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Ready to Make a Difference? It's easy -- listen up
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Maybe you can't change world affairs, but there’s lots you can do to make things better right here in the USA, no matter where you live. Make a Di...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:45
What White House COVID Coordinator Ashish Jha Learned on the Job
From: Tradeoffs
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Ashish Jha shifted from the role of academic theorizing about health policy into a calm, reassuring voice leading the White House’s COVID response....

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 1
MN Native News: New Year, New COVID Clarity
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Workers at Native American Community Clinic, Minneapolis (pre-pandemic), Credit: Courtesy of NACC Healthcare
As we enter the new year 2022, we also enter the time of new COVID Variants and guidelines. Reporter Emma Needham caught up with Dr. Antony Stately...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, KVSC, WTIP, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 7
MN Native News: A New Kind of Pipeline
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Part of the Press Release for the Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Project , Credit: SAGE Development Authority & Native Sun Community Power Development
Electric vehicles are gaining traction on Minnesota’s roadways. This week on Minnesota Native News, reporter Emma Needham shares how a Native-led o...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, WDSE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
MN Native News: Up to the Bench and Back to the Land
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Hennepin County Judge-Designate Colette Routel, Credit: Mitchell Hamline School of Law
This week on Minnesota Native News, a new state judge brings a wealth of Indian Country expertise and a new partnership gives Native students a pla...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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More than half of all American adults have received a COVID-19 vaccine. But even though we’ve made great strides in our vaccination efforts, there ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:27
Megabus announces desire to replace Greyhound Canada
From: Ray Samuels
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Greyhound Canada closed down as a result of the pandemic. Megabus seeks to now take its place with a new route operating between Toronto and Ottaw...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 12:05
Grupo Mio: Tex-Mex Roots with a Minnesota Twist
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Grupo Mio performs at SPNN in St. Paul., Credit: Ryan Dawes
Tejano is a word that means “Texan” in Spanish. Tejano is also the name of a music genre fusing US American and Mexican musical traditions, plus a ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
College Students Turn to Religion to Help Heal During the Pandemic
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse University., Credit: @2021 Josh Meyers
Isolation from the lockdown alongside a semester without a Spring Break has put a lot of stress on SU students. However, Hendricks Chapel has offer...

  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:56
The Peril of Spring Snow in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Ojibwe people at a winter camp in South Harbor, Minnesota in 1875, Credit: MN Historical Society
This spring marks the 80th anniversary of the 1941 blizzard that killed dozens of people in Minnesota and North Dakota. The region has a reputation...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2
3 New Insights on Happiness - Episode 9
From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News
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Three surprising insights were discovered about living a happy life at the 2019 International Positive Psychology Association's 6th World Congress.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
Declutter for Greater Happiness - Episode 11
From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News
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Daisy presents a 2-part feature on Decluttering for more happiness. This first episode explores physical clutter's detriment to our overall well-be...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
Meditation for Everyone - Episode 6
From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News
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Find out how simple meditation practices can make you happier!

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
Happier Confident Kids - Episode 5
From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News
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Exploring solutions on kids struggling with low self-esteem.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:01
Invasion of the Bears: What's causing the growing black bear population in Massachusetts?
From: James Szkobel-Wolff
Caption: Black Bears in New Hampshire, Credit: Kilham Bear Center
Over the last 30 years, the black bear population in Massachusetts and New England has spiked. What's causing the jump? James Szkobel-Wolff looks i...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 06:13
After School Activities Prevents High Schools to change Start Time
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Image of Woodland Regional High School, Credit: Chris Lauck
Despite studies supporting the fact that high schools should start later, many students are involved in after school activities. Pushing back the s...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Country Nation
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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Country music has long been popular in the American South but is gaining popularity in the North, a place with more country roots than you may think.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 05:45
Country Nation
From: Ford Hatchett
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Country music has long been popular in the American South but is gaining popularity in the North, a place with more country roots than you may think.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 05:45
These immigrant parents fought to save their Redwood City school — and won
From: Lee Romney
Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel
The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
“Biggest Week” brings flock of birders to Ohio
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Birders on the Magee Marsh boardwalk, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
It’s a special time of year for migratory birds. Tired from their travels, they stop on the coast of western Lake Erie to rest and refuel. Nine ye...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WSKG, WCMU Michigan, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 5
Lake Erie's problems set to music in 'Voice of the Lake'
From: Great Lakes Today
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It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Disabilities no longer a barrier to Great Lakes' waters
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Julie Cataldo prepared to be lifted from her wheelchair into an accessible kayak on the Erie Canal., Credit: Veronica Volk
The Great Lakes region provides recreational opportunities all year – whether it’s hiking in the fall, ice fishing in the winter, or boating in the...

Bought by KSKA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Interlochen Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 7
Episode Three: "Stories Someone Told Me"
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize
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This episode's stories come from some of Alabama's Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists: Rick Bragg who wrote about the Susan Smith murders and the O...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 25:00
Episode 7: The Craft of Chocolate
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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What is craft chocolate? The short answer is: It’s complicated. This episode might not give you all the answers, but you will most definitely learn...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 24:00
Where Richard Becomes Bianca: Inside Miss Vera's Crossdressing Academy
From: George Bodarky
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Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls bills itself as the world’s first crossdressing academy. We spend time with its founder,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1