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On this episode of Audacious, meet Dr. Dawn Wright! She is the first and only Black person to ever descend to the lowest point on Earth, known as "...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Charlie Maguire, Credit: Cheryl Walsh Bellview
Charlie Maguire writes songs that depict people at work, based on lived experiences of himself and others. His original inspiration comes from Wood...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Charlie Maguire, Credit: Cheryl Walsh Bellville
Charlie Maguire writes songs that depict people at work. Charlie’s next concert celebrates 50 years of his singular style of songwriting, Saturday ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Boom Island String Quartet, Credit: Emma Halet
When you see a performance by the Boom Island String Quartet, you expect music from unusual sources and frequently, the presentation is thematic. T...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Dante
His early depression gave way to acceptance when he came to understand what made him different.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features a program of readings and conversation at Commerce Bank's The Box Gallery. Poets Wyatt Townley, H.C. Palmer, Brian ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Today on The Sound we are joined by Rochester based artist, Fires Of Denmark as he presents his new album: "Fires of Denmark Presents Volume 1". Fi...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 38:50
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcasters Alex and Amalee
There's a movement in a number of states to ban medical transition for transgender youth. And in the media -- even media you would expect to be LG...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Laura Caviani, Credit: Ann Marsden
When pianist Laura Caviani and saxophonist David Milne perform, their shared classical music and jazz backgrounds bring about surprising new treatm...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Laura Caviani, Credit: Ann Marsden
When pianist Laura Caviani and saxophonist David Milne perform, their shared classical music and jazz backgrounds bring about surprising new treatm...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Augmeanted, Credit: John Stewart
Mary Overlie and Geoffrey Taylor have different types of musical backgrounds, but their family connection brings them together. Theirs is a mix of ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Wain McFarlane is a transcendent Minnesota musician. Wain figured prominently is the famed Ipso Facto, and he’s still touring widely with his eclec...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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Did you know that Winona has many unique health practices? Today on Don't Cha Know, Donna Kamann from Tincture of Thyme joins Doug and Bill to talk...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 36:12
Caption: Robb Henry, Credit: Paul Lundgren
Veteran Twin Cities guitarist Robb Henry used the time during the Covid pandemic to both dig into his archives and create some new lines. The resul...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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Beth Milligan talks with Alex Michaelides, author of "The Silent Patient" and "The Maidens."

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
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HOUR ONE: 'Is War Ever Worth It?' - On the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, photographer James Nachtwey reflects on his life as a war photographer, a...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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For 19-year-old Bianca Murray, when news of the FDA’s approval of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines broke, feelings of confusion and apprehension we...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2021
  • Length: 15:08
Caption: Kat Perkins, Credit: Vaney Popey
Kat Perkins writes songs, leads a music camp for kids and delivers motivational talks. All those things play into her singing, and she’s been singi...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Levi Schwartzberg, Credit: Andrea Canter
Vibrophonist Levi Schwartzberg is a mover among the young Jazz players in Minneapolis. He composes and performs in many settings, but is most at ho...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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Women's History Month continues as we go to the archives to revisit Black Women Writers in History, a program that examines important African-Ameri...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WRKF, WDCB and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 28
Caption: 2021 Cedar Commissions poster, Credit: Photographer Peter Jamus Designer Aida Shahghasemi
The Cedar Commissions carries on virtually in 2021. It will be a 3-night performance, March 5, 6 and 7, and 2 artists each night. This is an annual...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Tim Sparks, Credit: Ali Hasbach
Tim Sparks is one of the most versatile guitarists you’ll ever meet. That’s why he was asked to be in residence in the Guitar program of the univer...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Delphia Cello Quartet, Credit: Kate Wilson
The Delphia Cello Quartet at the Aster performs Sunday night at the Aster in Minneapolis from 8 till 10. The quartet is managed by Julia Floberg wh...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
King Wilkie’s Dream plays new acoustic country music and strives for originality. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, fiddler Robbi Podrug and ma...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
King Wilkie’s Dream plays new acoustic country music and strives for originality. You can hear the group at the Hook and Ladder, Sunday March 12 fr...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2020
  • Length: 08:00