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Kassie Hilgert turns a rust belt graveyard into an arts center.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: SteelStacks, Credit: Jonathan Davies
Reclaiming the abandoned Bethlehem Steel Plant for the arts gives a region new life

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Vance Gellert's Sleeping Giant: The Iron Range of Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Vance Gellert's Sleeping Giant: The Iron Range of Minnesota
When Vance Gellert decided to photograph the Iron Range, people asked him why. In his traveling show Sleeping Giant: The Iron Range of Minnesota, V...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 13:30
Annie Humphrey Talks Singing, Songwriting, and Bemidji First Fridays
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Annie Humphrey was born in Northern Minnesota on the Leech Lake Reservation. She grew up making Northern Minnesota a more musical place. Annie is a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 18:33
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainable Fashion Designer Keila McCracken Dreams of Fibersheds
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Keila McCracken at the Hattersley Loom
Keila McCracken says that clothing can tell people who we are, what we like, and even where we're from. And she should know. She's a sustainable fa...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WDBM


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 13:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Slow One
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: William Powers
As we approach Labor Day, now seems like a good time to think not only about the value of our labor, but about the value of the time we spend not w...

Bought by KVSC and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
Sunny's Back Yard: Nature's jewel tones
From: WTIP
Series: Sunny's Back Yard
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Nature has its own array of "jewel tones" - whether colors, smells or sounds. In this edition of Sunny's Back Yard, we are reminded that jewel tone...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 04:32
Sculptor Zoran Mojisilov
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Larger-than-life Serbian sculptor Zoran Mojisilov creates work from the most primal of elements: rocks, wood scraps and steel he hauls to his North...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:22
Fresh Talk: Andrea Bowers
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Andrea Bowers, Credit: Courtesy the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Projects
This episode features Los Angeles-based artist activist Andrea Bowers, whose vivid work is featured in two North American biennials this year.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 17:58
The Underwater Museum
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Jason deCaires Taylor
A one-of-a-kind blend of art, nature, and conservaton, Jason deCaires Taylor provides a dazzling photographic tour through his under ocean sculptur...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 12:07
A Jealous Kind of Love (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When it comes to love, jealousy is sometimes thought of as “natural” or even desirable. But a recent survey suggests that women who see jealousy as...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Jen Masengarb from the Chicago Architecture Foundation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jen Masengarb, Credit: courtesy of the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Jen Masengarb explains Chicago's rich architectural legacy and CAF’s role in bringing it public awareness.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #85- A Noble Effort (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The man behind the background.

Bought by KPIK-LP, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #83- Heyoon (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Bored and disaffected and angry, Alex longed for a place to escape to. And then he found Heyoon.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #74- Hand Painted Signs
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The last practitioners of disappearing art form that's poised to make a comeback

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 20
99% Invisible #89- Bubble Houses
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Buildings of the future, once.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, WJCT, WNIJ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:48
  • Purchases: 6
99% Invisible #87- I Heart NY, TM
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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By now, the story is well known. A man sits in the backseat of a cab, sketching on a notepad as night falls over a crumbling city.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 19:44
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #85- Noble Effort
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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The man behind the most famous desert landscapes of all time.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, and WJCT


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 16:46
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #82- The Man of Tomorrow
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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A giant leap for radio. Flight for TV.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WJCT, KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 11:14
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 6: "On the Banality of Pest Control"
From: WFHB
Series: The Custom House
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We explore both the lyrical and ethical heart of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring as we ask what are the ecological and moral effects of the banal and...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:05
Rainbows on Demand
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Spotting a rainbow requires a bit of luck—you know, being in the right place at the right time. But not if you make them yourself. For over two wee...

Bought by WCNY and WVTF


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 2
Strange and Rare Birds: Ralph Steadman & Ceri Levy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ralph Steadman
Confronted with the topic of extinct birds, filmmaker and author Ceri Levy took an unorthodox route to raising awareness. He enlisted the irreveren...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:50
Fresh Talk: Roswell Artists in Residence Program
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Roswell Artists in Residence participants, Spring 2012
Traveling to Roswell, NM, Cathy Byrd meets artists Sarah Bostwick, Jon-Paul Villegas, Brian Kluge, Corwin Levi (aka RadioSebastian), and Siobhan Mc...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 13:25
Riddles from the Border Regions, 07/21/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHILE OTHERS SLEEP...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #47- US Postal Service Stamps (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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They are NOT tiny paintings.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #28- Movie Title Sequences (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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There's more to the Art of the Title than meets the eye.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 13