #7 Mystery Broadcasts include, "Sherlock Holmes" and "Suspense".

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Brief History of Women in Comics
From: Bitch Media
Series: Popaganda
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Women have been making comics since the beginning. This engaging history tracks the gender dynamics of the comics industry for 120 years, highlight...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 21:39
  • Purchases: 2
Teaming Up: Two Short Comedies by Kim Merrill and Lanford Wilson
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason (4 time Academy Award nominee) and Steven Boyer (Tony nominee for HAND TO GOD and regular on TV's "Trial and Error") star in TASHA WA...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Part One of the Granite City Radio Theater Featuring Gary Louris of the Jayhawks
From: KVSC
Series: Granite City Radio Theater
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Part One of the third season finale of KVSC Granite City Radio Theatre was nothing short of thrilling! The sold out theatre audience on May 20, 201...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:41
Melton Barker, Itinerant Filmmaker
From: Michael May
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The 1930s is remembered as the golden age of Hollywood, when small towns had a palatial movie theaters, and stars like Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 1
Design of the Movie Theater
From: Michael May
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Historian Larry May slips into one of his favorite places — the movie theater.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
The Most Luxurious Vacations
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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For the last decade, Mary Murrin lived and worked in Europe as a Cruise Director on the most luxurious riverboats afloat - traveling the Rhine, Dan...

  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
Martin Short's First Audition
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: APRIL 2015
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Comedian Martin Short reads from his amusing memoir, I Must Say: My Life As A Humble Comedy Legend. When he auditions for a musical, someone destin...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Choose Your Own Adventure
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: Journey Under the Sea was the second book in the series.
We dig into the history of the beloved Choose Your Own Adventure series and the interactive stories kids are reading today.

Bought by WABE, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 16:16
  • Purchases: 3
PROMO - Pop History: The Past in Last Year's Media
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Crowd lining street under the marquee of the Pantages Theatre at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
30-second promo for "Pop History," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
"Most Women Didn't Do Such Things"
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: FEBRUARY 2015
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Award-winning New York Times sports journalist Mary Pilon reads from her new book, The Monopolists.... The content may not be what you think; trivi...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Break Me Off A Piece of That...
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Toward Los Angeles, Calif., by Dorothea Lange, 1937., Credit: Library of Congress
Composer Michael Levine, who wrote the long-running Kit-Kat jingle, tells host Brian Balogh what makes a jingle powerful — and catchy. Then… he off...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 10:07
  • Purchases: 1
AAST 240: How to Win a Beauty Pageant: Race, Gender, Culture, and U.S. National Identity
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: The Uncommon Core
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The Uncommon Core is a series that examines unusual college courses being taught in schools across the United States. In this episode, a professor ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
Taste The Color Eight
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2011
Caption: Number Tube, Credit: Andrew
On today's show, we hear two stories about a brain condition called synesthesia. That's when the stimulation of one pathway in the brain leads to a...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 2
Love or Fear: The Great American Think-off DEMO
From: Evan Johnson
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(NOTE: The full length piece is now available) This piece lets listeners follow along as The Great American Think-off asks America to answer th...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
The 2014 Winona Christmas Radio Show
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This years radio show is written and directed by Winonan Paul Sannerud. Guest writer and former Winonan Steve Anderson brings us a special new epis...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:00:07
  • Purchases: 1

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