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Kendra Carr of Interlochen Public Radio talks with science writer Mary Roach.
Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR
- Added: Nov 11, 2021
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 3
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack delves into a rather seedy aspect of the Minnesota Sta...
- Added: Sep 02, 2021
- Length: 29:23
Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 29:23
Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 29:29
Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of alleged insurance crimes in Florida. When he told an insurance investigator he wa...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 41:57
Humorist and author Roy Blount Jr. talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.
Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio
- Added: Oct 30, 2019
- Length: 54:29
- Purchases: 2
On this episode of Culture Clique, we catch up with Hmong activist and educator Tou Gher Xiong. Tou teaches cultural awareness through a routine of...
- Added: Nov 08, 2017
- Length: 19:45
A funny look at the things French People Find Strange About The U.S.
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 01:00:00
The Colorado Department of Transportation says the 420 mile markers on the state’s highways were stolen so often, they had to replace them with 419...
Bought by KZYX, XRAY.fm, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUER, and CI Dolphin Radio
- Added: Apr 09, 2017
- Length: 15:56
- Purchases: 5
On this episode of Art Beat, we learn about the journey in creating, Lost Conquest. Lost Conquest examines the authenticity of the Kensington Runes...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Mar 07, 2016
- Length: 23:52
- Purchases: 1
In this instalment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes another trip into the depths ...
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 29:02
The Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona has the largest collection of petrified wood in the world. The beautiful wood is more than 200 millio...
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 20:17
There are many synonyms for 'underwear'. There are many synonyms for the body parts you keep in your underwear. But there's only one word for 'bra'...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 13:31
FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL co-founder Nick Prueher talks cultural anthropology, local angles, and topless darts.
- Added: Dec 09, 2014
- Length: 20:28
Poet Paul Legault shares how he challenged the norms of translation in his interpretations of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 14:00
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...
- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 01:58:03
- Purchases: 2
The sounds of childhood: jokes and playground songs.
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:30
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman and producer Laine Kaplan-Levenson about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, New Orleans...
- Added: Apr 15, 2014
- Length: 11:01
Join us for episode sixty-eight, an enlightening conversation with Paul Carrick Ph.D., teacher of philosophy at Gettysburg College. He’s also a bio...
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 28:02
Episode 12 - Andy interviews Manny Roth, who ran the famous Cafe Wha? in New York City, presenting up-and-coming entertainers like Bob Dylan, Bill ...
- Added: Jan 22, 2014
- Length: 51:58
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 16:54
Interview with rhythm guitar player from the Grateful Dead. Ranges from stories about The Reverend Gary Davis to Garcia's addictions.
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 07:49
Politics doesn't run smoothly when the language to be used is left as an option.
- Added: Sep 04, 2013
- Length: 08:25
Historian, author, and urban park ranger Jenny Price makes her case for throwing out the well-tread “save the planet” mantra in favor of a new envi...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 39:49
Author Vicki Leon takes us for a ride through the ages of aphrodisiacs and anti-aphrodisiacs, contraception, nymphomania, bisexuality, cross-dressi...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 26, 2013
- Length: 14:59
- Purchases: 1