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Dead at 30
From: Devin Katayama
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Since I was 12-years-old, I always thought I would die by the age of 30. Here's the story of how I didn't, and how I spent my 'last few days' prepa...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
Love, Happiness, and Mole
From: Tom & Debra Weistar
Series: Voices of the Future: Youth and Elders Speak Together
Caption: Andres Jaimes, Credit: Tom Weistar
Andres Jaimes grew up near the US/Mexico border in Baja California. At 17 years old, Andres is acutely aware of how negatively Mexico and Mexican p...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 17:21
  • Purchases: 1
Seeing in the Dark
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human, stories of people whose vision changed, first throwing them in the dark, then revealing something new.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and WKCC


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:24
  • Purchases: 3
A Stop in Mewat
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Mewat, India, Credit: Sandip Roy
A small unknown town in India has a history that makes it worth stopping in to have a look.

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Souvenirs - "Is a Souvenir a Trinket, or Something Much More Complex?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Souvenirs - "Pants from France, A Soup Spoon From Rangoon, Propecia From Indonesia."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Jim Gallagher - "Like a Bookmark, a Tangible Object To Help Recall Tangible Experiences In Our Past."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Jim Gallagher lives with his wife, and writes from his home near Bemidji, MN.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Souvenirs - "Post-It Notes Don't Adhere Very Successfully To Stone, Natural or Man-Made."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Cold - "Goodness That Appears Painful. Why Must I Be So Cold?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:42
Radical Skeletons
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Anirvan & Barnali during a tour, Credit: Sandip Roy
It turns out that a community best known for winning spelling bees also has some radical skeletons in its closet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Resorts - "Life Before Waterproof Matches"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Resorts - "Haunted By Overconfident, Intergalactic Vacationers."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg - "The Trail Is Always In Front Of You"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - "Band Trip To Hawaii: Part Two
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's checked in with essays ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - "Band Trip To Hawaii: Part One"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's checked in with essays ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
button and other accordeons from the Liverpool Irish Festival and the Manresa Mediterrania festival
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
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something special about the folks who squeeze squeezeboxes: examples and interviews with some kind accordeon players who love their music and play ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:05:52
The Remotest Inhabited Island in the World
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A speck of land in the South Atlantic, Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited island in the world.

Bought by WXDU and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: A Travel Memoir from Mexico by Dan Sinykin: Parts One and Two
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is in the midst of extensive travel in Mexico to do research for his graduate studies. Throughout his travels Sinykin will be submittin...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 12:24
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - A Ski Trip To Montana with Erika's Family
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
Why don't you choose your own adventure?
From: Taylor Tower
Caption: Taylor Tower at CKUT studios in Montreal, Canada
Edward Packard, the man behind the Choose Your Own Adventure books, talks about how he came up with the concept and what role adventure has played ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 1
213: Kauai Thoughts
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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On a recent visit to Kauai host Peter Neill had some chance encounters that prompted this reflection of what it means to be connected to real, mean...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
Imaginary Island of California
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The Island of California appeared on maps for over a century.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories : Robert Jevne - "Try New Things"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne gives us his thoughts on aspirations for the year including not giving into cynicism and remaining upbeat when there is much to be dow...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:09
  • Purchases: 1
Really, I'm Trying.
From: Shizue Roche Adachi
Caption: family photograph
A sister tries to reacquaint herself with her older brother during a cross country road trip only to realize it might not be so simple a task.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1

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