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Reel Discovery: Spaceship Earth
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores a scientific story with an unexpected history in Spaceship Earth.

Bought by KSRQ and KKRN


  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Kent State by Deborah Wiles
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin looks back on a tragic moment in history with author Deborah Wiles’s Kent State.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ode to the Old Gods
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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A weird new episode for our weird new decade, featuring some real talk (real strange talk) from George Van Tassel out at Giant Rock, 62 years ago—f...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass joined by veteran Bluegrass band leader Junior Sisk.
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: Unreal Bluegrass , Credit: Steve Martin
Junior Sisk joins Unreal Bluegrass to discuss his new band members, and new CD "Load the Wagon"

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 57:51
The Canon
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Worf visits Rabbi Ben Newman's synagogue (not in canon), Credit: Eric Molinsky
Every sci-fi fantasy world comes with a canon of back stories and rules, which may have a lot in common with the original canon -- The Torah.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 14:48
  • Purchases: 5
Reel Discovery: Seberg
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin keeps an eye on a controversial actress in Seberg.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Reel Discovery: The Aeronauts
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin takes to the skies with Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Aeronauts.

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reel Discovery: The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin marches into battle with a queen who's fighting for freedom in The Warrior Queen of Jhansi.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 15, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: The Report
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin digs for the truth with Adam Driver in The Report.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, WOUB, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 15, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reel Discovery: Ford v Ferrari
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin gets behind the wheel with Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KKRN, WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 6
Friendly and Not-So-Friendly Ghosts in Richmond, Virginia
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Beth and Chris Houlihan
Beth Houlihan and her husband Chris own and operate Haunts of Richmond. And for a city this this size, Richmond has an abundance of ghoulies and gh...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 26:58
Reel Discovery: The Irishman
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin examines crime, loyalty, and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa with The Irishman.

Bought by WOUB, Harford Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Nov 08, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Reel Discovery: Harriet
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin fights for freedom with a historic hero in Harriet.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Oscar-winning Steadicam - Rocky, The Shining, Philadelphia, Bulworth, La Traviata, The Forgotten
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Oscar-winning Steadicam - Rocky, The Shining, Philadelphia, Bulworth, La Traviata, The Forgotten

  • Added: Oct 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Reel Discovery: Judy
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin takes the stage with Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in Judy.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Harford Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reel Discovery: Official Secrets
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin sets out to stop a war with Keira Knightley in Official Secrets.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WOUB, KKRN, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reel Discovery: Charlie Says
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin gets to know the Manson Girls in Charlie Says.

Bought by KKRN and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reel Discovery: Stockholm
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores the inspiration of the term “Stockholm syndrome” with the wild real-life crime caper Stockholm.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Frozen River Film Fest 2019: Voices of the Winona Armory
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we are with Blake and Jennifer to talk about the film Voices of the Winona Armory, which was one of the films shown at Frozen Riv...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 15:02
Reel Discovery: The Best of Enemies
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin teams up with a couple of bitter rivals in The Best of Enemies.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Steve Saklad - Production Designer - Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Drag Me to Hell, The Muppets, The Front Runner
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: The Front Runner, Credit: Steve Saklad
Steve Saklad - Production Designer - Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Drag Me to Hell, The Muppets, The Front Runner

  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
COLD WAR -- Pawel Pawlikowski Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Pawel Pawlikowski talks the honesty of black-and-white, non-political nostalgia, and eschewing extraneous exposition.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2019
  • Length: 16:19
A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN -- Marshall Curry Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Marshall Curry, San Francisco, CA 2/13/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marshall Curry talks how demagogues push our buttons, the definition of patriotism, and why 20,000 Americans showed up to cheer at a Nazi rally at ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2019
  • Length: 16:10
Reel Discovery: On the Basis of Sex
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin learns about love and the law with Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsberg in On the Basis of Sex.

Bought by KKRN, Harford Community Radio, WSGE, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reel Discover: Vice
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores the life and career of former Vice President Dick Cheney in Vice.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, KSRQ, and WSGE


  • Added: Dec 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5

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