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"Articulating Social Justice" in Bemidji
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Tonight, at the Rail River Folk School in Bemidji, there will be an important conversation. It’s called “Articulating Social Justice,” the second i...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:16
Voices Of Gentrification Paint A Picture Of A Changing Seattle
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
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RadioActive's Paul Kiefer and Lola Garcia collect the voices of people affected by gentrification in Seattle to paint a picture of our changing city.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 13:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Speed of Sound: Jose Gonzalez
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Jose Gonzalez released his 3rd full length, Vestiges and Claws, earlier this year, showcasing a more stripped down sound for the Swedish songwriter...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, KHNS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
Cornucopian Myth: William Catton #107
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“The age of growth and the age in which growth is going to be considered a good thing is coming to an end.” The late sociologist William R. Catton ...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
Cruel Hoax: Stephanie Mills #106
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Stephanie Mills made headlines in the Spring of 1969 when she vowed, in her commencement address (titled The Future is a Cruel Hoax), to conceive n...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
A Progressive Environmentalist
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Cecelia Tichi
Jack London is known for his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North. But, that’s overlooking the real story. London was a reporter who made n...

Bought by KVSC, KPVL, and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Modern Times Complicate Native American Relationships with Nature
From: Hannah Leigh Myers
Caption: Mine in Farmington,NM, Credit: Eco Flight
Economic strain on Native American communities in the West has complicated many tribe's relationship with nature and conservation efforts

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 05:51
The Lessons of Kick Stepping
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Climbers use the process of kick stepping to carve out an uphill path for people behind them through snowy terrain. This activity requires not only...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
LOVE THY NATURE -- Sylvie Rokab Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sylvie Rokab, San Francisco, CA 4/14/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sylvie Rokab talks unexpected relatives, the hidden dangers of city life, and dancing with Liam Neeson.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 20:50
The Arctic Council
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: http://www.arctic-council.org, Credit: The Arctic Council
In 1996, the high level intergovernmental Arctic Council was formed to promote cooperation and interaction among the Arctic states. In this episode...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
Fire on the Mountain: Climate Change, Fire, and the Ecological Future of the American West
From: Aengus Anderson
Caption: In the summer monsoon season, grass carpets the Chiricahua foothills., Credit: Aengus Anderson
In the wake of a catastrophic fire, researchers use Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains to look centuries into the future of climate change and ask "wha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Our Woods - "Property Rights Are A Small Portion of This Story."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Our Woods - "Associating Safety Only With the Avoidance of Mortal Danger Is Limiting."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Catching Cosmic Rays
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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In December 2012, a two-ton instrument built to detect cosmic rays ascended into the Antarctic sky, carried by a balloon the size of a football fie...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 14:00
Food Sleuth Radio Benny McLean Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Benny McLean has been working in the Florida citrus industry ever since he was 10 years old. Today he is production manager for Uncle Matt’s Organ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
The Beat: Shanthi Siva - "Avatars Of Water"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
The Importance of Wild Rice
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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Larry Amik Smallwood, a language instructor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, in both Ojibwe and English, talks about the harvesting of wild r...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 7
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Maxine Kumin
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES selection this month features a 2001 public reading by Maxine Kumin, who shares poetry on a a variety of topics from b...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Marking The Season
From: Vaska Trajkovska
Series: Voices From The Plot
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One Sunday a month, the PLOT 22 garden allotment opens its gate to host Garden Sundays, welcoming gardeners, enthusiasts, and novices of all ages t...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:22
52 Hz
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: A humpback whale surfacing, Credit: Craig Shank
52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Hark!, KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 6
Presence of the Past
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: Archeologist Michael Holt at work in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve., Credit: NPS photo by Andrea Willingham
Some of the earliest records of human occupation in North America are in northwest Alaska. Archeologists in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve te...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 4
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Smells - "Have You Smelled the News?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
The Beat : Gail Rixen - "Shell River"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Gail Rixen has been a finish carpenter, a health care aid, and she currently farms near Nebish, Minnesota. Rixen has published three books of poetr...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
The Beat : Charmaine Donovan - "Bad Boy's Blue Shoes Shuffle"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Charmaine Donovan makes her living as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in the Brainerd area. She's a member of numerous regional and national writer...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
The Beat : Marsh Muirhead - "Thin Ice"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:55