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The Many Lives of Michelangelo
From: Hold That Thought
Caption: Michelangelo's David
Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and poet - how can one man be so many things? And what did he keep in his basement?

Bought by KVSC and WABE


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 2
Recovering from Stroke
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Physical therapist Catherine Lang explains her research on ischemic conditioning and its exciting potential for helping patients recover from stroke.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:15
The New Anthropology of Love
From: Hold That Thought
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Cultural anthropologist Dredge Kang explains how political economics and other societal influences sometimes play as Cupid's arrows.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 15:57
Your Brain on Movies, Pt. 2
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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It's the sequel! Psychologist Jeff Zacks returns to explain how our eyes and brains make sense of continuous movie edits.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 11:39
  • Purchases: 3
Pilgrim Fathers: How the Thanksgiving We Know and Love was Manufactured
From: Hold That Thought
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Historian Mark Valeri examines the truths about the first Thanksgiving and the myths of American identity we have created around the event.

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:52
  • Purchases: 1
Creative Minnesota Report Finds Arts Industry in Minnesota to have $1.2 Billion Impact
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, it’s all about a great investment, the arts! Recently, Minnesota Citizens for t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 31:42
  • Purchases: 1
Anarchism and Dissent in Medieval Islam
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Religion & Politics
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Professor Hayrettin Yucesoy explores the turbulent political and religious climate of the medieval Islamic world.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
NASA Prelaunch Checklist w/music
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
Caption: NASA Control
Every system must get an immediate "GO!" response to the mission commander. (From 1990s)

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 1
A Century before Rosa Parks !
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: OCTOBER 2014
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Author Sam Roberts reads about a civil rights pioneer indeed, from his new book. Another example of our daily 100-second show -- great for top-of-t...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Keyboard College: How Technology is Revolutionizing Higher Education
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Gary Hotsfall, a student at Western Governor’s University Washington. WGU is a network of nonprofit online universities., Credit: Stephen Smith
Digital technologies are changing how many Americans go to college - from online courses to robo-tutors. Can these innovations make college cheaper...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, KZYX, KMXT, and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
StudioTalk No. 2: Music awareness by Love… from Love to Music... with Sarod player Ranajit Sengupta (Kolkata)
From: SABN - South Asian Broadcasting Network
Series: IMC - India meets Classic presents.... StudioTalks
Caption: ElJay A. on microphone , Credit: ElJay A. on microphone
The StudioTalk presents Ranajit Sengupta, a sarod maestro from Kolkata (India), film composer, lecturer for Indian Classical Music, working on rese...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
Earthquakes don't kill people — bad buildings do
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Hausler, Credit: Dowser.org
Engineer and brickmason Dr. Elizabeth Hausler saves lives by making houses more earthquake resistant for little or no extra money. It just requires...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 18:40
  • Purchases: 1
Midwest Road Trip (5 Part Series)
From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
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Changing Gears reporters spent a week on the road, traveling to places throughout the Midwest where local economies and town cultures revolve aroun...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 20:12
Behind the Truck Stop: The Story of Vado-Del Cerro
From: Kent Paterson
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A half-hour radio documentary that examines the history and culture of a New Mexico border town. The piece explores issues of inter-ethnic relation...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Swimming Upstream: A special one-hour documentary
From: Michigan Radio
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We think of the Great Lakes today as a great place to play on the beach, to swim, to go fishing. But those huge, beautiful lakes are changing. The ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
College Access Matters II
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: www.mmep.org
Did you know that according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, 16 of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the sta...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Christmas at the Large Hadron Collider
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Shutdown screen at Cern, Credit: Andy Duckworth
As the Large Hadron Collider goes into hibernation for the winter, producer Andy Duckworth visits the Atlas experiment at Cern, Geneva, to ask, wil...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Planning Problem
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: Artist rendering of the California High Speed Rail, Credit: CAHSRA
The Big Dig, the Bay Bridge, the Chunnel... Why do transportation projects go so spectacularly over budget? There's a simple explanation - this doc...

Bought by The Neighborhood and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 2
Christina Gold, President CEO and a rare Dutch bird
From: Anton Foek
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How a fragile woman of Dutch descent became one of the most powerful women in U.S. business.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 11:18
Alabama Alabama
From: Anton Foek
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One {....} of a captain. Kathy Broughton grew up in Birmingham Alabama but soon learned fishing from

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:10
  • Purchases: 1
From Moonshine to Armadillos: The Birth of the Austin Music Scene
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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Rare archival recordings of Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson highlight this documentary.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 1
Matthew Robinson PhD: Lies Damned Lies and Drug War Statistics- A Critical Look at Claims Made by the ONDCP
From: NORML Foundation
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matthew Robinson PhD presents the information in his book Lies Damned Lies and Drug War Statistics- A Critical Look at Claims Made by the ONDCP

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:03:14
The Changing Face of Amazonia, a love story.
From: Anton Foek
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The Amazon region is changing rapidly. Experience a different change.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 05:20
The Untold Story of West Coast Jazz
From: Reese Erlich
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A musical exploration of this lyrical and controversial style of jazz

Bought by KMUW, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WDUQ, WILL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 13
100 YEARS OF THE COMPUTER ART SCENE
From: ACiD Productions
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The story so far of the computer artscene.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 49:21