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World Pieces host Jason Kladiva celebrates National Hot Dog Day with memories of dogs around the world and a few questions for Karen Maria about Ic...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 06:54
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Mackinac Island has hosted the world championships of stone-skipping for the past 50 years. The 2018 contest was one of excitement and laughter.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jul 06, 2018
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 1
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we talk to Kenny Broberg, silver medal winner at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. We talk to Kenny...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 12:50
Caption: Shore Leave is a place to meet old friends or meet new writers. R2D2 designed by the R2 Builders Club (left) Author Stephen Stephen Kozeniewski  (right), Credit: Andrew Hiller
Imagination… the final frontier. These are the adventures of the fan con Shore Leave whose thirty-nine year mission has been to bring together auth...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:41
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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
Caption: Ice fishing shanties sit on Lake Erie in 2011, Credit: Caroline Conrad
The town of Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie’s South Bass Island is a popular vacation spot in the summer. But once winter hits, the island’s population dr...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WBFO and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Saahil Arora in Alameda where he lives with his championship winning DOTA 2 team., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
Video games are now a spectator sports. And Dong Won, who’s 24, has made over $160,000 in prize money by playing in tournaments, sometimes for tens...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 10:02
Caption: Lydia Athanasopoulou, Eli Wald, and Grace Ambrose, Credit: COLIN PEDEN
I’m inside what looks like it could be a college library or a research institute. People sit quietly working at desks and tables, surrounded by she...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 10:05
Caption: Marc Mondavi demonstrates his divining rods.
The lack of rain has forced California farmers and wine makers to turn from the sky to the ground to find water. It’s down there, but you have to k...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KPIK-LP, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Our heroes prepare their decks for battle. Michelle Roberson, Mike Conn and Matt Wilcox., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
Suddenly the peace is broken. A mountain shoots out of the Earth and Planeswalker Mike Escalante begins amassing his army. A pack of goblins surf ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:49
Caption: Hoot Patooter's Myles Nye, Credit: Marlo McKenzie
Every year, over the course of a weekend, San Francisco’s Civic Center is transformed into a giant playground.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:59
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At Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, travelers are finding more than just moving sidewalks, shops and restaurants. KFAI's Allison Herrera...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: Greg Vaughan
Billboards, business logos, street signs, window lettering; If you drive down any Main Street you’re surrounded by signs. But how did they get ther...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:31
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Minneapolis-based collage artist Zach Collins loves to collaborate. During the past three years he's put together two books showcasing his team spi...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:23
Caption: RD Burman
R.D. Burman would have turned 75 last week and Bollywood threw a great birthday bash. Sandip Roy and Kronos Quartet violinist David Harrington rem...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: (L to R) Jeremy Quiroga, Lilah Katcher, Raymond Luczak (w/guide dog “Rocky”), Bex Freund, Rachel Mazique
The Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minnesota, welcomes temporary residents, but for the first time this year, they are offering a month exclusively f...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
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The little town of Adamstown, PA boasts that it is the Antiques Capital of the USA. It backs up the claim with seven miles of antique stores, thous...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Elliot Lavine, San Francisco, CA 5/8/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Programmer and Film Noir expert Elliot Lavine talks opaque experiences, waking dreams states, and why a film is always better sitting in the dark w...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 22:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Living a balanced life requires an early morning for KALW's executive news editor Ben Trefny. It takes getting up before 6am to prepare lunch, and ...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Debate over Boulder's zoning laws raises questions about housing co-ops

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:05
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Fredrik Bond on instinctive acting, fighting the dark side, and the pleasures of an underdog city.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
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The German “eiswein” tradition was created almost by accident. This sweet, powerful wine was discovered when winemakers tried to save grapes that f...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
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Each year, stroke affects approximately 120,000 women under the age of 45. For many young women, the idea of having a stroke at such a young age se...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Organic cranberries in Ocranics' facility have been sorted and labeled prior to being packaged for delivery., Credit: Marian Daniells
(Holiday themed) I trace cranberries back from my fork to the farm where they originated.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:46
Caption: Temple Grandin in her office of 21 years at Colorado State University, Credit: Grace Hood
Since the release of a biographical HBO film last year, Temple Grandin’s become even more of an unofficial spokesperson for autism.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 03:47