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Culturology: An essay from Robert Saxton about living in Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Robert Saxton
In the first of a series of essays, Robert Saxton reflects on perspective and some of the unique characteristics of living in northern Minnesota. I...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Neither Stranger, Friend nor Enemy
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anthony Garza has an appearance that seems to mirror everyone's expectation of him. Middle Easterners, Americans and Hispanics strangers enjoy pic...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
Judging graffiti: Art or vandalism?
From: KALW
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As you go from place to place in San Francisco – in neighborhoods like downtown and the Haight, and along Market Street – all around you'll see gra...

Bought by WDBM and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Louis Jenkins - "The Telephone "
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Robert Bly refers to Louis Jenkins, poet from Duluth, as the contemporary master of prose poetry. A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matte...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
Casting A Blind Eye, Silencing Unspoken Words
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The peculiar thing about the News is that very often events of senseless tragedy and despair are juxtaposed with News of hope and compassion. Some...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:17
Heaven and Earth
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Thoughts on Baseball, Art and Other Altered States

  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:13
Generous Mountain
From: Will Rogers
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The producer wrestles with inequality-related discomforts while he climbs Mt Kilimanjaro.

Bought by Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 1
Who was Guinea Pig B
From: Euan McAleece
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An exploration into the life and legacy of Richard Buckminster Fuller

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds Familiar #3: The Loudness War
From: Blake Cooper
Series: Sounds Familiar
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Why is music getting louder? And why is it bad? Is it bad?

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 13:06
Trapped in a Small Space
From: Blake Cooper
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From Archie Bunker to Murphy Brown, TV characters have been getting trapped in elevators, freezers and all other manner of small spaces for decades...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 2
"A View From the Lake" by Beryl Singleton Bissell
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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This collection of short stories captures the beauty, triumph and challenge of making the leap of moving from the city to a small town on the North...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 1
Last Train from Bedford Falls
From: Sean Dillman
Caption: Seneca Falls welcomes Karolyn Grimes, who played Zsu Zsu Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life"
A small town may be losing part of it's unique holiday tradition: New, "radio-friendly" 3-minute version!

  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:20
150th Anniversary Episode: The Sea Connects All Things
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week marks the 150th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
Empire of Corn: From Cornucopia to Corporate Commodity
From: A World of Possibilities
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Corn: that most American of grains. These days corn is feed, fuel and ubiquitous sweetener, the biggest of business and some say the core of an ind...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 4
What You Don't Know About Thanksgiving
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Pilgrims, Credit: turtlemom4bacon
Just who were the Pilgrims and what did they want?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 46:15
  • Purchases: 2
Krystal Goes Home
From: greg keener
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Radio 101 student Krystal Dean describes coming home to live with her family after spending seven years in a children's home.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:36
Denita's Dad
From: greg keener
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Radio 101 student Denita Wade remembers her father, a man she did not know very well.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:19
Exiting
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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How does death shape our behavior? Why do we grieve? How do we cope? What do we fear? and how can we accept our own exiting? Experts share their th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 42:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Twin Paradox
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Step into the weird world of relativity as we walk through the Twin Paradox with help from some great physics teachers.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 2
Remembering Barbara Jean by Patrick Presby of Blunt Youth Radio
From: YouthCast
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Pat remembers his step-mother, Barbara Jean, from the first time they met, to the last time he saw her. Though the 11 years in between were sometim...

Bought by WGXC and KUT


  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 2
Guido on The Shutdown
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The State of Minnesota is supposedly shutting down at least partially by July 1st. Does that affect you in any way? Do you work for the state? Ar...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Economy of the Arts
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack explores the local economics of the arts. With the Downtown St. Cloud Art Cra...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 018
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
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Hank Godwin, Chuck Butkus, and Daniel Koehler share about childhood mistakes. Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience at Starving A...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
To The Fallen: Memorial Day - Part 1
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Memorial Day Poster, Credit: Beverly & Pack
Part one of a two-hour remembrance for Memorial Day... Since the ending of the Civil War in 1865, America has lost over 700,000 soldiers. For Memor...

Bought by KTXK


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 44:32
  • Purchases: 1
A Cold Freezin Night (Inverse Winter)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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In Tucson, Arizona, summer is like winter in Canada.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1

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