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StoryCorps: Dawn Sahr and Asma Jama
From: StoryCorps
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One night, in October 2015, Asma Jama went out for dinner with her family at an Applebee’s restaurant in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Asma, who is Somal...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Marfa Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
376-Active Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Some asteroids become comets giving rise to beautiful meteor showers.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KRWG, KENW, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
AMOS 17.177: Packs and Porters on Mount Everest, 9/5/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Packs and Porters on Mount Everest

  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Edward Alden, author of "Failure to Adjust"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Alden about his book about how America got left behind in the global economy.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
Matra: The Percussion Ensemble that Plays Like a Band
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Matra, Credit: Alison Bents
Today there are so many instrument combinations and influences coming in that would not have happened a few decades ago. Like matra, with its combi...

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 08:12
351-Another Close One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In the span of 32 days asteroid hunters discovered two small space rocks which passed between the Earth's surface and the communications satellities.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Susie Lee: Listening to Your Body Before Changing Your Life
From: The Art of Risk
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What did want to be when she grew up? A plastic surgeon! No, a science teacher! No, I know—an artist. No, wait—company CEO! Susie Lee CEO of Siren...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 42:43
AMOS 17.107: Differences in Brain Activity May Determine How Smart You Are, 5/30/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Differences in Brain Activity May Determine How Smart You Are

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Musician's Spotlight Archive - Alison Krauss 2000 102
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight Archives
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From the Musician’s Spotlight archives, 2000: One of the most respected and celebrated musicians of her generation, fiddler and vocalist extraordin...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sy Montgomery, author of "The Soul of an Octopus"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Sy Montgomery about her bestselling book.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
AMOS 17.062: Coffee Ground Water Filters, 3/28/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Coffee Ground Water Filters

  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.041: Curing Alcoholic Rats, 2/27/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Curing Alcoholic Rats

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
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
AMOS 17.016: Animal Scandals, 1/23/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Animal Scandals

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 16.254: Basking Birds, 12/21/2016
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Basking Birds

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 16.252: Staring Eyes and Swiveling Necks, 12/19/2016
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Staring Eyes and Swiveling Necks

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 16.251: The Milky Way Is More Than a Candy Bar, 12/16/2016
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Milky Way Is More Than a Candy Bar

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
Lovely Pairing (Hour 2)
From: D. Grant Smith
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Our series continues with introspective and softer indie music from artists like Rachael Yamagata to indie songwriters like Augustus, Jamie Liddell...

Bought by WOUB and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Multi-Faceted Pop Wagner
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Pop Wagner and Bob Bovee, Credit: Bill Patterson
Pop Wagner is a multi-talented singer and player specializing in different strains of traditional music. He’s been doing it all for about 40 years....

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 08:51
Connie Evingson Sings the Great American Songbook
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Connie Evingson, Credit: Travis Anderson
Connie Evingson is one of the leading jazz vocalists in Minnesota. And she’s presenting a show of great songs that figure prominently in the histor...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
The Voice of the Casals Cello
From: David Schulman
Caption: Amit Peled + the Casals cello.
Time machine? Try this cello: The stories swirling around Pablo Casals's instrument — now almost 300 years old — are full of time-warp coincidence,...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WFSU, KENW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Best of 2016: Insiders vs. Outsiders in Medicine
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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A look back at how outsiders have influenced medicine throughout time.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 13:51
Life of the Law #90: Kids Doing Life
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The US Supreme Court issued a series of decisions that teens can’t be sentenced to death and they can’t be given an automatic life sentence without...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 1
Matthew Palmer, author of "The Wolf of Sarajevo"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Palmer, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, about his latest political thriller.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:40
First-Class Swamp Music from the Land of 10,000 Lakes
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Swamp Kings, Credit: Sarah Harkness
The first thing you need to know about the Swamp Kings is that being geographically challenged has not proved an impediment. The group has been pum...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2016
  • Length: 07:56

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