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The Apple Seed - A Titanic Survivor's True Story from Storyteller Pippa White
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode of the show, storyteller Pippa White will tell us the tale of a woman who, faced with a long ocean voyage, makes kind of a stub...

Bought by KTXK, WVPE, KSJE, KKRN, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Escaping The Narcissism of The American Dream
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tiffanie Drayton, Credit: © Marcus Duncan 2021
Next, a conversation with Tiffanie Drayton, author of the new book Black American Refugee: Escaping the Narcissism of The American Dream. Drayton e...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KVSC


  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Green Light Circus and Complexities of Love
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
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As we wrap up our second season focused on events in the Northern Susitna Valley, we are coming back to Talkeetna. Specifically to the Sheldon Com...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Trapper Creek Festivals
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
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Today we’ll be focusing on two annual festivals across the river from Talkeetna in Trapper Creek. If you’re looking for summer fun, or if you want ...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Susitna Valley Mushing Events
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’ll hear about Alaska’s state sport, dog mushing, and how mushing events have played a role in life in the area. Mushing races can be as ...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Oosik Classic Ski Race and Tour
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’re looking at another annual gathering that brings hundreds of people to Talkeetna each March. In most years, it is a reminder that Spri...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Moose Dropping Festival
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’re looking at an event…or rather two events with very similar names and themes having to do with…moose excrement. Come along as we hear ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Miner’s Day
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’re exploring another festival from Talkeetna’s recent past, Miner’s Day. It’s another example of the sort of celebration that took place...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Borderlands (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The colonial era is usually seen as prim and proper - a time when manners were refined and marriage was sacrosanct. But that period may have been m...

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 7
Borderlands (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The colonial era is usually seen as prim and proper - a time when manners were refined and marriage was sacrosanct. But that period may have been m...

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


  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Borderlands (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The colonial era is usually seen as prim and proper - a time when manners were refined and marriage was sacrosanct. But that period may have been m...

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


  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Borderlands (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The colonial era is usually seen as prim and proper - a time when manners were refined and marriage was sacrosanct. But that period may have been m...

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Talkeetna Bachelor Auction and Ball
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we’re taking a look at the event that has turned the darkest time of year into the biggest party for the last forty years, the Tal...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wilderness Woman Contest
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
One of the more common questions visitors ask Talkeetna residents is what we do in the winter. We’re starting off our second season by answering p...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Run for the Desert Hills
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Like the beaver, we can change parts of our environment. Like the birds, we can move to other lands or at least try. And sometimes those Other Land...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bucket of Blood and Belle's Barn
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Join us in this episode as we wrap up our first season with two buildings that used to form part of daily life for many in Downtown Talkeetna, but ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
Miners and Trappers Cabins
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we take a tour of some the humble yet vital cabins that sheltered miners and trappers in the area, many of which still stand today...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Forks Roadhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we head across the river, past Trapper Creek, and toward the Petersville mining district, where we find the Forks Roadhouse miles ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Curry
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we’re headed to Curry, a place “up the tracks” from Talkeetna that has been the site of a luxury hotel, a thriving small town, and...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Nagley’s General Store
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we’re visiting one of the first buildings you see as you turn onto Talkeetna’s Main Street, Nagley’s General Store. Since it was b...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Talkeetna Roadhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Since being built by Frank Lee around 1916 and later moved to its current location, the Talkeetna Roadhouse has been a staple of local life. Today...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Schoolhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
For more than eighty years, the territorial schoolhouse building has stood in Downtown Talkeetna, Alaska. It has served many purposes over the dec...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Fairview Inn
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
The Fairview Inn is referred to by some as “Talkeetna’s living room.” On this episode of the Blue Tarp, we hear from people for whom the Fairview ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Franklin, Tennessee’s Fuller Story: History beyond the Battlefield and Whiskey
From: World Footprints LLC
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Hear about the initiative Franklin, Tennessee has launched to preserve and share a fuller and accurate truth about its place in American history.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 32:22
Schuyler Mansion: History, Enslavement and Alexander Hamilton
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Inside the Schuyler Mansion, Credit: Courtesy of Schuyler Mansion Historical Site
Heidi Hill and Jessie Serfilippi from the Schuyler Mansion State Historical Site join us to share the stories behind the stories about the Schuyler...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 36:21