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The Ranger's Life
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smok...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Connie's Kitchen
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Women in the Austin Music Scene
Caption: Participants Elizabeth Maldonado and Ezra McPherson in Connie's Kitchen, Credit: Danea Johnson, Texas Folklife
Musician Connie Jo Kirk uses food to share her legacy and love. This story was produced by Elizabeth Maldonado, Taylor Prewitt, and Ezra McPherson,...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
Never Bring a Sledgehammer to a Scalpel Fight
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Biocontrol feels like the pinnacle of human arrogance. We’re trying to play God, taking a delicately balanced ecosystem and stomping all over it w...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
Hungarian Blues
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
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Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WABE, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 5
The Mikie Show #65, Paul
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s the sixty-fifth time we’ve gotten together for a half-hour of top-notch entertainment! Need we say more? Okay, if you insist. This episode we ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
The Mikie Show #44, Gordon
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with percussionist extraordinaire, Gordon Gottlieb. He is a world class multi-instrumentalist, and can play literally hundred...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #39, Whit
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty-nine! Just had to say it, hope you don’t mind. We speak with Whit Patten, a man who grew up on a farm in the country (he had to boar...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #37, Abe
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with fabulous violinist Abe Appleman. Besides a love of chamber music, his main gig is playing with the first fiddles in the Or...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #35, Ned
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with newsman/publisher Ned Creighton. He drinks a lot but that’s okay, he’s in the news business. Nah, I’m kidding. He is a gre...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #33, Martin
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with independent filmmaker Martin Holt. Over forty-six years of collecting life's experience on film, he has filmed ceramic art...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Best Craigslist Ad Ever?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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A humorous reading of a looking-for-work ad posted by a copywriter on Craigslist in Atlanta.

Bought by WABE and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
He's A Fake Nowhere Man
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Interview and commentary with Mark Benson, who's been playing John Lennon in the Beatles tribute band 1964 for nearly three decades.

Bought by KEOS and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #24, Patty
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We speak with Patty Katchur, owner of Yikes Toys in Tucson, Arizona. It's the most fun toy store I’ve ever been to. Seems she was looking for chang...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #22, Kenny
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Hooray episode twenty-two has arrived at your computation machine’s receiving area! I think it’s a good show, I hope you like it. We speak with stu...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show # 21, Bob
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a discussion of a stage actor’s life with Bob Bowles. He started in the early days of TV but couldn’t shake his (or his wife’s) love of...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Detention in the City of Destiny
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: GEO Guard at the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma., Credit: Alex Stonehill
In 2004 a new detention center opened on the tideflats below downtown Tacoma. Owned and operated by a private corporation, it houses up to a thousa...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
Living in Limbo
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, XRAY.fm, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 6
Washington on the Front Lines
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Agent Michael Bermudez, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent and Public Affairs Officer, US Customs and Border Patrol., Credit: Eroyn Franklin
This story takes us to Washington state's border with Canada, where the Border Patrol arrests hundreds of people each year. Producer Jessica Partno...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
The Mikie Show #17, June
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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I like craft. Artisans. People who actually make things with their hands. If you do, too, then this show is for you. We speak with June Rettig, mas...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #14, Stephanie
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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And so we begin our second season with episode fourteen. We take a trip to The Golden Goose Thrift Shop. Trust me, you’ve never been in a thrift st...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show # 12, John Brady
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Show twelve features an interview with commercial airline pilot (now retired) John Brady. He started his career in an open cockpit biplane and reti...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #10, Scott
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
Caption: Scott Litt at The Power Station in New York, 1980's
Yippee, our tenth anniversary! Well, really just our tenth show, but still, nice to be here. We interview Alternative Rock producer Scott Litt. One...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 04, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #9 Joseph
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We interview Joseph Benevidez. He does something I’ve always dreamed about doing but you’ll have to listen to find out, it’s better that way. Plus,...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Roosters vs. Developers
From: Adam Allington
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A Rooster becomes an anti-development icon in northern Michigan

  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:05