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The Big Ponder #43: The Typewriter
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In search of inefficiency in an overly efficient digital world, Jakob Lewis entered the ‘typosphere,’ an online community of typewriter enthusiasts...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 27:43
  • Purchases: 1
Take It Or Leave It
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Matthew Squibb is an artist based in Sylvania, Ohio focused on spreading his passion for printmaking education. We talk about both of those things,...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #34: Sounds of Nature
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Tosca Terán creates soundscapes using fungi. In this immersive piece, Tosca takes listeners on a soundwalk, pausing periodically to interview other...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 25:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #29: Humor
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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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...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 27:41
  • Purchases: 1
No Place Like Home
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Dairies we talk to Jerry Gray, artist and the creator of Bozarts Fine Art and Music Gallery, as he returns to an ever ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
Playing Friday
From: Black Mountain Radio
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Sam Forbes is a writer, photographer, and actor. For many years, a significant part of her creative practice took place inside what she calls a hid...

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 12:28
The Big Ponder #3: Radio Wanderlust
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Bilal Qureshi explores the German-English idea of ‘Wanderlust’ through his personal audio archives and conversations with fellow travelers. Does th...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19"
From: Shirley Jahad
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We bring you stories of "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19." Each story crosses a line ... from before pandemic ... to after. The stories e...

Bought by Valley Public Radio, KCSB-FM, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 11
What We Don't Get About Violence: The Choreography of Its Aftermath
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I went to a performance "designed to raise awareness surrounding gun violence and its victims" the program said. The Colorado-based modern dance c...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Million Miles More: Garrison Keillor's Long Run
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: No more Prairie Home Companion ponies to ride, Credit: Susan Cook
I watched the next-to-last Prairie Home Companion live broadcast on my laptop since the show and the 1 and ½ hour encore were live streamed on You-...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:09
Birthday Invite
From: Philip Armand
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Philip Armand misses an opportunity to share cake with Sir Terence Conran because he has his head up his A@%.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:13
05 - Epic American
From: Peabody Essex Museum
Series: The PEMcast
Caption: The PEMcast, Credit: Chip Van Dyke
Examine the life of one of America’s most famous 20th century artists, who you may not have even heard of.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 16:24
Escapade: I
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: Circumference
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Tattoo artist Ron White goes through several generations to tell us how he got to where he is today. It's not what you're expecting. Part one of th...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 12:21
Space Craft
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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A cold-water, slap on the face, static-electric jolt reminder of just how powerfully spaces can affect the way we think and act.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Seeing in the Dark
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human, stories of people whose vision changed, first throwing them in the dark, then revealing something new.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and WKCC


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:24
  • Purchases: 3