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The Golden Fortress
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sonar Kella aka The Golden Fortress, Credit: Sandip Roy
Many towns and cities are indelibly tied up with certain books and films. But few changed the fortunes of a town like a 1974 Bengali film named Son...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Comedy One Nighters
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes, Credit: Comedian Jan McInnis
Entertainers do these routinely, and a one-nighter sounds sexy, but it’s not what you think. See what we mean by one-nighter. You might want to che...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2019
  • Length: 04:15
133: What Not to Admit in Your Class Journal
From: The Mortified Podcast
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What were you willing to share in your class-assigned journal?  What's too much to share with your authority figures?  Hear tales of teenagers who ...

  • Added: May 13, 2018
  • Length: 29:34
The Untold Story of the University Program Board's Fall 2017 Open Mic
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this mostly musical piece, we settle down into the audience of nearly 200 supportive students and staff at the University Program Board's Fall 2...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:16
Baluji Shrivastav has an Inner Vision
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Baluji Shrivastav, Credit: Sandip Roy
In India in the 1960s there were few options for a blind child. Blind people often begged in trains and railway platforms singing hymns. But Baluji...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Ghosts of Hester Park Tell Their Stories of Murder, Tornadoes, and Immigration
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Have you ever wondered how Lake George got its name? Or who predicted the tornado of April 1886? Or even why this area hosts so many German Catholi...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:47
Police Log Summer 2015
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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Some calls in to the police in central Vermont this summer. There were odors. A machete was seen.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
TSR15-25 Natalie MacMaster
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Cape Breton fiddler extraordinaire.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KALH, WRNC-LP, KSRQ, KMSU and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Movies - "Oh, the Wonderment of Technology."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Community Theater - "Hey Kids, Let's Put On A Show."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda - Getting Hooked On "Downtown Abbey"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: An essay from Erika Kooda previewing some TV and movies that might keep you cozy this winter
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
The Last Word on Superstitions
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg on superstitions.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
I left my clown nose in San Francisco
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If you’ve spent any time in the Bay Area, there’s a good chance you’ve met some circus performers: clowns, jugglers, fire dancers, aerialists, hula...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Marshall on The Shutdown
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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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...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:55
I Remember Radio #7: Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Jack Benny, Flamingo, 1958, Credit: Dan Perry
Great names and great memories—Thanksgiving with Stan Freberg, Jack Benny, and Eve Arden.

Bought by KMXT, KRCB 104.9, KMXT, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 45:13
  • Purchases: 4
The Last Word on Road Trips
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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There's a world of difference between just driving somewhere and heading off on a road trip in that direction.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:36
Commentator Aaron Brown on Road Trips
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The name's Corolla. I'm just a two-bit, four door sedan, living with a foreign label in a Minnesota union town.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
The Last Word on Lawns
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Michael Goldberg's thoughts on lawn care.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 3 Hour 3
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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With help from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, KVSC has sent Wayne Bergerson, host of Frets on Saturday mornings, and long-time KVSC d...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:18:15
Virtual Goods Real People
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Virtual Goods (via Viximo.com homepage), Credit: Viximo.com
Why are real people paying real money for products that don’t exist? And can this monetize networking sites? Jim Cosco gets to the bottom of it wit...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Millions of Fans Deserted
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Turner Broadcasting System has shamelessly abandoned the millions of baseball fans nationwide who for 30 years had watched TBS' almost daily br...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
The Plows
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A reflection on the first snow of the winter.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
BP
From: David Berner
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Taking blood pressure measurements becomes a family tradition in mortality.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Sep 02, 2007
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
2006: A Look Back
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ian Shoales tackles a potpourri of foolishness from 2006.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 02:39