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In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researched why people in Minnesota were spending less time outdoors. They found three problem...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Anyone who has ever spent time in a greasy spoon diner knows that feeling. It's a mixture of good food, conversation, and that certain... something...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:15
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The oldest and most revered piece of hardware in professional sports has arrived in Los Angeles for the first time. So, how will the Los Angeles Ki...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 08:02
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In our third episode, we look up, way up, to the North Coast of Turtle Island.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KZYX


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 2
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Minneapolis and New Orleans may be an entire country apart, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the feasts of Mardi Gras in our own way. Cul...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
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Of our five senses, sound and taste might not seem to have that much in common. But if you ever find yourself at a fast food joint that blasts the...

  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
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In which I write an break-up letter to improv comedy.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 19:49
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In this episode of PPT, columnist Dan Savage offers an intriguing revisionist history of the Tudor Dynasty, and Sir Roger Bannister describes runni...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of PPT, The Daily Show's Samantha Bee risks an international incident with her hot-head opinions, and the very funny and very scary...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Randy Cohen sits down with singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones who talks about her origins, and former New York City mayor Ed Koch talks about ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
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Food writer Michael Pollan takes a shot at Henry David Thoreau, and then public radio's John Hockenberry sums up our show & likes what he finds.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Host Randy Cohen sits down with "Curb Your Enthusiasm's" Susie Essman, and former Boston Celtic center Dave Cowens.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Host Randy Cohen speaks with TV show legend Dick Cavett and author Jane Smiley.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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From Archie Bunker to Murphy Brown, TV characters have been getting trapped in elevators, freezers and all other manner of small spaces for decades...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Manohar and Vera, Credit: Kathryn Munger
Manohar, from Agra, and Vera, from Sao Paulo, meet on a mysterious bus when a lady falls on M. The rest is slight distrust and love.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The rise of exotica, a mysterious musical genre of the '50s and '60s.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the li...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
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This episode we speak with percussionist extraordinaire, Gordon Gottlieb. He is a world class multi-instrumentalist, and can play literally hundred...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
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A witch sits atop a monster who has been turned to stone and brews the weather for those below.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:46
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Today on Don't Cha Know - we explore the life of Thomas Talbert with the help of Winona State University professor and professional musician Richar...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 40:55
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In this special mix, producer Dred-Scott Keyes interviews Keith and Kevin John-the sons of Little Willie John-and Susan Whitall, author of the just...

Bought by Prairie Public and WNCU


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 2
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Armstrong was born in Storyville, a redlight district of New Orleans, 1901. His father left and his mother was probably a prostitute. He first lear...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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If the sound of his name isn't familiar, the sound of his voice certainly is. This is the unlikely story of four Detroit kids who went to a birthda...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: The Devine Rhubarb Committee
This past Saturday during Memorial Day weekend four contributing authors of The book "Everything Rhubarb" visited the Winona Book shelf for a sign...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 14:47
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Join us as we speak with fabulous violinist Abe Appleman. Besides a love of chamber music, his main gig is playing with the first fiddles in the Or...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1