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A Conversation with Justine Willis Toms of New Dimensions Radio/Media
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Justine Willis Toms
Justine Willis Toms talks about her 44-year career as co-host and now host of New Dimensions Radio.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
David Maslanka On Creativity And Being Normal
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Composer David Maslanka gives some insight into his creative process, the toll it can take and how he tries to balance that out with trying to be "...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Ecological Amnesia: Winona LaDuke #104 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“I don’t think there’s a lot of excuses, frankly, for not doing the right thing.” Anishinaabe orator, author, economist and activist Winona LaDuke ...

Bought by Indie3 Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Michael McGriff - 289
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Michael McGriff talks about his artistic process and reads from two collections of poetry. He also discuses his translation of the Swedish Nobel Pr...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR, and KSJD


  • Added: Aug 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Musician's Spotlight Promo - Joseph- 649
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Made up of three sisters, Natalie Closner Schepman and Allison and Meegan Closner, the Portland, Oregon based band Jospeh has gathered momentum qu...

  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: :45
Musician's Spotlight - Joseph- 649
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Made up of three sisters, Natalie Closner Schepman and Allison and Meegan Closner, the Portland, Oregon based band Jospeh has gathered momentum qu...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Working Tapes: Advertising Executive
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviews a female advertising executive in the 1970's for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KZYX


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
Musician's Spotlight - Blind Pilot - 646
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Portland, Oregon based Blind Pilot has recently placed themselves among the top indie-pop-folk bands in the country with television appearances on ...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
First Poet Laureate of Belfast Sinéad Morrissey: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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When Sinead Morrissey won the 2013 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for her fifth book, PARALLAX, her work was then published in the U.S. pulling from all f...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight - Martin Sexton 2017- 645
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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One of the most dynamic singer songwriters of any generation, Martin Sexton returns to Musician’s Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis. Marti...

Bought by KMXT, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Anthony Swann: Poet
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Anthony Swann & host Katie Carter
Anthony Swann has been many things. A chef on a travel train, owner and operator of a jazz infused coffee shop, an art enthusiast, an avid world t...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 07:19
Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair that Shaped the First Lady
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Susan Quinn
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took up residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in 1932, Eleanor looked upon the move to the White House with...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 50: This Is Criminal
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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To celebrate Criminal’s 50th episode, we check in with some of our most memorable guests including Fran Schindler from Episode 17: “Final Exit,” Da...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 36:34
  • Purchases: 1
LifeGift
From: Matt Beasley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two women, one on each side of the organ donation process, share their stories. One's sister passed away during a vehicle accident and gave tissue ...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 38:16
StoryCorps Griot: Fred Davie and Robert Sanchez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Fred Davie (left) and Robert Sanchez (right)
A social worker who now helps others who are making the transition from prison talks with his mentor about their first meeting inside Sing Sing pri...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: Higher Education in the Age of Internationaization (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer interviews Howard Kerr, 2016 recipient of the University of Iowa International Impact Award, about his national and international c...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 25:03
StoryCorps: Saboor Sahely and Jessica Sahely
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Saboor Sahely and Jessica Sahely
The owner of a Logan, Utah, restaurant tells his daughter about lessons he learned growing up in Afghanistan, and how they inspire him today.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WGUC/ WVXU, WMUU-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Alicia Beltrán-Castañeda and Serena Castañeda
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A mother tells her daughter about growing up in California in the late 1960s, and the lesson learned after her mother gave her beloved bed away.

Bought by KZYX, WGUC/ WVXU, WEZU, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 4
A Library's Storytime on the First Day of School
From: Deb Edattel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's the first day of school in Oconee County near Athens, Georgia. The library's children's storytime is missing a few kids who boarded a school b...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:18
StoryCorps: Vaughn Allex and Denise Allex
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Vaughn Allex and Denise Allex
A former airline employee discusses the aftereffects of knowing he checked two 9/11 hijackers onto the plane that was flown into the Pentagon.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Carlos Walton and Jim Saint Germain
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carlos Walton (left) and Jim Saint Germain (right)
Jim Saint Germain and his former middle school dean discuss pivotal moments in their relationship and lessons Jim learned from his mentor.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Anthony Merkerson and Charles Jones
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Anthony Merkerson (left) and Charles Jones
Two fathers of children on the autistic spectrum talk about the concerns they have for their sons — two young black men growing up with autism.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
StoryCorps: Jamal Faison and Born Blackwell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jamal Faison (right) with his uncle, Born Blackwell (left)
Jamal Faison talks with his uncle, Born Blackwell, about his release from Rikers Island and the support he received through the challenges of re-en...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Public Radio for All, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
Melody in Isolation
From: renee wilde
Series: Women's Voices From The Dayton Correctional Institution
Caption: Dayton Correctional Institution, Credit: renee wilde
Melody William's spent the first 18 months of her life sentence in lock-down.

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:55
StoryCorps: Chris López and Gabe López
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Gabe López, assigned female at birth, always felt like he was a boy. He came to StoryCorps with his mom to talk about growing up transgender.

Bought by KALW, KRVS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMUU-LP, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 8