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This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “What is Healing, What ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
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This time we profile Floyd Jones, a serious and thoughtful songwriter, who was in the studio for Chess Records in 1951.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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This time we profile guitarist Big Joe Williams and harmonica ace John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, who last recorded together, this week in 1947.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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This time we profile Robert Johnson, who made his recording debut the week of Thanksgiving, 1936.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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This time we profile Big Maceo, who recorded his “magnum opus” — the barnstorming instrumental “Chicago Breakdown” — this week in 1945.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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This time, we profile the Memphis Jug Band, whose 1929 recording, “K.C. Moan,” was one of the 84 selections on the “Anthology of American Folk Music.”

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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This time, we profile Sid Hemphill, who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, this week in 1942.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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It is my pleasure to share this demo created by Bob Shohet, a prospective WMNR broadcaster. I admire Bob's personable delivery and his genuine enth...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2017
  • Length: 31:42
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Guest: Sherrie Dennis speaks with us on reclaiming Indigenous familiarity.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a beautiful audio production about the more profound nature of our relationships with animals and the natural world. Hosted by NY Times bes...

Bought by WCPN and WFSU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 47:22
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ellen Fitzpatrick
Since the late 1800s four women have run for the office of US president.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Peter B. Doran
Oil is one of the earth’s coveted substances. We love it and we hate it. Yet, it surrounds our lives every day.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Peter Enns
America’s prison population has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 40-years. The “land of the free” has the dubious distinction of handing dow...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Tim Lewens
From the origins of human culture to space exploration, the achievements of science have been extraordinary.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This audio documentary was produced by Nadine Awadalla for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The cou...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:43
Caption: Professor Tom Kochen
Over the past 35-years, the economy has been reasonably productive. It’s worked well for investors and high-level executives, but not for ordinary ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Roberto Gonzales
Children of undocumented workers frequently don’t find out about their illegal status until they’ve graduated from high school. What happens to the...

Bought by KCBX and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Courtney White
We live in an era of big problems, and we tend to spend our time thinking of big solutions. Thinking big, however, can have a paralyzing effect on ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Geologist Phil Skemer gets to crush rocks for a living. Find out how and why he and his team build instruments that can mimic conditions deep insid...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: RadioActive reporters Antonia Dorn and Kadian Vanloo
There’s no such thing as a normal you. Do you talk to your boss the same way you talk to your dog? Probably not. This is called code switching.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:57
Caption: Barriers keep people under 21 out of many areas at the Capitol Hill Block Party. , Credit: KUOW Photo/Noah Phillips Reardon
Music festivals all around the country are great places to hear live music. However, not everyone can enjoy the music. Many of the stages have an a...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
Caption: Peter Ladner
Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Emmet Hedin grew up on an organic vegetable farm in southeast Minnesota. He worked on the farm during his childhood, and never thought there was an...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 15:20
Caption: Georgiana Molloy
Georgiana Molloy (March 30, 1830): An early settler in Western Australia, who is remembered as one of the first botanical collectors in the colony...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
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A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 55:55