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Marching Onward
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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From Selma, Alabama to Brooklyn, New York — we look at how racial violence and racial memory impacts our country and our libraries.

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 2
Thanksgiving Special 2020-Constant Wonder
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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2020 marks 400 long years since the Pilgrims first put ashore from the Mayflower in Plymouth, MA. In this episode, Constant Wonder speaks with two ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRBD, Allegheny Mountain Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 4
WRM27 - Election Day
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will's was born on Election Day, which set the perfect tone for his political humor and commentary

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
WRM21 - Will the Cowboy
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers not only promoted the cowboy lifestyle, he lived it

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: :59
At Home in Miami’s Little Haiti
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fall 2020 Student Edition
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In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami students Gretchell Cano and Luz Estrella Cruz explore the work of Hai...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 08:40
Labor Day
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Labor Day is a great opportunity for all of us to reflect on some of the memories we have from working hard, being with family, or learning somethi...

Bought by WHFR, WYPL, KTXK, WVPE, KSJE and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 7
WRM23 - Will the Everyman
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers was known internationally, but he made his reputation by treating everyone with the same respect

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
StoryCorps Griot: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rohulamin Quander at his home in Washington D.C. in 2016 and Alicia Argrett in Madison, Mississippi in 2010., Credit: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett.
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Join us for our Independence Day special. It’s an hour of entertaining stories and songs about this great country.

Bought by KETR-FM, KSTK, WPCA-LP, Troy Public Radio, KSJE and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 7
LIFE DOWN UNDER IN THE LAND OF “OZ”
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Uluru
Today, World Footprints will explore the land down under – Australia. As an extra bonus we will also enjoy a listener’s favorite travel memory.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:51
Nerd Nite: Jesus and War
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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It’s time to release your inner geek! Today on Culture Clique we take you to Nerd Nite at Ed’s No Name Bar in Winona, MN. The topic? “Jesus and the...

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 35:15
WRM07 - Will Finds His Niche
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers begins to incorporate humor and commentary to stand out over other trick ropers.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
Pandemic Special Episode: Voices From Around The World
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We talk with people in six different countries, learning how they're coping during the pandemic, and learning about their hopes for the future.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
  • Purchases: 2
Founding member of The Infamous Stringdusters joins Unreal Bluegrass
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: Unreal Bluegrass , a little bit outside the Flat Top Box, Credit: Steve Martin
Jeremy Garrett visits Unreal Bluegrass to discuss his new solo CD Circles and and the latest from The Infamous Stringdusters, Rise Sun.Jeremy is a ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:02:54
A conversation with prize-winning cartoonist Nate Powell
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nate Powell
Nate Powell discusses the art of cartooning the National Book Award-winning trilogy March.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Wilde Roses
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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We place some focus on some stories that are inspired by famous literature.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:02
S2 Ep 8: Needle exchanges and harm reduction
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: David Venes (right) poses at the Tacoma Needle Exchange van with his dog, Ethel, and outreach worker, Laura Reynolds., Credit: Amber Cortes
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 22:21
King Denslow
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The Wizard of Oz started as a perfect partnership between L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow -- until they became bitter rivals, with each owning half ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:22
  • Purchases: 3
Books Are Not Dead
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
Books on conveyor belts, book vacuums and books in the mail. This episode of “Borrowed” will take you behind the scenes to see how books travel aro...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 16:48
  • Purchases: 1
For Kids' Sake
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
It turns out that libraries weren’t always so friendly toward children. That started to change around the turn of the 20th century, thanks to a lib...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 20:41
  • Purchases: 1
Work in Progress
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
From “the most expensive pigeon roost in the world” to one of the world’s most unique libraries, Brooklyn’s Central Library has many stories to tel...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 23:01
  • Purchases: 1
Blocks and Brownstones
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedmad
In this episode, we tell the story of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood through the lives of three women who set down roots there in diffe...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 26:22
  • Purchases: 1
Our Garbage, Ourselves
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
We start this episode at Dead Horse Bay, where we ask what trash can tell us about structures of power, and end the episode in 1960s Bed-Stuy, wher...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 20:50
  • Purchases: 1
Free Brooklyn
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
Important stories about the struggle for freedom in Brooklyn, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Height...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
Oil Spills and Moldy Paper
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Preserving history is about more than battling mold and disintegration. We took a trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to learn about how an environmental ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 24:49

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