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After years of languishing at the far end of the soda aisle, TaB has at last fallen victim to a decision by its parent company, Coca-Cola, to end p...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 13, 2022
- Length: 11:50
- Purchases: 1
"Could Donald Trump be charged with a crime for knowingly exposing others to an infectious disease? He could if that disease was hepatitis. If th...
- Added: Oct 06, 2020
- Length: 04:00
My parents, Randy and Vicki, were high school sweethearts in the 1960s, but they broke up when my mom went off to college. Twenty years later their...
- Added: Jul 21, 2020
- Length: 03:48
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
“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
Loretta Ross, co-founder of SisterSong breaks down the reproductive justice framework; and Tina Reynolds, co-founder and Chair of Women on the Rise...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU
- Added: Apr 08, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
On the streets, Danny compares himself to an animal in the wild that is in constant danger. Growing up around gangbangers, it felt natural for him ...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 06:49
This piece is about the absurdity that gay marriage will hurt a heterosexual marriage.
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 02:58
This is an essay about cooking and all the shame and rage and frustration that can accompany this art. Writer Sarah Miller describes her desire to ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 10:13
- Purchases: 1
Hate Valentine's Day? Cupid, that flawed character from Roman Mythology, offers alternative reasons to love Feb. 14th.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 1
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies the San Juan Ridge. On the Ridge, tucked away amongst towering pines, flanked by two forks of the Yuba R...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 28:25
How girlie do you have to be to secure your spot in the girl club? And what happens when your own mother questions your girl credentials? Marlo Ma...
- Added: Sep 06, 2014
- Length: 09:11
- Purchases: 2
In this humorous piece, Nick, a music teacher, tells the story of two Celine Dion songs and how they have helped him understand the value of music ...
- Added: May 09, 2014
- Length: 06:38
Author, producer and teacher Bryan Ward loves the Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, but his relationship with the writing utensil has soured since he disc...
- Added: Mar 26, 2014
- Length: 03:42
A post- post-9/11 podcast. This episode examines New Jersey's Empty Sky Memorial & Bruce Springsteen's song “Empty Sky”
- Added: Jan 09, 2014
- Length: 13:53
A post- post-9/11 podcast. Part 1 of a series examining 9/11 memorials.
- Added: Jan 09, 2014
- Length: 15:37
a post- post-9/11 podcast. Pilot.
- Added: Jan 09, 2014
- Length: 16:51
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 04:05
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 05, 2014
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 1
Liz Massey's family only had 3 holiday record albums when she was growing up. In this story, she explains her role as an unlikely evangelist for on...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 08:22
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
This one is about my Linux distribution, SadOS. SadOS used to be based on Xubuntu, and now it’s based on Arch, and I talk about all of that. Many t...
- Added: Aug 21, 2013
- Length: 13:45
Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on why college debt is the highest in history, and it is especially hard on women.
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Corrupting the Message: Remembering the Iraq War
Ten years ago this week, the Iraq War began. Like every other atrocity in history, or let's limi...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 03:48
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 26, 2013
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
