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Saving paradise: protecting Minnesota prairies
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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During the last 150 years, most of Minnesota’s native prairies have been destroyed—converted into farmland for crops like corn and soybeans. But a ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
Scraping the Sky: Art Deco Architecture in the Twin Cities
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: The outdoor observation deck on the Foshay Tower in Minneapolis, MN., Credit: Noel Clark
The skyline of the Twin Cities in the 1920’s and 30’s was an ever-changing sight. Buildings like the Foshay Tower, the Ramsey County Courthouse and...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 2
Rob Ford's Predecessors
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Many people are talking about Rob Ford's behavior, but history is full of colorful politicians who balance public appeal with crazy behavior. In ou...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 14:21
The Decline of Football, Data and Reality
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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In Part 3 of our series on the decline of football, we talk to experts, examine new studies and try to answer the question, will football survive, ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 37:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Decline of Football and Boxing
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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In Part 2, we look at the rise and fall of boxing in America. At one time boxing rivaled baseball as the country's most popular sport, but then it ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 21:14
  • Purchases: 1
Rock and Revolution
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Associate professor Patrick Burke reveals how musicians in the 1960s, including the rock band the Godz, resisted predetermined categories and simpl...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 14:00
National Parks Centennial: The Dispossessed of the Shenandoah
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Madison County, Credit: Charles McGuigan
More than 75 years ago Shenandoah National Park opened to the public for the first time. One of the most scenic routes in Virginia— Skyline Drive w...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 53:40
The Last Man on the Mountain
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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In the 1990s, Arch Coal began mining Pigeonroost Hollow. Now Jimmy Weekley is the last person left there.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, PRX Remix, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 13:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Live Feed Presents: "Enemy Alien" by Scott Dixon
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this special edition of "The Live Feed" we air a reading of the original play, "Enemy Alien" written by Scott Dixon of the Commonweal Theatre in...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:42:08
  • Purchases: 1
Doomed Island
From: peter stock
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The heart-wrenching true tale of a South Pacific island paradise that commits ecological suicide.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 23:02
  • Purchases: 2
These Buildings Have Feelings
From: Hannah Krakauer
Caption: Bellingham Granary, Credit: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
An in-depth exploration of the waterfront development in Bellingham, WA.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 27:46
Coming Home: the Return of the Alutiiq Masks
From: Native Voice One
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A one-hour radio documentary about the cultural resurgance taking place in Kodiak, Alaska.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, KSFR, WRIR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 23
Love on the Wing
From: Linda Jay Geldens
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Original unproduced 1944 romantic fantasy, with orchestral score

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2008
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Tastes of Yesterday
From: Ed Janus
Series: Milk on Our Boots: The Terroir of Dairyland
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Wisconsin's crossroads cheesemakers are returning to their roots

  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 09:18
Care of the Cow Brings Good Fortune
From: Ed Janus
Series: Milk on Our Boots: The Terroir of Dairyland
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A four-generation dairy farm family continues to care for cows

  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:28
A WWII Vet Remembers His German Friend
From: Andrew Witmer
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WWII veteran Ed Goshorn talks about befriending a young German pilot who had earlier tried to kill him.

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Georgia Market Bulletin
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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A chronicle of rural life in Georgia unfolds between the lines of a farmers' newspaper.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1