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Despite the name, flushable wipes are not flushable
From: Possibly
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Despite what the packaging says, flushable wipes should never be flushed down the toilet! They can cause blockages in the sewer system and create a...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Are we close to 100% renewable energy?
From: Possibly
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For decades now, people have been installing solar panels, wind turbines and more to transition our energy to renewable sources – but we wondered, ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
Celebrating African American History and Heritage with Pat Johnson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Discover how 2024 National Heritage Fellow Pat Johnson transformed her former segregated one room school into a thriving center for Black history a...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 1
Intersex - The Journey to Juleigh
From: Christopher Beale
Series: Stereotypes
Caption: Juleigh Mayfield
Intersex advocate Juleigh Mayfield was forced to transition to female in her forties.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 06:12
Barnacles
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1910 Excursion Steamboat
Rivers throughout America were critical for commerce from the 17th through the early 20th century. Think of the iconic steamboat. Bales of hay and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tyler Blackwell: Contemporary Art at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Tyler Blackwell, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Speed Art Museum, discusses the museum's rich history, community engagement initiatives, and in...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 09, 2024
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 4
Electrified
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Electical Recording studio
Imagine what traveling would be like if everyone followed different rules of the road. Total chaos. Well, that’s just about the story of the record...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
What is Owed? from GBH News
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: What Is Owed? from GBH News
In What Is Owed? from GBH News, reporter Saraya Wintersmith seeks to understand what reparations might look like in one of the oldest cities in Ame...

Bought by WRKF, KUNM, KETR-FM, WVAS, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 23
Remembering Blues Musician Phil Wiggins (1954-2024)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis
A heartfelt remembrance of blues harmonica master and 2017 National Heritage Fellow the late Phil Wiggins

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Living the Word with Reverend Patricia Gould-Champ, Part 3, Conclusion
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould-, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Reverend Patricia Gould Champ, also known as the Queen Mother or simply Reverend Pat, began her career as a teacher, but ultimately received the ca...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 27:20
Smalls' Paradise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Smalls Paradise
Ed Smalls, an African American, had the longest running nightclub north of New York City. 1917 to the 1960s. The club Ed opened reached its zenith ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Scrappy Ohio Pride Survives
From: Christopher Beale
Series: Stereotypes
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A pair of conservative small towns hosted their first LGBTQIA pride in 2023 to much success, then local residents tried to shut it down.

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 06:30
Transforming Lives Through Music: Shanna Lin and the Paterson Music Project
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Director of Education and Violin/Viola Teaching Artist at the Paterson Music Project (PMP) Shanna Lin discusses the program and its impact.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KECG, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 5
Rita Dove: Rara Avis
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rita Dove, Credit: Photo of Rita Dove by Fred Viebahn
Pulitzer prize-winning poet Rita Dove.

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 24:10
Why did I see a bunch of dead fish in the Providence River?
From: Possibly
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One Possibly listener wondered why she saw so many dead fish in the water last spring. Turns out it’s called a fish kill – which can happen when th...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and Raven Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 2
The Bees Knees & other slang
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blossom Seeley
Almost as quickly as they arrived, they disappeared from lack of use. Slang from the 1920s and early ‘30s. During their heyday, they were flying ar...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
How can buses become a climate solution?
From: Possibly
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The transportation sector is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gasses in the U.S., and cars make up most of those emissions. So how can public ...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 3
Jungle Music
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cab Calloway Orchestra
No one truly knows when the term came into common use. The original intent was for it to be derogatory. Insult the band and the music by calling it...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
World’s first Drag Laureate shares art, joy, politics of drag
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: D'Arcy Drollinger's character Diana Midnight in his play "Bitch Slap" has just been slapped by another character., Credit: Gooch
We’ve heard of poet laureates. What is a DRAG laureate? And why has drag, an increasingly popular form of entertainment, become a political footbal...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KERA, Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, Baltimore Public Media and more


  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 11
How will Providence make its buildings carbon neutral?
From: Possibly
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Providence, Rhode Island has set the goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. And recently, the city government passed a new ordinance to help it meet...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WRFA-LP, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Theater Unmasked: Challenges and Possibilities
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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President of Actors' Equity Kate Shindle and the NEA Director of Theater & Musical Theater Greg Reiner discuss the current challenges, strategic in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KECG


  • Added: May 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
A Sobering Reality
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Tiny Parham & Musicians
It’s not that one brought about the other. Rather, it was a melding of many factors, and during that time, jazz became incredibly popular, as did s...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Staging Stories: Psalmayene 24 on Directing Across Time
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Psalmayene 24, Credit: Courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Playwright and director Psalmayene 24 discusses directing the world premiere of Kia Corthron's Tempestuous Elements at Arena Stage and preparing fo...

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
Living the Word with Patricia Gould-Champ, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould-, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Reverend Patricia Gould Champ, also known as the Queen Mother or simply Reverend Pat, began her career as a teacher, and later became the youngest ...

  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 27:25
Material Influence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Snowmask
Besides having the moniker of “The Roaring Twenties”, not everyone was partying. Creative minds were at a peak coming up with new inventions. Who n...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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