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Former Sideman Cap’n Al Steps Out with Bold New Project

From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles

He goes by Cap’n Al, and he’s been playing the bass around the Twin Towns for decades. But suddenly, Cap’n Al has a new role: bandleader. He’s got ...

Keter Betts: In his own words

From: David Schulman

An unsung hero of the jazz bass describes how he learned to tailor his sound to singers like Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald. Includes Betts's...

Bought by KGLT, KNAU, and WETA

David Byrne: In his own words ... on 'Grown Backwards'

From: David Schulman

Opera singer -- qu'est-ce que c'est?

Bought by Public Interactive, KMHD, WNCW, and KNAU

Therapy for a Therapist

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

If you're a good listener, you'll probably be a damn good therapist

Bought by PRX Remix

My Priest Who Had Wild High School Friends

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: I Sat Down With...

Maria Begger talked with the Rev. Rich Perry, a Jesuit priest. When Perry was going to high school at Gonzaga Prep, he hung out with a couple of gu...

Twin Cities Jazz Workshop Features Middle and High School Jazz Players at the Icehouse, Sunday November 10

From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend

Caption: Charlie Lincoln, Credit: Andrea Canter

Jazz pros Doug Little and Charlie Lincoln lead a group of middle and high school jazz musicians known as the Twin Cities Jazz Workshop. The group p...

Masterpiece in the Mire

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Each day starts off at ground zero. Based on my motivation, it'll either be mundane or it'll be a masterpiece.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and PRX Remix

Prescription for Integrity

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

They've tried us all different kids of ways, but they know that we are strictly professional.

Bought by PRX Remix

The Mexican Chefs at Zorba's Greek Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

It's hard to come here as an immigrant. You leave everything behind.

Bought by PRX Remix

Ben Cook-Feltz Knows How to Perform and Record, and Have Fun Doing It

From: KBEM

Caption: Ben Cook-Feltz, Credit: Bob Suh

Ben Cook-Feltz is an experienced songwriter, singer and bandleader. He’s released five recording projects. As far as a formula for success, Ben doe...

Linda & Dean Tonto Cox

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

"We never had tepees. We had houses, just like everybody else did."

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Maureen

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Sparx is a rat terrier Chihuahua, and he doesn’t let people get too close to me, I think for fear that they’re going to hurt me. He’s a good boy.

Bought by PRX Remix

A health insurance executive has a crisis of conscience

From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings

What happens when the executive spin doctor for one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country confronts the consequences of his spin...

Bought by XRAY.fm

A fundamentalist Christian transforms his views on abortion

From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings

Chris Ladd was raised as a fundamentalist Christian in East Texas, believing he possessed the secret to how everything in the universe worked. A br...

An unlikely friendship transforms the gun debate

From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings

In the mid-90’s, Dr. Mark Rosenberg was leading gun violence research at the CDC. Republican Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey, the NRA’s so-called '...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and XRAY.fm

StoryCorps: Max Voelz and Mary Dague

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Retired Army Sgt 1st Class Max Voelz first recorded in 2011 to remember his wife...

Bought by WEZU

StoryCorps: Storm Reyes and Jeremy Hagquist

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Storm Reyes tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, about growing up in migrant farm worker camps during the early 1960s.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, WTJU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

if music be the love of food?

From: PhilipDavid Ellwand

Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

31: Not in the Kitchen Anymore

From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds

When does trash talk in online gaming cross a line?

Purple Lunch Project

From: Laura Markowitz

Caption: Kimi Eisele and Earl Mendenhall III , Credit: Laura Markowitz

Tucson’s Purple Lunch Project creates civil discourse between Democrats and Republicans during a divisive election season.

Bought by PRX Remix

The Guardian's Science Weekly: David Eagleman and 50 years in space

From: [redacted] [redacted]

Caption: David Eagleman, Credit: eagleman.com

David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...

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A Horse Named "Buckwheat"

From: Rogi Riverstone

What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...