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Caption: Janyce Hill, Credit: Lacy Jane Roberts
Janyce Hill is a gamer. Not video games, but tabletop role-playing games – just think Dungeons and Dragons. Since 1981, she’s been a game master, t...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Roller Derby is moving to the mainstream as the sport begins to emphasize its athleticism and gain national exposure. On the cusp of widespread pop...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
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In the May 2015 edition of the RadioActive podcast, youth producers are looking at the issues on the minds of many Seattleites. We’ll hear about st...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2015
  • Length: 15:08
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She sets 56 alarms every day, which are really good at waking everyone *else* in her dorm....

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:28
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with oil and pastel Artist Julie Johnston. Julie along with fellow Winona based artists recently opened Islan...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 22:43
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Sarah McLachlan has been a source for many, some that you wouldn’t expect like DMC from Run DMC, who’s on record saying that her song Angel saved h...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KSUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Segment 1: Roz Savage/rowing the Atlantic Segment 2: Doug Keister/cemetery tour guide Segment 3: Scott Hallowell/insurance Segment 4: Molly Bloo...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Segment 1: Carlotta Walls Lanier Segment 2: Dr. Patton Segment 3: Roman Krznaric Segment 4: Margaret Klaw Segment 5: Melanie Wagner

  • Added: Aug 09, 2015
  • Length: 52:26
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Eating Healthy, Chia Pudding Recipe [Fork as Medicine #11]

  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 06:50
Caption: Aarti Chandorkar blindly tastes some high calorie chocolate cake
We take a break from all of the serious topics we've been covering and get into two things we love: fashion and food. We ask locals to define Seatt...

Bought by KUT and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one-half minute commentary on progress (or not) for women worldwide in 2014.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: After My Garden Grows poster
Sandip Roy on the short film "After My Garden Grows" with filmmaker Megan Mylan and Monica Burman who is featured in the film.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
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She was called "The First Lady of the Piano", "The First Lady of the Jazz Piano" and "The First Lady of Jazz". She was Mary Lou Williams and was a ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WVAS, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 3
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What exactly is a dream job? Is it one that pays a lot of money? One where you don’t have to do much work? Is it one that makes you famous? …Or, is...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
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When and where were you happiest? Novelist Helen Oyeyemi answers a modified version of the Proust Questionnaire, a set of questions made famous by ...

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Annette Hanshaw
She was known as “The Personality Girl,” with a singing style that crossed over between sweet and hot jazz-influenced presentations. Annette Hansha...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Living a balanced life requires an early morning for KALW's executive news editor Ben Trefny. It takes getting up before 6am to prepare lunch, and ...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Somebody's doing the breaking and somebody's doing the hurting, but can that somebody be the same person?

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In the all the years we've celebrated President's Day, we've never honored a female president, because we've never had one. It's not that women ha...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Katharine's pre-chemo haircut., Credit: Peter Konerko
Katharine Gibson was not expecting to be diagnosed with breast cancer. Through her struggle to beat the disease and complete her treatment, the shi...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Usually when a woman is in a band she is singing or playing an instrument that society has deemed a "woman's" instrument. Very seldom do we see a f...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jess Hawk Oakenstar (l) and Kate De La Pointe (r) at the Glendale (Ariz.) Folk Festival. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Wayward Maggie.
Jess Hawk Oakenstar and Kate De La Pointe, after working separately as professional musicians, met on the job at the library and began a new phase ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 09:01
Caption: Dirk Ockhardt from Germany talks about European dating, Credit: Erika Lorentzsen
A look at different dating rituals around the world. From Europeans getting married later in life like in Chicago, NY and other places, to a Muslim...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
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In modern society, women in their 70's and 80's are often pushed aside and ignored in the hustle and bustle of daily life. Miriam is 85, widowed, a...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2013
  • Length: 05:13