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  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 07:29
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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
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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
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This week we bring you an abbreviated special edition of World Ocean Radio in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. In this edition we'll reite...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Julie Bailey
A mom and veterinarian politely asks Santa not to bring her children the item that tops their Christmas lists: a puppy. With love and detail, Dr. ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Loretta Ross, Credit: Speak Out
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
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Tune in tonight as Tent Show host and author Michael Perry welcomes our very own Blue Canvas Orchestra in the first set followed by bluegrass outfi...

Bought by KFCF FM, KMXT, KALH, KPIP-LP, KSJE and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 59:19
  • Purchases: 12
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Liz Massey, Credit: Photo courtesy of Liz Massey
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
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:43
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:20
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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
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The State of Minnesota is supposedly shutting down at least partially by July 1st. Does that affect you in any way? Do you work for the state? Ar...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
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The author goes into the wilderness and comes back with a new appreciation of his needs.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:33
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No matter where you go, the past goes with you

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 4
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Commentary about how some people have yet to adjust the idea of a man as a stay-at-home dad

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
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When my children ask what I want for Christmas, I give the the standard list: perfume, slippers and things like that. But I have a secret list.

Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
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An old bluegrass standard, "Who will sing for me?" brings back memories of a life on the road.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 04:59
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First person narrative about missing my dad.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KTNA, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 4