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Ban(ne)d by Distance
From: Eleni Lola
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Band by distance… or banned by distance? A radio portrait for one of the two members of a band that is banned by distance, The Pencils!

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
StoryCorps: Lisa Combest and James Hanson-Brown
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Lisa Combest and James Hanson-Brown
Lisa Combest and her ex-husband, James Hanson-Brown, talk about how their marriage ended.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 078: Tin Roof Project with Monica Staggs
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Stuntwoman Monica Staggs
Hollywood stuntwoman extraordinaire Monica Staggs is here telling stories. The Tin Roof Project is a once-a-month series of Tales from the South wh...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Katrina Kope on Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Katrina Kope, Credit: Ken Lapworth
Songwriter Katrina Kope discusses writing songs inspired by Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Written and performed for the monthly showcase The B...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
StoryCorps: Les, Scott, Thea and Amanda GrantSmith
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Les (L) and Scott (R) GrantSmith
Scott and Les GrantSmith talk about how Les' decision to transition from female to male affected their marriage. Les also interviewed his daughters...

Bought by KALW, WMUU-LP, WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 5
"Art From Within" - Artist Wesley May talks about his art
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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“Art From Within” is the title of the March exhibit at the Bemidji Community Art Center. The exhibit features art work by Ojibwe and non-Native art...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: MoZo on writing songs inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: MoZo, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe of MoZo discuss their song inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Written and...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bob Nadkarni, Extraordinaire or Home in Rio
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Eric at the breakfast table, Credit: Anton F.
Bob Nakarni is a former broadcast [ BBC and NBC among others ] correspondent, producer, cameraman and reporter who turned into an Inn Keeper in Rio...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 17:08
TFTS-065 Tin Roof Project #14 Featuring Vic Fleming
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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Tin Roof Project #14, featuring crossword constructor Vic Fleming telling his tale about being lost in Moscow in the mid 1980's.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Travis Ryder talks with Dianne Pittman about the annual New Year's Day Bike Ride taking place in Bemidji
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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They ride a mile for every degree above zero the temperature rises to on the day of the ride. Dianne talks to Travis about the ride, tips on winter...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 10:17
  • Purchases: 1
by Susan Marks
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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From the squeamish advertisements and sweatshops of the 1890's to the risqué bullet bras and silk sleepwear of the 1940's and 50's, Susan Marks chr...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 16:17
  • Purchases: 1
Stop and Go
From: War News Radio
Caption: 1814 Thomson Map of Persia
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
1972: The Birth of Pong and the Rise of Video Games
From: Action Speaks Radio
Caption: A snapshot of Pong , Credit: Google Images
Pong introduced America to video games and now there seems to be no turning back. Is this why we don't leave our houses anymore?

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUNM, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
A Conversation with Billy Luther
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Billy Luther explores different facets of his heritage in his documentaries. His latest looks at a little known celebration of the Laguna Pueblo, G...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #41, Sarah
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with Sarah Luchetta, an archaeologist, French speaker and roller derby girl. What was that, roller derby girl? Yes, besides i...

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #40, Hector & Lidia
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s episode forty, the first in a series of forties! We celebrate this new decade of episodes with another wonderful show about dancing. This time...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Jay Salinas of Wormfarm
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Farmer and artist, Jay Salinas talks about Wormfarm, the inventive organization he co-founded where art, agriculture, community, and creativity blo...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Sean Wilentz about Bob Dylan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Sean Wilentz discusses his biography, Bob Dylan in America.

Bought by Prairie Public and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Jennifer Egan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Jennifer Egan talks about her National Book Critics Circle Award-Winning book, A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Divorce Revolution
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: Wes Hamilton, left, wraps Allison DeNio with blue duct tape forming the letter "X" standing for ex-wife during a rehearsal for the play "The Divorce Revolution" on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at the Valencia Art Center in Winona. The play, in which both act a, Credit: Alexa Wallick/Winona Daily News
Maybe you've heard of co-parenting, and maybe you've heard about how the face of divorce is changing. If you'd like to know more, this edition of "...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
How to Pick Locks & Tamper with Tamper-Resistant Devices - Jamie Schwettmann & Eric Michaud
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Host Abigail Mahnke with Jamie Schwettman & Eric Michaud, Credit: Lisa Scheps
Jamie & Eric met while working at Argonne National Laboratory, a division of the Department of Energy focused on science and engineering research. ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 25:20
Chocolate, Shakespeare & Champagne! Season 8 of The Great River Shakespeare Festival Previews!
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On Saturday June 12th, Winona's most anticipated summer event took place at the beautiful Alexander Mansion. It was an evening of decadence present...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 30:23
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Johnson
From: StoryCorps
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Mary Johnson speaks with Oshea Israel, who killed her son in 1993.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 4
History's Tragic Irony with Teju Cole and Simon Schama
From: Open Source
Caption: Teju Cole
Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole is our idea of a post-imperial global mind in motion. His celebrated first novel, "Open City," is about a solita...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
WTF Episode 110 Dane Cook & Janeane Garofalo
From: WTF with Marc Maron
Series: WTF with Marc Maron
Caption: Janeane Garofalo
Conversations with two distinctly different comics: Dane Cook and Janeane Garofalo. Both news hole and 59 minute versions are provided.

Bought by KRUA, KUNV, KRCB 104.9, WRIR, Newstalk 1010 AM and more


  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20

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