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Tales from the South 113: Outsiders
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Judith Gardner reads on Tales from the South
This week's stories are all about being outsiders. Stories by Judith Gardner, Frank Fusco, and Alan Reese. True stories told by the Southerners who...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
209: Canals
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: The Göta Canal, Credit: Insightguides.com
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will take us on a tour of the canals of the world.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
The Road to Ruin Is Paved -- A Fierce Green Fire
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Mark Kitchell, producer of the new film, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, which documents 50 years of...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Distillations Episode 157: Smoke and Mirrors
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Arthur Henry Knighton’s Caustic Pot House Stacks, “A” Power Stack, “A” Pump Station, and “A” Evaporator Building., Credit: Image courtesy of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation. On view in CHF’s museum.
On today's show we track the evolution of smog from symbol of industrial progress to public-health catastrophe.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:19
Distillations Episode 152: Best of Distillations #9
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: animal communication in the Sonoran Desert and the toll of a...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 13:33
Distillations Episode 145: Asbestos
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Pittsburgh's Schenley High School in its glory days., Credit: Wikimedia.
Asbestos, once a miracle product, is now a plague on the aging infrastructure to which it's bound. In this episode we explore a Pennsylvania town w...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 14:03
99% Invisible #44- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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How a St. Louis public housing marvel became "hell on earth."

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #40- Billy Possum (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The children's fad that has never swept the nation

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #29- Cul-de-sac (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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If the suburbs had a flag, it would probably have a cul-de-sac on it. But what would it stand for?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #27- Bridge to the Sky (Director's Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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There are rules that dicate how high you can build. Bradford Gilbert just didn't believe in them.

Bought by KUOW and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
99% Invisible #24- The Two Fates of the Old East Portico (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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When the District recovered the old Capitol columns, it forgot about the other fragments that had also once held up the country's icon of democracy.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #20- Nikko Concrete Commando (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The story of the guy who etched his name in 1,000 slabs of San Francisco concrete--and the reporter who spent years tracking him down.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
Big Muddy River Rendezvous 2011: Wigwams and Tomahawks
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha know we continue our coverage of The Big Muddy River Rendezvous that took place in Winona at Prairie Island campground in the mi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 15:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Muddy River Rendezvous 2011: Fur Trade
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this episode of "Don't Cha Know" we venture back to Prairie Island Campground in Winona, Minnesota, and partake in a lesson on fur trading. The ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 18:01
140: The Red Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Fishing Boats at Al Hudaydah, Credit: Jane Baxter
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill discusses two such recent presentations of Red Sea and Arabian-Persian Gulf history.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:12
River of Renewal, Myth & History in the Klamath Basin
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Since the last Ice Age ended about 12,000 years ago, human beings have traveled along the Klamath River and it tributaries in the northwest corner ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Aldo Leopold's Fierce, Green Fire
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
"Memory of Trees" with MN Author Gayla Marty
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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What was the land like where you grew up? What memories do you have of the place of your childhood? MN author Gayla Marty talked with Heidi on Real...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 20:00
The Battle of Sugar Point on Leech Lake
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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The Battle of Sugar Point on Leech Lake: northern MN historian, Cecelia McKeig, talks about the causes of the last 19th century armed conflict betw...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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The U.S. Forest Service was just about to get the Congressional ax when a monster fire saved it. During this program, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journa...

Bought by WRPI and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
About Your House with Bob & Pat Yapp-Show #1
From: About Your House
Series: About Your House with Bob & Pat Yapp
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In this first program of the new series Bob & Pat take calls from New York, Chicago & Des Moines.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
The Maryland Gold Rush: Mining in Maryland
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: Fred Parker and Jeff Nagy at Patapsco Valley State Park, Credit: Courtesy of: Andrew Hiller
This feature looks at the history, production, and preservation of minerals, including gold and silver in the area around Washington DC and the lov...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:07
The Showdown for Itasca State Park
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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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
Apple Travels
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Apple Blossom
February is the time to make new apple trees from old. Where have they come from?

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: 09:58
This Week In Texas Music History: Buck Owens
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of August (8/10): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a sharecropper's son who became an international country sta...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1