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From defunct recording technology to vinyl’s comeback, we've been through a lot of media changes over the last 125 years. And we're still changing!...

Bought by KVNF, KGNU Community Radio, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 3
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Why is the cowboy, the most iconic of American settlers, so central to white masculine identity when Latinx vaqueros and Diasporic formerly enslave...

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 14:06
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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
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A beloved Old Monk is dying in India. Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for t...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Often imitated, but never duplicated, the "Jucy Lucy" is a Minneapolis food favorite. In this piece, learn the backstory and true mark of this icon...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
Caption: Mr. Jones on the course, Credit: Mason Sand
A collection of sounds and voices from William Devine Golf course, one of America's oldest public courses, located in inner-city Boston in the hear...

  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
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Sharon Chmielarz has had poems published in several literary magazines including The Laurel Review, The Iowa Review, Water~Stone, Kalliope, Ascent,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 23:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with this edition of Kaleidoscope. From Mose the Firefighter to terminology and Irish practices, here is a look at th...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 47:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...

Bought by KHEN-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:33:41
  • Purchases: 2
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For “Patterns in Music,” Mike Whorf presents this special program of music, poetry, and thought-provoking reflection.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, 'The Sea', KKWE Niijii Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:07:36
  • Purchases: 4
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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
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A look back at Cab Calloway with interviews and music.

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
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The story behind the word "bombast"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
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A commentary on today's dreadfully tacky Major League Baseball uniforms.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:33