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In mainstream media and government narratives, youth are blamed for being careless during the pandemic. Tune in for a montage of youth voices who s...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 11:54
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In a Presidential primary that taxes our belief that the purpose of government is to benefit our lives, I remember legislation that Hillary Clinton...

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 03:14
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Riding on the train to the Democratic National Convention one year, I had the good fortune to talk with a former president of N.O.W. For young twen...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 05:03
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Arlo returns to Big Top to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the event that inspired his seminal song, ‘Alice’s Restaurant Massacree’. We’re pleas...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KMXT, WPCA-LP, KALH, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: kilimanjaro, Credit: LN Lurie
My experience of climbing the Roof of Africa!

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 22:22
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Blobs + Heartbreak is the third episode of the podcast Last Best Stories produced by Jule Banville. It features two stories: The first (9:06), "Cri...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 15:05
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A story that Zack didn't get to tell at the Moth, live in Chicago: The summer Zack was thirteen he got up the courage to talk to the girl across th...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
Caption: "...as close as you can to the truth, that wild horse that once you catch..., Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty-Second Moral Inquiry asks questions about what is right and wrong. Today's Sixty-Second Moral Inquiry asks: Why not mangle,`distort the i...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:11
Caption: Pina Maisano Grassi is a fabrics store owner and dedicated activist in the fight against the Mafia.  Her husband was murdered in 1991 for refusing to pay the Mafia’s extortion tax., Credit: Nancy Greenleese
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
Caption: "Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of the Community" by Brenda J. Child
Brenda J. Child's latest book "Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of the Community" examines the vital role women have playe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Artist: Barbra Streisand Song: Send in the Clowns

Bought by KZYX, KHNS, KCRW, The Story, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 6
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This song was written hoping that soon, no American grandchildren will have to die in Iraq. Here is my neighbor's review: "I laughed and cried at t...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2008
  • Length: 02:30