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Christmas is just around the corner. Despite its origin in religion, for many people, it has become as much about gift-giving and presents as it is...
- Added: Dec 14, 2015
- Length: 02:03
Christmas is just around the corner. Despite its origin in religion, for many people, it has become as much about gift-giving and presents as it is...
- Added: Dec 11, 2015
- Length: 02:03
Highlights of the top Republicans debating in the first contest for the 2016 nomination, with typically apolitical commentary by Rob MacClanahan
- Added: Aug 20, 2015
- Length: 03:01:45
This week on rock school will play some of the earliest concerts from some of the biggest rock bands of all time. Some include the The smiths, Gre...
- Added: May 08, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
The phenomenon of "promposals" is sweeping the nation. High schoolers everywhere are going to serious lengths to pop the question for prom.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 02:16
- Purchases: 1
In the world of commercial media, it’s all about the ratings – getting as many people as possible to tune into your broadcast. The latest effort by...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 04:27
- Purchases: 1
Recreational pot has earned the state of Colorado $53 million dollars in tax revenue. All on a drug that, according to federal law is still illegal...
Bought by KVNF
- Added: Apr 20, 2015
- Length: 23:27
- Purchases: 1
In late August last year, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, a Seattle-based rap group, released a single called “Thrift Shop.” This song has topped the ch...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
Two and one-half minute commentary on progress (or not) for women worldwide in 2014.
- Added: Dec 26, 2014
- Length: 02:30
- Added: Sep 21, 2014
- Length: 06:00
With the help of Don Maue, a sound designer and Duquesne University professor, we examine the role of sound in video games.
- Added: Mar 17, 2014
- Length: 09:19
Winona LaDuke speaks with Niaz Dorry, Director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, about how coastal communities are reclaiming their fisher...
- Added: Feb 03, 2014
- Length: 01:00:00
Debate over Boulder's zoning laws raises questions about housing co-ops
- Added: Jan 09, 2014
- Length: 05:05
What does a neuroscientist discover about love when he scans the canine brain?
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 29:41
Atlantic salmon numbers are dropping all over the world. In the US, they can only be found in seven rivers. All of them are in Maine.
- Added: Aug 07, 2013
- Length: 05:54
The 2nd in a series of Conversation with the Newsmakers from around our region.
- Added: Apr 21, 2013
- Length: 21:11
Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Spokane Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 54:01
- Purchases: 3
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs—all names you might recognize as poets of the Beat Generation. But a friend and inspiration to ...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:27
A college degree pays for itself … or at least that’s what they used to say. The number of Americans under 25 holding at least bachelor degrees inc...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 02:19
From: Blake Cooper
Koga the gorilla made an international splash after this week's escape attempt from the Buffalo Zoo. Could this be the unlikely path to prosperity ...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 03:23
In 2010, the Minneapolis City Council introduced a mobile food cart program downtown. In a recent unanimous vote, the City Council approved the exp...
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 04:12
After Wills and Kate's wedding of the century, which of the royal palaces shall they choose as home?
- Added: Apr 27, 2011
- Length: 06:09
Since the release of a biographical HBO film last year, Temple Grandin’s become even more of an unofficial spokesperson for autism.
- Added: Apr 20, 2011
- Length: 03:47
Exploring the appeal and annoyances of backyard chickens as some Denver residents push for an initiative to change the city's current hen laws.
- Added: Feb 21, 2011
- Length: 05:09
Reporters can be funny. Standup comedy featuring emcee Matt Cooper, along with Doug Hecox, Rich Edson, Jamilla Bay, Walter Shapiro, Melissa Bell, ...
- Added: Aug 14, 2010
- Length: 58:00