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My Life as a Wild Turkey (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Thanksgiving Specials
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All about turkeys: how a naturalist became a wild turkey mother, a pilot gives a play by play of the moves of the wild turkey in flight. And more...

Bought by KXCR, WFSU, KMUD, Wyoming Public Radio, KHSU and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
New foods for MN State Fair this year....SPAM sushi, anyone?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dennis Larson is the lucky guy who chooses new foods each year for the Minnesota State Fair. He chatted with WTIP's Berta Bauer recently about what...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 17:56
Expert grilling tips as summer season begins
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Summer is now in full swing...and with it, the Grill Us Hotline. LongHorn Steakhouse's grill masters will be available by phone Sunday, July 3, to ...

Bought by KQAL


  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 16:45
  • Purchases: 1
First Generation Americans in the Kitchen
From: Sabrina Farhi
Caption: PRX default Piece image
First generation Americans often try to reconcile two clashing cultural identities - their identity as Americans and their cultural/ethnic identity...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Carol Miller and Marge Klindera
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carol Miller (L) and Marge Klindera (R)
Marjorie Klindera and Carol Miller have spent the past 30 Thanksgivings answering phone calls about turkey troubles from panicked home cooks.

Bought by WTIP, WUTC, WHYY, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 4
Talking turkey with Butterball expert--the best tips for the best turkey
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The Butterball Turkey Talk Line fields thousands of calls at this time of year. WTIP's DaveTerSteeg chatted with turkey expert Rochelle Kirwan to l...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 14:15
Historian Nathaniel Philbrick, author of "The “Mayflower," explains what really happened at that first Thanksgiving
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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From the perilous ocean crossing of the Mayflower – imagine moving 2 mph for 3,000 miles — to the shared bounty with the Indians at that first tens...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Culture Clique Presents "Wenonah Brewery"
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of culture clique we visit with a part owner of the Wenonah Brewing company. This brewery has been in existence for less than a yea...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: Chef Joe's Sweet Potatoes
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this holiday special, you'll learn a new take on a classic Thanksgiving dish. Chef Joseph Jacobsen, of Dégagé Jazz Café, brings The Rough Draft ...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
RDD: Homegrown and Local
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Thanksgiving is on its way, and food is on our mind in the Rough Draft Diaries. In this special holiday episode, you'll meet Chef Joseph Jacobsen, ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Pilgrim Fathers: How the Thanksgiving We Know and Love was Manufactured
From: Hold That Thought
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Historian Mark Valeri examines the truths about the first Thanksgiving and the myths of American identity we have created around the event.

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:52
  • Purchases: 1
Guess who's coming to dinner Part 2
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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SIPS Episode – Our survival guide of family gatherings, with more alcohol. Our experts have faced the same quandary of how to survive a family gath...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Tapestry of Summer
From: Talena Sanders
Series: On Summer (Creative Pulse 2015)
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An Elaine George poem, From My Porch, is woven in among a tapestry of sounds and activities of summer. Recorded in Missoula, Montana, Summer 2015.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 1
Zhong Zi
From: Joy Yang
Series: Bite Bytes
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On this episode, we will discuss Duan Wu Jie, or the Dragon Boat Festival.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 15:29
Bringing Back the Chestnut (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Most of the chestnuts roasting on open fires this winter are from Europe or Asia, not America. In the early 1900s, American chestnut trees from Mai...

Bought by WJCT, KWMR, KKRN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Bringing Back the Chestnut (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Most of the chestnuts roasting on open fires this winter are from Europe or Asia, not America. In the early 1900s, American chestnut trees from Mai...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, and WLIW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Pepperkakebyen
From: WDSE
Series: Radio Gallery
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The third annual Pepperkakebyen or “Gingerbread City” opens at the Sons of Norway in Duluth. With help from many volunteers, through workshops an...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
Gifts for a Beer Buddy
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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SUDS Episode – This show is a discussion of beer for the holidays, what would you give a beer buddy as a gift, and tips on cellaring beer.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:02:53
Frybread Please - 3:00 version
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A hands-on lesson in the Native American staple: frybread.

Bought by KENW, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
Off-Ramp Presents: Another Fake Holiday War - Canadian v American Thanksgiving
From: john rabe
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Off-Ramp contributor Collin Friesen takes a humorour look at the differences between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:38
The Real War on Xmas or Cities Scrooge the Homeless
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Andrew Hiller
Pretty soon, you're going to start hearing warnings about the War on Christmas... Now, that battle may be hard to spot through the blinking red a...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
A Shanghaied Thanksgiving
From: Michael Kelly
Caption: Well after the (wild) turkey
Michael Kelly's humorous look back at childhood Thanksgiving celebrations from long ago and the first turkey day he will spend far and away in Shan...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WTIP, WHRV, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 5
Eternal Echoes for Hanukkah
From: James Jacobs
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Violinist Itzhak Perlman and Jewish music scholar and performer Hankus Netsky join host James David Jacobs for an hour of songs and stories celebra...

Bought by WRKF, WRCJ-FM, KERA, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 31
Cooking for Nowruz in New York City
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Kuku Sabzi for Nowruz., Credit: Photo by Mark Rinaldi / Serious Eats.
We spent an afternoon cooking three traditional Nowruz dishes with Saeed Pourkay, owner and chef of Taste of Persia NYC (www.facebook.com/TasteOfPe...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:45
Christmas Music and Memories (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by KSFR, WCNY, WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 34