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MN Reads: "Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota" by Georgia Finnegan
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author and dancer Georgia Finnegan talks about her new book "Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota"

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 08:08
028: ‘I needed ASL to better understand myself’: the power of sign language, 3/22/2024
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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American sign language is the third most commonly used language in the U.S., but for many Deaf folks, it's about so much more than communication. A...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
HARM 24-15: Listening to Art: Angel Concerts, 4/8/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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If you’ve spent any time in the early European wing at your local art museum, you might have noticed just how musical religious art can be. This we...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
Looking Back: Isabel Wilkerson and the Cultural Impact of the Great Migration
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Isabel Wilkerson, Credit: Joe Henson
Author and 2015 National Humanities Medalist Isabel Wilkerson discusses her acclaimed first book “The Warmth of Other Suns,” and the profound impac...

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KECG, KZUM and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 7
Paul Goldstein – "The Artist’s Right of Ownership"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: August 9, 2006 Errors and Omissions Who owns the rights to a play, a song, or a work of art? How important and fragile is t...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
819: Forged By Hand / 820: Empathy For Monsters, 8/12/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Forged By Hand" - You would think that handcrafting, like iron forging and copper smithing, would be on the way out. But COVID has shown...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Meet the Step Artist and the Founder of Step Afrika!: C. Brian Williams
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: C. Brian Williams, Credit: Jim Saah
Step Artist and Producer and 2022 National Heritage Fellow C. Brian Williams discusses the rich cultural history of stepping and his work bringing ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Fontwala
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Some of the typefaces designed by Rajeev Prakash for Indian scripts., Credit: Sandip Roy
Responsible for typefaces of all slants and bolds, Rajeev Prakash is India’s Fontwala!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Marcia Ratliff of Engage Winona
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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This Thursday on Culture Clique KQAL’s Jiovani Bermudez visits with Marcia Ratliff, the Executive Director of Engage Winona. Engage Winona is a loc...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 22:01
755: Time Beyond The Clock / 756: Living With Loneliness, 12/31/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Living With Loneli...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Piping Up For Community (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Piping Up For Community (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, CHSR-FM 97.9, WFHB, WJCU and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Piping Up For Community (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KHEN-LP, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Piping Up For Community (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Brian Donaldson is one of the most accomplished pipers in the world - winning many of the major awards and even performing in front of the queen of...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Art at the Intersection: Saving a Community Legacy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed, Credit: Naima Wolfe
Director of Communications for the Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society in Athens Ohio Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed talks about repurposing a vacan...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WSLR, RADIOLEX, KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
Black Legion
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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In 1937, Warner Brothers released a film attacking the rise of hate groups in America that were terrorizing immigrants and minorities. Humphrey Bog...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:01
The Highest Office (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Highest Office (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGCU, WTJU, WLPR , KEDT and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
The Highest Office (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WJCU, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WJCT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Highest Office (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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When Colin Rafferty moved to Virginia in 2008 he didn’t know much about the presidents, so he set out to read a biography of each one.

Bought by WLPR , KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNED Buffalo, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
'The Stone Age' Program 265
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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This program is one hour in length, and is designed for all audiences to explore and celebrate some of the best electric music of the 60's and 70's.

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), KEOS, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Jeremy Mackie - Cinematographer - Your Sister's Sister, Green Room, Special, Eden, Almost Friends, Language Lessons, 7 Days, and the upcoming I'll Show You Mine
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Language Lessons
Jeremy Mackie - Cinematographer - Your Sister's Sister, Green Room, Special, Eden, Almost Friends, Language Lessons, 7 Days, and the upcoming I'll ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, WCNY, Royalton Community Radio, and WRGY


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KEDT, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
REPLAY The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson's Architecture (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by KRZA, KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11