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This episode focuses on the making of Whit Stillman's third film, The Last Days of Disco, the conclusion in what is often referred to as his Doomed...
- Added: Feb 23, 2024
- Length: 54:00
Long ago, German immigrants brought their brewing traditions to the United States. More recently, brewers from the U.S. have begun bringing America...
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- Added: Aug 04, 2022
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 1
Growing up, Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller traveled the world with his family. On their trips, they always made time for a visit to the local zoo: in Ber...
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- Added: Feb 17, 2022
- Length: 28:06
- Purchases: 1
Despite the cliché of the unfunny German, there is a rich tradition of comedy in German culture. Soraya Nelson visits comedy clubs in Berlin and in...
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- Added: Feb 03, 2022
- Length: 27:41
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- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 02:00
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- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Howard complains about receiving "Your item has shipped" emails when it hasn't
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 03:26
Kate complains about her sister and other people who are not prepared to do the one thing they have to do when they get to the head of a line.
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 03:29
Inspired by a year of forced isolation, essayist Bilal Qureshi explores the history, landscape, and meaning of friendship across cultures. At the h...
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- Added: Apr 08, 2021
- Length: 28:47
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Every year, tourists from around the world flock to Southern Utah to take in the scenic landscape. Most travel by car, but some opt for a less trad...
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- Added: Jan 17, 2019
- Length: 14:54
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Edited by Alex Kime: Stephen E. and curator Austin R. discuss Stephen's practice and current exhibition.
- Added: Sep 08, 2018
- Length: 14:30
In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack presents Part 2 of the Untold Sto...
- Added: Jun 27, 2017
- Length: 29:58
On the day of their wedding, Paul Hammond and Laura Jackman reflect on their relationship — and make a commitment to each other.
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- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 05:33
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La la la, dum di di dum, a wop bop a loo bop a wop bom bom - what are all those non-words doing masquerading as words in songs? Hrishikesh Hirway f...
- Added: Oct 24, 2015
- Length: 13:44
The messiness of English is the price of its success. It is the most widely spoken language in the world, geographically, being an official languag...
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- Added: Sep 14, 2015
- Length: 28:03
- Purchases: 1
Jan sees every film that comes to Columbia, MO's arthouse cinema. Sometimes she'll see a film five or even ten times. Andrew Leland investigates wh...
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- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 04:34
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- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 10:21
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When one thinks of fashion forward countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo usually doesn't come to mind. But Les Sapeurs might make us feel dif...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 05:44
At some point or another we've all known a person that's really into shoes, but have you ever met a "sneakerhead"? Produced at Vocalo (90.7 FM Chic...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 05:18
Using the buzzwords "food desert" and "food insecure" might have positive and negative impacts on the places and people they describe.
- Added: Sep 01, 2013
- Length: 09:14
Edward Packard, the man behind the Choose Your Own Adventure books, talks about how he came up with the concept and what role adventure has played ...
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- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 12:56
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...
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- Added: Dec 02, 2012
- Length: 07:47
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In this toe-tapping news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack explores Dancing with Many Voices, a multi-discipline dance perfor...
- Added: Jan 14, 2012
- Length: 26:10
In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack explores the local economics of the arts. With the Downtown St. Cloud Art Cra...
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- Added: Jun 09, 2011
- Length: 29:24
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A personal essay about one producer's introduction to the Muses, an all female Mardi Gras Krewe from New Orleans (features ambient sound, interview...
- Added: May 10, 2011
- Length: 08:13
