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Ido Fluk talks tension, mixed blessings, and not being asked to dance.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 18:27
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we remember the life and music of Harry Kent III. The beloved local musician an...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 30:55
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In this visually transcendent installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack gets a chance ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 30:07
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Solitude, Credit: Julia Meek
Alone again and liking it? In this fast-paced world, seclusion may be hard to find--that's what this week's Folktale is all about.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Tim Sutton talks art, immersion, and being deliberately non-political.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:01
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:03
Caption: Carrie Fisher as Leia and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in "The Force Awakens", Credit: Lucasfilm
There was much more to Carrie Fisher than Princess Leia. But some things, good, bad or simply pop define us as people, and become placeholders for...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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New year and new music from some fantastic emerging, indie and unsigned artists give us a great start to 2017. Making their debut on our show are n...

Bought by WOUB and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
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When you think of "Halloween Music" what comes to mind? For most of us, it's Monster Mash and Thriller, or something darker like NIN and White Zo...

Bought by KMUD, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KPRG, WOUB, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
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The more individually … and selfishly … motivated our public figures become, the less good they will do for the public at large and the more good t...

Bought by KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 23:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Alexander Chee is a careful craftsman of language. As we came to find out, when we talked to him from Argot Studios in NYC, he is as measured, unas...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 10:05
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of the Afterlife, Credit: Julia Meek
Let's face it--that 'final passage' is the most difficult stage of life for 'the departed' AND the loved ones left behind--and it's that road we tr...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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New Romances continues with an exploratory look at what draws us initially into committing to an artist and their future releases. Diving deeper in...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Our relationship with music is very similar to our relationships with people. Playing on a romantic metaphor, we'll look at how first listens that ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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More pieces from a recent conversation about life, love, and the power of family led to diving into music that adds to the conversation. Great song...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ellen and other celebrities at the 2014 Oscars in a selfie that went viral. , Credit: Ellen Degeneres
The millennial generation is subject to a lot of stereotypes and surprisingly the generation accepts those stereotypes.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 05:06
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Redemption, Credit: Julia Meek
This week's Folktale finds us on the quest of reparation, reclamation and second chances around the musical globe--after all--who doesn't want a sh...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
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In our 2nd hour of indie music Commonalities, we’re going to stick primarily to emerging indie singer-songwriter and folk songwriters who have rele...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Too often we spend our time moving from one song to the next without taking in the music, the experience and the moment. Instead, let's enjoy the c...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
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In our second hour we dive into a few more known artists recent albums like Ben Folds, Blues Traveler, The Dear Hunter and more. Our exploration an...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
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This episode explores what it means to play "American" reggae and includes an exclusive interview with Josh Swain from The Movement. Also look out ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:41
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As Robert Frost put it: "Freedom lies in being bold." Some call it courage, and this episode, we're sharing many musical examples of this fine art-...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 7
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“Shame is a soul eating emotion", according to C.G. Jung. Hope you can spare an your to hear what that sounds like this week on Folktales--it would...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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What's love got to do with poetry and philosophy?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, XRAY.fm, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Can we come to know things poetically that we couldn't get at through other forms of thinking, writing, or talking?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13