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One Long Night: Andrea Pitzer on the Global History of Concentration Camps
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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"Honorable people can do terrible things" says Andrea Pitzer in her book "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps." We talk to Andr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Accordo Plays String Ensemble Music with Passion and Virtuosity
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Accordo is a chamber music string ensemble composed of present and former members of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. Members...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Accordo Plays at Two Venues Next Week in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Accordo is a chamber music string ensemble composed of present and former members of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. Catch A...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
The POINT LESS Podcast with Ola Onabule — I Knew Your Father
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: POINT LESS podcast with Ola Onabule
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A follow up to; ‘It’s The Peace That Deafens’ Ola Onabulé’s new album, Point Less boldly expresses views on social injustice. Violence, immigration...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Bryce Andrews - 392
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Bryce Andrews discusses his environmental nonfiction, Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear. He also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Author James Petrillo "Ashyer"
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we enter a fantasy realm of magic, swords and dragons with Minnesota author James Petrillo. Petrillo’s most recent nove...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 44:44
The Write Question - Joe Wilkins - 420
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet and memoirist, Joe Wilkins, discusses his debut novel, "Fall Back Down When I Die."

Bought by KTOO, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Rob Carney - 377
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Rob Carney discusses his collection, The Book of Sharks. He also recites several poems from memory.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Courtney Burton at the Center of a Concert and Media Production Saturday Night in New Hope
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Courtney Burton, Credit: Tera Girardin
Courtney Burton’ Court’s In Session hosts a big event coming to A440 studios in New Hope next Saturday night. It’s not only a concert but a video a...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
The Write Question - Pete Fromm - 414
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Pete Fromm discusses his novel, "A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do." He also reads a short selection from the book.

Bought by KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Hula Peppers’ Zany Blend of Old Music Styles is Like a Breath of Fresh Air
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Hula Peppers, Credit: Elizabeth Rowan
The Hula Peppers plays an original blend of music styles from a mix of traditions predating 1939. Gary Powell is an original Hula Pepper, and he to...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
The Hula Peppers’ Zany Blend of Old Music Styles Comes to the Schooner in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Hula Peppers, Credit: Elizabeth Rowan
The Hula Peppers plays music from a mix of traditions, and all of it predates 1939. Catch the group at the Schooner Tavern in south Minneapolis, We...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 07:59
Sean Prentiss — "Finding Abbey" — and the way back home (Part two)
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes presents part 2 of his conversation with author and educator Sean Prentiss.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rick Bass, author of "The Traveling Feast"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Rick Bass about his book "The Traveling Feast: On the Road and at the Table with My Heroes"

  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
Heidi Magnus — Saving the world one sandwich at a time
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness host Alan Wartes spoke with co-owner of the Firebrand Delicatessen in Gunnison, CO.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
DTSTET Plays a Varied Program of Original Jazz this Wednesday at Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Patrick Adkins, Credit: Andrea Canter
Jon Morgan curates Wednesday nights at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis. It is a night when local jazz players try out musical ideas and experim...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
The Common Ground Company’s New Bluegrass
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: The Common Ground Company, Credit: Tim McG Photography
The Minneapolis-based Common Ground Company is part of the new wave of bluegrass bands. In this report, Phil Nusbaum talks with Jorgan Wadkins and ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
The Common Ground Company’s New Bluegrass at the 331 Club in Minneapolis Every January Tuesday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: The Common Ground Company, Credit: Tim McG Photography
The Minneapolis-based Common Ground Company is part of the new wave of bluegrass bands. And you can catch them this Tuesday, and every Tuesday in J...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Sophia Shorai, Interpreter of Great Songs
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Sophia Shorai, Credit: Bernadette Pollard
Jazz singer Sophia Shorai is a great song interpreter, who enjoys singing in front of small instrumental groups. When Sophia got together with Int...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Sophia Shorai Rings in the New Year at the Lexington in Saint Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Sophia Shorai, Credit: Bernadett Pollard
Jazz singer Sophia Shorai sings this New Year’s Eve in the Williamsburg Room of the Lexington Restaurant in Saint Paul. Sophia is fronting bassist ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Tom Fleischner — The natural history of wellness and oneness
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes speaks with ecologist and author Dr. Tom Fleischner.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
SunBridge, Meet Steve
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We're headed back to Sunbridge school on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries! Last time we took a tour of the school and you met some of the ki...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:07
RDD: Food and Culture
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on the RDD, we meet Lucy M. Long, Phd, is Director and founder of the Center for Food and Culture, an independent non-profit that promotes de...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Shobha Rao - 355
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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In the midst of our nation's immigration crisis, Shobha Rao discusses her novel, "Girls Burn Brighter." She also reads two short passages.

Bought by KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Anti-Intellectualism
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Conspiracy theories, propaganda, social media, and the denial of scientific theory are all playing a role in the rise of anti-intellectualism in th...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 26:14