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The Beat: Anthony Swann - "These"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Anthony Swann Has written a novel about jazz people in the Twin Cities in the early 1960's. He like physical books and coffeehouses. And Anthony Sw...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Brian Beatty - "Pigeons"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Brian Beatty is a Minneapolis poet, who's work has appeared in numerous print and online publications. He's also hosted a literary podcast for mnar...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:37
The Beat: Jim Johnson - "Driving Gravel Roads"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Jim Johnson is the current and former poet laureate of Duluth not many poets laureate can say that. He's taught for three plus decades in the Dulu...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:56
The Beat: Mark Christensen - "Busted"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
Dumbbells
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Addie Dauner - "French and English Poem"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Schoolcraft Learning Community's middle school students read Inge Auerbacher's book 'I am a Star'. Inge Auerbacher was one of the very few childre...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:26
Swan Song
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Ryan Kutter - "Chicken Scratch"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Ryan Kutter lives near Grey Eagle, Minnesota where he gardens and makes wooden furniture and writes. An english major, he graduated from St John's ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:33
Rocker Kim Gordon: "Not a Musician"?
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: APRIL 2015
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A boomer reflects: Years have a way of changing people's perspectives, indeed. Kim Gordon, rocker role model and founding member of Sonic Youth, re...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Haiku-1"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Haibun-1"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:32
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "Jars Of Coins"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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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: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:02
Albert Gets His Goat...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: APRIL 2015
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Author Albert Podell reads from his book, Around The World In 50 years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth. In this passage, Albert is visiting...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Elvis has left the building
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Bubble puppy
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
"Even As A Baby You Were Selfish"
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: FEBRUARY 2015
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An amusing passage from one of 2014's Ten Best Books (New York Times Book Review), Family Life is a novel by Akhil Sharma who grew up in Delhi, Ind...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
The 369th Infantry Regiment
From: Brian Hawkins
Series: Heroes in Black History
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The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly known as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the United States Army that s...

Bought by KBEM, RadioStPete Florida, KETR-FM, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
An ax to grind
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Tim Brennen - "Waiting for Lauren Bacall"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Tim J. Brennen, has been a secondary English teacher for over 30 years. He writes and golfs and plays husband and dad in Austin,Minnesota.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Danny Klecko - "Hitmen In the Kitchen"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Danny Klecko runs a bakery in Saint Paul. Many of his poems are written while he bakes for capitol city. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minn...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Black Hole of Calcutta
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
Ducks in a row
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 2
An apple a day...
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "Miguel and Dan in Mexico"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Possibilities". The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota p...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:53
War on Christmas
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1