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The Voice is a Thief
From: The Organist
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We explore the extremes of the human voice with essayist Elena Passarello, winner of New Orleans’ annual “Stella!” scream competition, in which par...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
Bill Schutt discusses "The Himalayan Codex"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Bill Schutt a vertebrate zoologist, college professor and author. Learn more about him at https://www.billschutt.com/.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 11:33
WorldCanvass: Resilience Over Trauma (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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On this WorldCanvass, we investigate adverse childhood experiences and the negative physical and mental health consequences children and adults wi...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 22:24
WorldCanvass: Resilience Over Trauma (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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On this WorldCanvass, we investigate adverse childhood experiences and the negative physical and mental health consequences children and adults wit...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 24:29
Claudia Rowe discusses "The Spider and the Fly"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Claudia’s writing has been published in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Women’s Day, the Huffington Post and The Stranger, among other magazines ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 13:03
Mary Wisniewski discusses "Algren: A Life"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Mary Wisniewski is a reporter at the Chicago Tribune and former Reuters investigative reporter covering Midwest crime and politics. Previously a co...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 08:29
Filmspotting 600 REBROADCAST (01/13/17): Top 5 Movies Future Historians Will Remember w/ Chuck Klosterman
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
Caption: Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'
Citizen Kane, Vertigo, The Godfather. 200 years from now, will anyone even remember these movies? Or are we currently overlooking the classics of t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WQCS, WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
WorldCanvass: Higher Education in the Age of Internationalization (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer interviews Howard Kerr, 2016 recipient of the University of Iowa International Impact Award, about his national and international c...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 23:55
The Band 40th Anniversary of "The Last Waltz:" All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
Caption: The 40th Anniversary of the Band's "The Last Waltz:" All Access
Robbie Robertson shares insights looking back from 40 years on at one of, if not THE best rock and roll concerts and films, The Last Waltz. Interv...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLP, Prairie Public, KSRQ, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 11
Vegan Thanksgiving made easy!
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Vegan Holiday Kitchen author Nava Atlas shares holiday cooking tips. Whether hosting a vegan Thanksgiving or bringing a dish as a guest, she has ti...

Bought by WMPG, 'The Sea', and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Filmspotting 610 (11/04/16): Barry Jenkins and Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Doctor Strange, Tower
From: WBEZ
Caption: Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Barry Jenkins' 'Moonlight'
Director Barry Jenkins and playwright Tarell McCraney grew up in the same neighborhood in 1980s-era Miami. "Moonlight," based on an autobiographica...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Bringing The Grid Into The 21st Century: Gretchen Bakke
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Gretchen Bakke discusses her terrific new book, The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future. It’s about how our outdated el...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:06
Filmspotting 609 (10/28/16): Top 5 Childhood Movie Scares (with guest Ti West), sacred cow review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'
The clown under the bed. The shadow on the other side of the shower curtain. The elevator filled with blood. Scary movies make an impression -- and...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WRIR, WNJR, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Filmspotting 608 (10/21/16): Kelly Reichardt inteview, Certain Women
From: WBEZ
Caption: Kristen Stewart in Kelly Reichardt's 'Certain Women'
For certain film lovers, a new Kelly Reichardt film is an event. Spare and deliberately paced movies like "Wendy and Lucy" and "Meek's Cutoff" are ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNJR, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Filmspotting 607 (10/14/16): Conversation with Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrrupters)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Documentary director and producer, Steve James
Back in June, IDA and Chicago's Kartemquin Films invited Adam to host a career-spanning conversation with documentary filmmaker Steve James ("Hoop ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, KCPW Salt Lake City, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
WorldCanvass: Fracking and the Iowa Divide (part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests join host Joan Kjaer to discuss the controversial method of energy production known as fracking and its impact on the environme...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 26:14
Taking Veganism Mainstream in the Media
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Grant Butler is a food writer for The Oregonian and OregonLive.com. He joins JL to talk about taking veganism mainstream in the media, what makes a...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
September 19, 2016
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Clarence Boone and Leila Randle hear about the newly launched Progressive Thought Matters organization from leader Robin Winston. The organization...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 58:19
Thomas O'Malley and Douglas Graham Purdy discuss "We Were Kings"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Thomas O'Malley and Douglas Graham Purdy are writers in the Boston area.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 16:52
On Police Force
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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One telling thing Sheriff Jim Kennedy says about the individual officers in the policing situation, “We laugh among ourselves, you can send some of...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:39
Vic Williams from Grand Rapids Sheriff's office and the growing heroin problem in northern Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Sheriff Vic Williams talks about the growing heroin problem in northern Minnesota.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 15:00
Episode #35: Music 101 - Life as a Career Musician
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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Every kid dreams of being a rock star, but what does the job actually take?

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Encountering New Technology (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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We live in an age of new technology, expecting any day to wake up to yet another jaw-dropping device or a discovery that simply changes everything ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2016
  • Length: 27:24
A New Take on an Old Story: “Juliet” by Danish author Anne Fortier
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anne’s debut novel is an imaginative contemporary view of Italy's iconic star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Her newest book, "The Lost Sisterho...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
How Not to Die
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Dr. Michael Greger, the physician behind NutritionFacts.org, wrote the book How Not to Die to translate mountains of scientific evidence to support...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:30

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