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Artifact or Artifice: The Kensington Runestone Hoax
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Reporter Matthew Schneeman poses in front of the runestone at the Kensington Runestone Museum, Credit: Mattew Scheeman
In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 25:48
Words Get in the Way (Shortcut version)
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That - Shortcuts
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When lyrics have no meaning, singing becomes pure emotion.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
TSR16-08 Blue Canvas Orchestra with Nattli Rize & Notis
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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The Blue Canvas Orchestra and special guests open up the show in the first half followed by Jamaican and Australian musical group Nattali Rize & Notis

Bought by KSRQ, KMXT, KALH, KSJE, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 12
TSR15-02 Rusted Root
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Having collaborated with one another for two decades, Rusted Root, has honed the perfect combination of musical intuition, freedom and virtuosity, ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KALH, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
Market Basket Brand Soap...Opera
From: Perry Persoff
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Audio essay bringing the current summer-long Market Basket situation back to the basics.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:34
Trapped in a Small Space
From: Blake Cooper
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From Archie Bunker to Murphy Brown, TV characters have been getting trapped in elevators, freezers and all other manner of small spaces for decades...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
The New Superstitions
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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A Guide for Those of Little Brain

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Millennials: Are we lazy, or just smart?
From: Lillian Mongeau
Caption: Mary Marmastone (featured in the piece) plays with her dog Titan on a beach near her home in Seattle., Credit: Lillian Mongeau
This fun piece launches from the ideas broached in the New York Times article, "What is it about 20-somethings?" I ask my friends, all at the tail-...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
Smells of Grinnell
From: Matthew Zmudka
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Kathryn Benson, Grinnell class of 2009, explores the smells of places and events that define her college experience.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
No Thanks for the Mammaries
From: Merle Kessler
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Proposal by PETA to replace cows' milk with mothers' milk makes Ian squirmy.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:07
Why Lawns?
From: Ed Herrmann
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Why do Americans spend billions of dollars and countless hours to maintain a "perfect" lawn?

Bought by PRX Remix and KZUM


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 2
Listening for Frogs
From: Ed Herrmann
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An ironic look at the efforts to survey frogs as a way to assess the health of rivers.

Bought by PRX Remix, KZYX, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3