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Topic 1: Whitman's poetry sheds light on human connections and national identity; Topic 2: How we can use maps to view American history differently.

Bought by WLRH and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:45
  • Purchases: 2
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A surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness

  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 52:52
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Topic 1: An archaeologist makes the case that a cosmic air burst destroyed a major city near the Dead Sea. Could it have been Sodom? Topic 2: The s...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maud Hixson, Credit: Olivia Wilcox
Maud Hixson performs Songs of the 1920s this Saturday July 24 at Crooner’s in Minneapolis. Then on Sunday August 1, Maud is right back at Crooner’s...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Steve Kenny, Credit: Andrea Canter
What Would Monk Do? Interprets the work of the legendary Jazz composer Thelonious Monk, and plays original music reminiscent of Monk. In a conversa...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: 'The Middle King', Credit: Benozzo Gozzoli
This spoken word program is 5 minutes in length, and is one of the episodes of the 76 part series that explores the renaissance fables of Bernadino...

  • Added: May 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra, Credit: Steve Rouch
The Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra has been entertaining audiences for decades. The next chance to listen to the massed mandolins will be at Como Lak...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Tjärnblom, Credit: Ralph Tuttila
Tjarnblom plays with a nychelharpa, cello, mandolin and harmonium. It isn’t the usual lineup for a Nordic Band. But this is no ordinary Nordic band...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Tjärnblom, Credit: Ralph Tuttila
Tjarnblom plays with a nychelharpa, cello, mandolin and harmonium. It isn’t the usual lineup for a Nordic Band. But this is no ordinary Nordic band...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
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Journalist and director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit Rochelle Riley interviews author Marie Benedict.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
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After he died, John Glanton's photo negatives were forgotten. But then a relative unearthed those images from a trash bag in a garage. The result: ...

Bought by KBEM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hoaxer, Credit: Lee Tran
Hoaxer is a band made up of Edmund Catlin, Peter Goggin, Will Kjeer, Charlie Lincoln. The band formed when all the players were Twin Cities high sc...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: The 1918 influenza pandemic killed 50 million people., Credit: US Army
Scientists are learning from history’s most deadly pandemic.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, WMMT, WLPR , WTIP and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
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A new study shows that birds can learn from recordings in the wild.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, KRZA, WLPR , WTIP and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Do dogs understand our words?, Credit: Susanne Bard
How much human language does your dog really understand?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMXT, WMMT and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 10
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A listener wants to know if skunks are repelled by their own smell.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, WMMT, WTIP, KENW and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
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The most helpful toddlers show empathy when they’re infants.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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A giant insect gobbles up guppies – and other small animals.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, KENW, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Spring is arriving early to North American wildlife refuges because of climate change.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, KENW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: What sets a worker apart from a queen bee?, Credit: maggiedurch/Pixabay
The diet of baby bees activates genes that turn some into workers and others into queens.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
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An animal that grows up, reproduces and dies of old age in just a few weeks.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Researchers discover the genetic basis for elephants’ resistance to cancer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Zebra finches
Researchers have discovered that when songbirds dream, the vocal muscles they use for singing become active.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
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A nurse works to inspire others in the profession to try their hand at inventing.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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National Parks may harbor smog along with their forests and wildlife.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6