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Commentator Guido on Thanksgiving
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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When Guido thinks of Thanksgiving, he thinks of a time decades ago...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:26
The Last Word on Houses
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Michael shares his thoughts on houses

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Houses
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido shares his thoughts on houses

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:21
MN Music Legend Lonnie Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Doug MacRostie. Lonnie Knight was there for the first digital recording. Yes, I'm serious. He was working as Staff Guitarist at Sound 80 when 3M...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 33:58
1st Annual Diversity Traditional Pow Wow
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Christina Bowstring Anderson talks about the pow wow, and what it's been like for her and her children in Grand Rapids.

Bought by KSRQ and WGDR


  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
Growing Up Ojibwe on the Leech Lake Reservation in the 1950s
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Growing up Ojibwe on the Leech Lake Reservation in the 1950s: Margaret Treuer’s story read by her son, Anton, from his new book, “Ojibwe In Minneso...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3
Ojibwe Leader Hole-In-The-Day
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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Local historian, Barry Babcock, tells the story of how the young Ojibwe leader, Hole-In-The-Day, intervenes to save the Schoolcraft expedition in 1...

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 13:54
John Berquist Shares the Story of a Song
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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We'll also travel back in time and hear the story of a song. John Berquist of Eveleth has been telling stories and performing traditional music of ...

Bought by mnartists.org


  • Added: May 03, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
Ojibwe Life Today
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Dr. Anton Treuer has a new book on the history of the Ojibwe in Minnesota. It’s published by the MN Historical Society Press. Treuer is Professor...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
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
I Can Understand It: The Story of THE NEWBIRTH (Part B)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The New Birth
The Funk Show: An interview with THE NEW BIRTH - A one hour (Part #2) interview with LESLIE WILSON and MELVIN WILSON of THE NEW BIRTH SOUL R&B Grou...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 1
Cortez, Montezuma & Abraham: Discovering Jewish Roots
From: Rebecca Sheir
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At 72, a Spanish-descended Catholic discovers the real reason she's never liked eating pork.

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
Episode 3 - Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
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Episode 3 of Life Distilled features former U.S. Poet Laureates Richard Wilbur, Robert Hass, Rita Dove and Stanley Kunitz. Optional 5-minute drop-...

Bought by WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:04:00
  • Purchases: 11
Count Basie
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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A quick musical look at the career of the Count

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, 90.5 WSNC, and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 4
Angel Island - Saving the Ellis Island of the West
From: Hana Baba
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The story of one man's discovery that resulted in saving a historic landmark from demolition, and keeping an important part of the American story f...

Bought by Listenwise, Vocalo.org, Here and Now, and KCUR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 4
Fog Magic
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Magic in the fog launches Greta on an adventure that takes her back into the past and reveals secrets in her own life.

Bought by KZYX and KTNA


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 2