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Tonight we’re speaking with Philip Mirowski, historian and philosopher of economic thought at the University of Notre Dame, and author of Never Let...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 57:40
  • Purchases: 1
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This week we discover how K-Tel managed to sell albums stacked with hits for so little.

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, WYAP, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: World's Best Donuts, Grand Marais, Minn.
Everybody loves Grand Marais' World's Best Donuts--so WTIP's Julie Carlson invited second- and third-generation donut makers Dee Brazell and Stacey...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 23:54
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-There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until ...

Bought by KRDP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 3
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Philip Armand accidentally falls into a vortex of Bliss, then the bliss hangs up.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 05:43
Caption: Joe Wavra wood carvings on display at the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council Gallery and Gift Shop in downtown East Grand Forks, MN.
Red Lake Falls, MN native and resident Joe Wavra is a wood carver who sees the finished "product" before he begins his work. That ability has earn...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
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Milt Lee talks with Erik Hokuf, owner of Aircorps Aviation, specializing in the restoration, maintenance, and rebuilding of vintage WWII aircraft.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley meets Rachel and Jared owners of the design company, Deep In Design. They recently inherited a 13...

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 06:19
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NWMAC 2016 "Artist of the Year", Beau Bakken of Hallock, MN, discusses his preference in art work and the support that he has received from the NWMAC.

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 06:21
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It's FM91's 40th birthday! WGTE FM in Toledo began broadcasting May 2, 1976 and for four decades has continued to deliver the highest quality arts,...

  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 06:20
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-How local breweries foster community. -The story of the unrecognized founding father Robert Morris. And more….

Bought by WJCT, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB), WYAP, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
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Bemidji’s grassroots Truth and Reconciliation group has been meeting for months to talk about race. Anton Treuer is one of the founding members of ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 04:24
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A gun store owner recounts the long history of his family's store and the historical artifacts that have come through.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:31
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The future of mining on Minnesota's Iron Range continues to be a topic of discussion and debate throughout the region and beyond our state borders....

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 22:16
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Last week on Culture Clique, we listened to part One of the 140 year history of Winona National Band. Jenny Baertsch the marketing coordinator for ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 14:46
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This week on Culture Clique, we learn about the 140 year history of Winona National Band. Find out how this financial institution started on the Jo...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 32:31
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we partake in a history lesson on the buildings in downtown Winona. Learn about the Choate Building, Winona Wate...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 13:03
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Political economist Gar Alperovitz discusses anchor institutions.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 1
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The Rough Draft Diaries visits the Historic Vistula district of Toledo to check out The Casey-Pomeroy House. Sue had two connections for our next...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:10
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Milt Lee speaks with Louie Fournier, logger and collector of chainsaws.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Frank Casey was the first investment analyst to blow the whistle on rogue financier Bernard Madoff whose Ponzi scheme looted the savings of thousan...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:08
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Mary Pilon, author of "The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game," discusses her New York Times bes...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In the world of empire building, success is a numbers game. That’s the premise Jacob Soll's "The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 30:05
Caption: Marc Mondavi demonstrates his divining rods.
The lack of rain has forced California farmers and wine makers to turn from the sky to the ground to find water. It’s down there, but you have to k...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KPIK-LP, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 4
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Host Ed Ayers talks to historian Christopher Jones about the 1870s skirmish between John D. Rockefeller and the upstart competitors who built the c...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2015
  • Length: 10:26