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Author Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker reads "The Colfax Crew” an essay from the PEN Prison Writing Contest by Tim Boland of Minnesota Correctiona...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2016
  • Length: 10:55
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Join host, Jeff Poling, in a special two-part interview with the guest host of this year's upcoming (June 4 & 5!!) Spencer PRIDE festival, comedien...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 59:05
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Join anchors Janae and Jeff as they interview local Bloomington comedian, Jonas Schrodt.

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 58:08
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About NOT Being My Mother - Ruth Reichl talks about her book; Marilyn Yalom on the History of the Breast, Anne Lamott about her daily life; Tillie ...

  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:00
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Most people have an overused word or two that drives them crazy when they hear it, and the folks at Lake Superior State University are doing someth...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 18:35
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Lets put guns in the hands of the Americans that need them the most.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:18
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Lesbian psychics and Jeb’s exclamation point ruin Halloween

  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:17
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Some people police their yards. Some people police their streets. And some people get together to police their neighborhoods. If you've ever been p...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:04
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“He told me she had stolen about 40 thousand dollars from people. Then he told me I should lawyer up."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 12:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Amina Al-Sadi is a 25-year-old American Muslim currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. Amina explains why its a tough time to be Muslim in A...

Bought by KREV-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 4
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If you like Tim McGraw, you probably know Jason White’s music—he’s a songwriter and singer in Nashville with a pretty impressive track record. What...

Bought by American Voices and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 15:28
  • Purchases: 2
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Marti MacGibbon is a standup comedian and author. Through her stage act and book, she tells her story of recovery.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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Thom Tran is an actor, comedian, and an Iraq War veteran with PTSD. His humor is his therapy.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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First, Former FBI profiler, Joe Navarro, explains how to recognize and handle the four most common aggressive personality types in his book, “Dange...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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A helpful public service announcement from the NYPD on protecting yourself from the NYPD.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:12
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Hear al Qaeda’s IPO, the ironic response to ironic racism, Mr. Scott’s new job on Star Trek, and selections from the National Lampoon’s off-Broadwa...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 49:49
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Dr. Marcus Welby knows that marijuana is the best medicine—why, what else would you use it for?

  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
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Hear closeted terrorists, unclad Scottish loins, and Joan Rivers roasting her own funeral in this week’s Final Edition Radio Hour.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 50:44
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What an intrepid reporter does when what used to be dry land changes daily into an aquatic body. I.e., the District of Columbia becomes the Island ...

  • Added: May 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:14
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:46
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
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Every year WTIP's The Roadhouse talks with the word-watchers over at Lake Superior State University in Marquette, Mich., about their words to be 'b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:22
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 03:50