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Debby Wurster is having a ball at her new home in a retirement community. She's got a full calendar of activities, she's making new friends, and......
Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 02:57
- Purchases: 1
Ronnie Gilbert memorial, with excepts from her 1996 visit to Radio Curious, and remembrances by Holly Near
- Added: Jun 10, 2015
- Length: 29:04
Roland Stock, after retirement, re-kindles a youthful dream of being a guitar maker, and builds a dream guitar using Brazilian Rosewood.
- Added: Mar 02, 2015
- Length: 07:00
They're old. But they're still letting air out of people's tires...
- Added: Feb 19, 2015
- Length: 07:49
Bud Brown is known for singing Iris DeMent's "Let the Mystery Be". A few years ago, his relationship to the song changed: Bud's wife became termin...
Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 13, 2014
- Length: 07:41
- Purchases: 4
Army Sgt. Ryan Sharp speaks with his father, Kirk Sharp, about feeling off after coming...
Bought by WEZU, Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 17, 2014
- Length: 03:03
- Purchases: 3
Blues from alternate spaces provide opportunities for technical prowess, yet melodic & lyrical in touch. Never losing the idea of blues as a feelin...
Bought by WVBI-LP
- Added: Oct 15, 2014
- Length: 01:59:58
- Purchases: 1
Part of getting older means you can’t get around like you used to. Maybe you can’t drive a car anymore, or hike up those big San Francisco hills to...
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 05:24
Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Lillian Vogel, Ph.D., author of “What's My Secret? One Hundred Years of Memories and Reflections,” a mem...
- Added: Sep 10, 2014
- Length: 29:01
Ralph Cusack is one of the founding members of The Harbor Masters and has been organizing gay kinksters in Portland, Maine for over 30 years.
- Added: Aug 19, 2014
- Length: 07:01
Patty Woods remembers her partner, who left a lasting impact on her life.
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 02:25
- Purchases: 3
This chat with my nanny, Evelyn Smail, was recorded at her seniors' home in Morrisburg ON about a year ago. Created by me, it was produced by Ashle...
- Added: Feb 23, 2014
- Length: 07:14
Radio Curious pays tribute to the life and times of Pete Seeger, folksinger, troubadour and activist, who died January 27th, 2014 at the age of 94.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jan 29, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Radio Curious visits with local singer, songwriter Mary Buckley, who shares songs from her new CD “What Are You Afraid Of.”
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 02:59
Elizabeth Olson and her colleagues at the Veterans Crisis Line, the only national suicide prevention hotline for service members, talk about helpin...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Sep 18, 2013
- Length: 03:42
- Purchases: 3
Julie Sabatier interviews Dr. Peter Goodwin, who was instrumental in creating Oregon's "Death with Dignity" law (sometimes referred to as "assisted...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 17:46
- Purchases: 1
Destination DIY profiles two families who live the DIY lifestyle every day by growing and making most of what they need.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2013
- Length: 08:20
- Purchases: 1
Destination DIY producers spoke to senior citizens about self-sufficiency and "making do" in tough times. These folks had lots of wisdom to share o...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 01:51
- Purchases: 2
As a follow up to last week's program, Radio Curious revisits a 2006 conversation with Dr. Dan Gottlieb, psychologist, quadriplegic and author of “...
- Added: Jun 24, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 01:57
The Beat daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day. Julia Klatt-Singer writes, and paints, and wal...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 1
Longtime New Yorkers recall a bygone era of NYC when eating out was a rare luxury, and eateries that vanished long ago -- automats, Nedick's (hot d...
- Added: May 28, 2013
- Length: 02:13
Margot Karp, 86, moved with her family to Washington Heights, Manhattan, in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany. Karp has fond memories of her mother's str...
- Added: May 28, 2013
- Length: 03:04
Bill Caldwell is a nurse, a therapist, and a poet. Much of what he knows about poetry is related to classes at The Loft at the Minnesota Center for...
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 01:13
