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Man with the Red Umbrella

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Two-hundred years ago, an Italian aristocrat traveled to the Northwoods of present-day Minnesota in an attempt to make a name for himself. He wante...

Artifact or Artifice: The Kensington Runestone Hoax

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast

Caption: Reporter Matthew Schneeman poses in front of the runestone at the Kensington Runestone Museum, Credit: Mattew Scheeman

In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...

Mountain Time Podcast Hour 1

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour

Modern West-Part 1 of 12 in our Ghost Towning Series and HumaNature... close encounters of the wild kind.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)

The Big Ponder #15: Record Booth

From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast

By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. C...

Bought by HowSound and KICI Iowa City

The Big Pond #11: Germans on Harleys

From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast

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...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

RDD: Happy Birthday FM91!

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

It's FM91's 40th birthday! WGTE FM in Toledo began broadcasting May 2, 1976 and for four decades has continued to deliver the highest quality arts,...

Einstein's Mistakes

From: Philip Armand

Philip Armand tries to figure out the correlation between commitment and risk-taking and discovers Einstein's mistakes, and what they mean for his ...

Allen Ginsberg

From: Facts About Fiction

One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."

Hunter S. Thompson

From: Facts About Fiction

Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946

Staying Alive: The Art and Science of Living to 100

From: Karen Brown

An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.

Allusionist 10: Election Lexicon

From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist

On the eve of the 2015 General Election in the UK, take a jaunt through the etymology of election-related words.

Bought by PRX Remix

Allusionist 9: The Space Between

From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist

Forget words for a moment; look at the spaces between the words.

Bought by PRX Remix

Allusionist 7: Mountweazel

From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist

You'd think you could trust dictionaries, but it turns out, they are riddled with LIES.

Bought by PRX Remix

On the same wavelength

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WORT, and GraceRadio

Cut the cheese

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and GraceRadio

The Parcel

From: Daniel Wanschura

A family living in Idaho during the early 20th Century test the limits of the Postal Service, when they send a very special parcel through the Post.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio

Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Our Woods - "Associating Safety Only With the Avoidance of Mortal Danger Is Limiting."

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories

Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ

Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Technology We Miss: "VHS Versus Beta, the Results Are Almost In."

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories

Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ

Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Foot-In-Mouth Situations - "More Or Less Human Than A Human.""

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories

Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Anticipation - "Thousands of Years. Literal Bloodletting, to Figurative, Economic Bloodletting, to Sunscreen."

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories

Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ

Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Westerns - "Bang! Bang! You've Been Run Through, Brought Low."

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories

Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Whatever Happened To Peshtigo Court?

From: Gail Isaacson
Series: Radio Essays

The story of how the River East area of Chicago has changed from the land of greasy spoons and parking lots, into one of the most fashionable areas...