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In this "experimental" installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, it's Fishing on the Radio as Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 35:23
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Electroacoustic sound piece inspired by childhood and the lulling waves of the Italian sea. Composed using original field recordings from the seas...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:18
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At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite poem was chosen not o...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 04:51
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A conversation about the Neilson Spearhead Center and the one day, winter event Snow Sparkles and Winter Wonders.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:21
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- Becoming a wild turkey mother - Ninja moves of the airborne turkey - Rare turkey types become farmers' favourite

Bought by WGCU, WHFR, WJCT, KTOO, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 17
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In the early '90s Keene, New Hampshire created a pumpkin festival to bring the community together, but after 24 years the quaint festival tore the ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 22:42
Caption: Alaska's Gates of the Artic Wilderness encompasses more than 7 million acres — more than three times the size of Yellowstone National Park., Credit:  Sean Tevebaugh / NPS
The 1964 Wilderness Act was a milestone in American environmental history. After hundreds of years of clearing away the wilderness, the official po...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
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A 29-minute special including interviews, sound-rich features and historical clips about the history of Earth Day.

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Fred Smith is a volunteer producer at WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Each week, he shares his perspectives through Wildersmith on the Gunflint. ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:52
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Thanksgiving is on its way, and food is on our mind in the Rough Draft Diaries. In this special holiday episode, you'll meet Chef Joseph Jacobsen, ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice about topics related to northern Minnesota art, culture and history. Made possible in part by the ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Shrimp fishing from horseback in Belgium, Credit: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
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Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
Caption: Even Mother Nature loves a party. Celebrate responsibly!
The "new" way to party responsibly. Have fun and lessen the toxic load on the planet. Join us for ideas on how to Party Green. www.gooddirtradio.org

Bought by KRZA and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
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In a special Thanksgiving Feature discussion, Host Lucille Burtuccio speaks with Myke Luurtsema of the Hoosier Forrest Watch about the Indiana Fore...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
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A story by Kurt Anderson about melting icecaps and extraterrestrial spies.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 22:43
  • Purchases: 6
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A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
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All Lieutenant Bainbridge wants is a quiet night at home. Sadly, his friends have other plans. Will Bainbridge ever get to enjoy a dish of figs i...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
Caption: Abandoned Fish House January 2009, Credit: Carrie Whittier, Little_DogPhotography at Flickr
Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: Annie Leonard - "The Story of Stuff'"
This special profiles people from different backgrounds who seek to get past the consumer frenzy of the December holidays, and to focus more on aut...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Nevada Public Radio, Prairie Public, WRIR, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 29
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A trip either up or down the byway on the Gunflint Trail is just splendid these days, as spring flowers are beginning to fade, the first splurge of...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
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Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:34
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Soothing sounds from the short lived singers of summer - cicadas, crickets, and grasshoppers.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Snowflake, Credit: Walker Cahall
Christmas trees are a massive business. Americans spent $2.5 billion on Christmas in 2007. Outdoor writer, Fitz Cahall wasn’t among them.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:07