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Land of Oppotunity
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Janice Sage is hosting an essay contest with her Center Lovell Inn as the award.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:22
The Beat: Mi'Lara McKenzie - "Haiku"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mi'Lara McKenzie is a middle schooler in Sara Breeze's class at Schoolcraft Learning Community in Bemidji. She likes to sleep, eat and draw robots.

  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: :44
Creative Minnesota Report Finds Arts Industry in Minnesota to have $1.2 Billion Impact
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, it’s all about a great investment, the arts! Recently, Minnesota Citizens for t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 31:42
  • Purchases: 1
Non-Boring Christmas Music Special
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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We've all heard the same 30 Christmas songs, year in and year out. Whereas most Christmas music is boring, repetitious stuff heard every year, we'r...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WVRU, WSGE, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Klezmer Funk Hip-Hop? Abraham Inc.
From: Michael May
Caption: Fred Wesley, left, and David Krakauer., Credit: David Krakauer
The klezmer-funk-hip-hop group Abraham Inc. will have their debut performance at the Apollo tonight. Reporter Michael May has the story behind this...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tituba, Witch of Salem
From: With Good Reason
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There’s a new season brewing for a television series about the Salem Witch Trials. A scholar puts one of the witches under the spotlight. Lilia Fuq...

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 3
Happy trails to you
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaimed Soul: Women Behind Megastars
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
Caption: Betty Davis, former wife of Miles Davis
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 1
Movers & Shakers
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:41
Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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What would it sound like if some of the classics of American music were recorded in Rio De Janeiro?

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Harford Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
What did you learn in school?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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In this last episode of Rachel’s series called “Outlooks", she asks kids ages 5-18 a simple, yet thought-provoking question. For students, parents,...

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:49
Snipe Hunt
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: A Wilson's snipe mid flight, Credit: NPS / Neal Herbert
A mysterious sound sends us on a snipe hunt in Yellowstone National Park.

Bought by KALW, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 3
The Beat: Haven Hanson - "Blueberry"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:29
140201 With Chris Edward and Jimmy Horn of King James and the Special Man
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Tonight I collected a few music collectors to present collector's music.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:02:40
Music You Might Otherwise Miss - Holiday Installment
From: Todd Chrostowski
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An innovative and clever collection of holiday covers, originals and parodies.

Bought by KRPS and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 55:39
  • Purchases: 2
Reversal of Gay fortune
From: KALW
Caption: Aditya and Michael, Credit: Gilles Delage
On December 8th the Indian Supreme Court reinstated Section 377 of the Penal Code making sex against the order of nature a crime again. But India s...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
Florida Folk and the Tales They Do
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Audio Storytelling
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Phyllis McEwen and Bob Devin-Jones bring to life African-American folktales and songs that Zora Neale Hurston collected in Florida in the 1930s.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 39:38
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 10/26/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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IN LIFE WE FIND THESE ....

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • 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
Serendipity on the airwaves
From: KALW
Caption: Lita Hernandez shows off her new credentials. , Credit: Audrey Dilling
There are many different sounds that float through the intersection of 81st Avenue and Rudsdale Street in East Oakland: crowds heading to the Oakla...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
Episode 103 - "Life With Camels"
From: Dot Cannon
Series: Over Coffee™
Caption: Gil Riegler with two of his camels., Credit: Dot Cannon
What don't most people know about camels? A lot, says Gil Riegler of the Oasis Camel Dairy.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:22
Heed the Deed
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with historian Loren Moulds about Herbert Hoover’s career-long crusade to promote home ownership.

Bought by Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Herman and Sidney Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Herman (L) and Sidney Blake
Herman Blake and his brother Sidney remember their childhood during the 1940s

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and WITF


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
How to Spell Chanukah
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Emily Franklin
Here’s a new book for Channuk, Hannukkah, Channukah, or however you happen to spell it.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:49
StoryCorps: Marcela Gaviria and Dempsey Springfield
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Marcela Gaviria speaks with Dr. Dempsey Springfield, who has been her surgeon for more than 30 years.

Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 3