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The Syria Test
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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With Iraq and Afghanistan bleeding in our rear-view mirror, is there a case still to be made for American intervention with anything more than word...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 1
Trip to Minnehaha Falls.
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Educators and middle school students take a poetic trip from a middle school to Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Innovator, Josh McManus
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Josh McManus talks about the thousand little things that make up creative placemaking. [27:17]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2014
  • Length: 27:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Jorma Kaukonen Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Jorma Kaukonen made a name for himself by being the guitarist in bands like Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. His distinctive finger pick technique ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 08:42
Evangelical Churches Take Root in Maine
From: Emma Morgenstern
Caption: Pastor Aaron Werner on his lobster boat. Union Wharf, Portland, Maine., Credit: Emma Morgenstern
Aaron and Kathy Werner moved to Maine to “plant” an evangelical church. The process isn’t easy in one of the nation’s least religious states. Produ...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2013
  • Length: 07:06
The John Sebastian Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Peter Yarrow Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
Mother
From: Littleglobe
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In his honest and heart-wrenching piece, Lee's strong love for his mother parallels his strong yearning to be understood and accepted in her eyes.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
House Music Scene
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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A "house-head" is someone who enjoys the music, the dance and the positive vibe that is a part of the house music culture. What is House Music? Mec...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 07:32
Give Peace A Chance (w/Andy Holtgreive)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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There's a cycle of violence in the world, and to a great extent we've all bought into it. None of us are innocent. Every one of us has a mind and...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 34:54
What's in a Word? Defining Toronto's Food Deserts
From: Kelly Jones
Caption: FoodShare Toronto's Mobile Good Food Market, Credit: foodshare.net
Using the buzzwords "food desert" and "food insecure" might have positive and negative impacts on the places and people they describe.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2013
  • Length: 09:14
Holding On - Letting Go (w/Lux Land)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Holding on is part of what it is to be truly alive and to be in every moment, whatever it is. Holding on is part of being alive. And then there's...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 31:24
  • Purchases: 1
A Work In Progress (w/Channing and Quinn)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Why do we expect ourselves to know things that we don't yet know? If we would truly trust the timing of our own evolution, then we'd stop expecting...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 30:17
  • Purchases: 1
One Human Family (w/Brian Vander Ark
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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The solution to the great problems of the world including racism, begin within; with accepting your own wholeness, accepting that you don't have to...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Teenage Diaries Revisited: Juan
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited
Caption: Juan holds a photograph of himself from 16 years ago., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
16 years ago, Juan reported on his life as a recent Mexican immigrant living in poverty in Texas. In his new diary, Juan takes us on a tour of the ...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 1
YouthCast #133: Summer on 64th
From: YouthCast
Caption: Chicago's South Side
Tonette sends an audio postcard from her favorite Chicago block: we eavesdrop on the guys at the corner, see Ms. P come out onto her porch, and hea...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
Thomas Jefferson: The Author of the Declaration of Independence
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States as portrayed by Chautauqua scholar Clay Jenkinson.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
No More Hurting People With Brian Vander Ark (Boston Bombing
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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The image of 8 year old Martin Richard holding a handmade sign saying, "No more hurting people- Peace" pretty well broke my heart. To think that he...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Why Statin Drugs are Killing Us and "Low-fat" is Making Us Fat
From: Josh Wagner
Caption: Al Watson
Author/researcher Al Watson explains why Statin drugs are killing us and why the low-fat, high-carb diet is making us fat.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
Soul Searching (with Garrett Borns)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Host Ian Lawton explores the meaning of soul, and living soulfully, in this episode featuring original singer songwriter Garret Borns.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: James Clyburn and Syndey Reed
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: James Clyburn and Sydney Reed
South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn talks with his granddaughter Sydney Reed about his career in politics.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
Mapping Mark
From: Kristina Loring
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Meet Mark Adams. Mark’s a cartographer and an artist in Truro Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. In this story from producer Kristina Loring, Mark’s our g...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
04: Thankful for Sound
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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In honor of Thanksgiving, Craig, George, and a number of their guests share why they are thankful for sounds.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Origins Research Motives
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Life is everywhere and we have a tough time killing it when sending our spacecraft off to Mars. However, in the lab, life is elusive. We look at th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2

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