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Brian Dunning examines some interesting beliefs around food and whether or not they are supported by science.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Brian Dunning takes a look at some haunted houses and separates the historical facts from the ghost stories.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Brian Dunning separates fact from fiction as he examines the talking points made by the many people who hate electric cars.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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After two kids and more than ten years of marriage, Jenni and Sarah were lying in bed one night when Sarah shared she was a woman born in a man’s b...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:47
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In episode two, Jack and Susan share how they went from a reluctant first encounter to 30 years of marriage.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 16:18
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There are around 30 species of Porophyllum, the majority of which are found in Mexico and southward. Around me in the borderlands of Arizona Sonora...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:52
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A postcard about wildfire from the Sierra Nevada.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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: Refinery Healing Walk, Credit: Isabella Zizi
We’ll meet Making Contact Community Storytelling Fellow and environmental and indigenous leader Isabella Zizi. In this piece, Zizi talks about how ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2017
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 3
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For most of human history, healing has meant restoring a sense of wholeness to a person, a relationship, or a community. In this episode, we’re inv...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 1
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In today’s confessional culture, secrets are generally considered bad, but this episode explores what opportunities open up when someone keeps a se...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Gypsy jazz from Berlin, Germany along with Big Top Chautauqua's very own Blue Canvas Orchestra.

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


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
With the election season over, the next phase of elected politics has settled on our plates like a bowl of jello. How can you tell when the age-old...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Caption: An old clutch replaced might work better..., Credit: Susan Cook
In politics, arrogance can be hired, purchased or -in volunteer organizations- a gratuity that comes with volunteer labor.- or elected. In Maine ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In the 1950’s and 1960’s American citizens and the stalwart among them who were brave enough to run for political office had to learn to live with...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
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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 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
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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.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
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Up until she was a teenager, she lived in comfort. What she didn’t see coming was the moment when she lost everything. Find out why her world turne...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 3
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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: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
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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: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
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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


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:14