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The Autumn Beatitudes
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Congratulations, you people! It is Fall. You made it. Might take another month or two, until you really notice, but summer is officially over. It'...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
F-Word: The Media’s Quadrennial Eclipse
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"All this how’s-he-doing coverage is par for the course as we transition to the next administration, but someone’s missing from this picture of our...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
God Bless
From: Eve Abrams
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In the first month of lockdown during the global pandemic, I made this short poem/prayer. The music in this piece is Falling to Pieces Again, by t...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:46
Solve for X
From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Shelter in Place
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On her kids' last day of school, Laura draws from Susan Wise Bauer's research, writing, and experience on how we can rethink the way we approach ou...

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 22:02
Commentary, F-Word: Covid-19: Our Health Crisis is born of Bigotry
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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The F-Word is released bi-monthly featuring timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. (00:03:30) "A bridge is only as strong as its weakes...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
Earth Day's Murderer and the Apostle of the Cacti
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Did the founder of Earth Day really murder his girlfriend and let her body rot in his apartment closet?

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
National Suicide Point?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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Smash society and you create craven people. Craven, from the early English word meaning crushed, defeated, overwhelmed.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:30
The cockroach that broke the camel's back
From: Sarah Wyman
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Sarah Wyman reflects on self-care, adulthood and the roommate she didn’t know she had.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 03:18
Jeff Chang on Revolutions in Seeing and Being
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jeff Chang, Credit: Jeremy Villaluz
“From almost every kind of responsibility and tie from engagement and from faith. So the artist--our task is to move ourselves and the rest of us i...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Dance Between Darkness & Light: My Struggle With Bipolar Disorder
From: A. Emily Ralph
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When you look into the eyes of someone who’s Bi-Polar, it’s like looking at a hurricane from space. You can see the swirling mass, but the real ho...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, The Story, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 5
Ep 18: Questionable Capitalism
From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis
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What does equine capital in a Grandpa farm have to do with Turing Pharmaceuticals and its bid to raise the price of a life-saving drug by 50 times?...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2016
  • Length: 08:57
(Don't) hurry up and wait... In Alaska
From: LN Lurie
Series: Where in the World is LN?
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I struggle with the "hurry up and wait" mentality. Alaska helped me get over this.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 09:47
On Stage: Making Art That "Matters"
From: Alison Jenkins
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Is live theatre still relevant? Why do I spend my summers doing family-friendly theatre in small towns?

  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:27
My Body, My Choice
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Katia Hauser explores the intricacies of teenagers having the legal right to make their own medical decisions.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Working Poor III: Bridget
From: WCPN
Series: The Working Poor
Caption: Bridget Gibbons and her belongings., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.
When you think of someone who's part of America's "working poor", you may picture a high school or college dropout. It's generally assumed that th...

Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 4
The Working Poor IV: Marilyn
From: WCPN
Series: The Working Poor
Caption: Marilyn Lombardo in her backyard., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.
For many senior citizens, the "Golden Years" are meant to be lived comfortably. One retires, takes things easy, maybe catches up with kids and gra...

Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 3
Why Didn't Mr. Danilovic's Science Class Change the World?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Author, teacher and altablueskies.com contributor Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Most of us don't spend a lot of time thinking about garbage, but author, teacher and altablueskies.com contributor Catherine Breese does. In this e...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 10:08
  • Purchases: 1
Bud Powell
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Bud Powell
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat : Linda Back McKay - "Chicken Without a Cause"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Ryan Vine - "Psalm at Last Call"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Ryan Vine is a Duluth poet. He is a Professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. And Ryan Vine has been widely published including in su...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Francine Sterle - "Consider Pa Ling"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
The Beat : Mike Forbes - "Coming Into Leaving"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
Dan Sinykin: Before the Tabernacle
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is a writer and frequent contributor of essays and book reviews to Northern Community Radio. I this essay Sinykin presents a contemplat...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Dan Sinykin - Christmas In A Swamp
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is a writer and frequent contributor of essays and book reviews to Northern Community Radio. In "Christmas In A Swamp" Sinykin recounts...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:32
  • 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