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Michael Schumacher, author of 12 books on Great Lakes shipwrecks and lighthouses, joined WTIP's Dick Swanson recently to discuss his latest, "Novem...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2013
  • Length: 21:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Nov. 10 was the 38th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, with all 29 lives aboard lost. Frederick Stonehouse, maritime historian a...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 21:17
Caption: The original saw mill at Arcola Mills.
Tucked along the banks of St. Croix River just north of Stillwater, Minnesota, Arcola Mills is a serene spot with a long history. From Native and E...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Bob Sonderman unpacks boxes of Ellis Island artifacts
When Superstorm Sandy wrecked the mid-Atlantic coast last fall, national parks took a big hit. Ellis Island got knocked so hard, it landed in Mary...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
Caption: Andrew Shaw and crew poling upstream in a batteau on the James
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Marshall Expedition, an important event in the history of early American commerce. Recently, a group o...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
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On August 28, 2011 Tropical Storm Irene struck Vermont, bringing with it the worst flooding seen in the state since the early 20th century. "Weath...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 38:32
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Portraits of People and Places Along Today's

Bought by KSUT, KWIT, KWIT, KGLT, BSR Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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On May 2, 1982, Exxon unexpectedly closed its oil-shale exploration and development project in Parachute, leaving 2,200 people out of work, causing...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Stearns History Museum to talk with their staff about a new exhibit...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 23:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In this feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack takes us on the historic home tour which recently wound its way through the SCSU ne...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 31:11
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The history of Mary Gibbs and Itasca State Park & her showdown with the lumber industry as told by historian Dr. Janet Rith-Najarian.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 18:07
Caption: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Credit: Kos Media, LLC
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred 21 years ago on March 24th 1989, and consequently affected the world over.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:55
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New Orleanians reflect on their lives in the three years since the failure of the Federal Levees resulting from Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Trekking to see and hear the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda

Bought by KUOW and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 2
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A nomadic chief leaves the Bolivian jungle to live with evangelical missionaries.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 21:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Mesa Verde National Park, near Cortez, is celebrating it?s 100th anniversary this year.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 02:25
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National Park turns 100

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:30