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Bill Smith: physicist turned soapmaker
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Call of the Wild
Caption: Tippy, Credit: Karen Oothoudt
Milt Lee talks with Bill Smith of Bemidji, physicist turned soapmaker of A.M. Soap Company.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 07:29
  • Purchases: 1
Blackberry Winter Funfest, Blackberry, MN
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Close to Home
Caption: Blackberry Winter Funfest 2016, Credit: Grant Frashier
Grant Frashier visits the Blackberry Winter Funfest in Blackberry, MN.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 08:24
GUEST: Bernie Krause (Great Animal Orchestra) + 3D AUDIO Insight Treks (chapter 2)
From: Don Hill
Series: Cafe Acousmatic
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:07
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Charlie Pulkabek on The Fine Line Cafe, and Performance from Bigtree Bonsai
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Bigtree Bonsai, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek
Charlie Pulkrabek talks about The Fine Line Cafe as a Minnesota music venue, and an impressive set by Minneapolis' Bigtree Bonsai opening up for Bl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Charlie Pulkrabek on The Brothers Burn Mountain
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: The Brothers Burn Mountain, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 4/11/14
For more than eight years now, The Brothers Burn Mountain have been working in and around northern Minnesota. Their performances seem singular, and...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Dave Ray, Bonnie Raitt, Nikki & the Ruemates, and more
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Dave "Snaker" Ray, Credit: Dan Corrigan
In this edition of Centerstage Minnesota, we hear music from, Dave Ray, Bonnie Raitt, Nikki & the Ruemates, Midwest Paul Cook, Galactic Cowboy Orch...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:45:57
  • Purchases: 2
Taking the fear out of Shakespeare
From: Pod Academy
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Andrie Morris talks to playwright and Shakespeare expert, Jennie Buckman and Jatinder Verma, Artistic Director of Tara Arts about working with Shak...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 16:14
A Moveable Race
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
Caption: Cartoon, "The Mascot", New Orleans, 27 July 1891. "Scenes and Incidents - A Lady Bicyclist Creates a Sensation on St. Charles Avenue".
Lacar Musgrove reads "A Moveable Race" about a 19th Century bicycle race on Thanksgiving Day in New Orleans.

Bought by Raven Radio, KTXK, Raven Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSFR and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 7
Olympics Medals for Music, Literature, and Art?
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A lot has changed for the Olympics over the last century, including the focus on an entire discipline.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Rise of the Roller Coaster
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Roller coasters are the workhorse of the modern theme park, but their rise to popularity has been long and strange.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
Captain Kangaroo's Box of Sound
From: Brett Barry
Caption: Photo of Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) reading as Hugh Brannum (Mr. Green Jeans) comes with a surprise cake to announce the fifth anniversary of the television program Captain Kangaroo., Credit: CBS Television
A box of sound effects from the Captain Kangaroo show opens the door to a bygone era of live television production. Interviews with key players on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Culturology: Erika Kooda explores the nuts and bolts of choosing the right senior song
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
During the school year Erika Kooda will be checking in with essays reflecting on her senior year experience. This is the third installment of that ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
Pop-Tarts
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The strange evolution of the iconic Pop-Tart.

Bought by WMMT and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 2
A Day in the Life of a New Jersey Bounty Hunter
From: Benedict Moran
Caption: Walter's Office, Credit: Benedict Moran
Pop culture has recently been inundated with Bounty Hunters -- from a recent Jennifer Aniston movie to Dog the Bounty Hunter, now in its 6th seaso...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2010
  • Length: 09:00
Show 2: Dylan and the Three Kings
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Bill King in Folk Mode
Radical Solitude in "Just Like a Woman" and a Radio Drama

Bought by Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 8
Tour de Coops
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Backyard chicken farmers give a guided tour of their coops.

Bought by WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2008
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 4
May Your Days
From: Julie Shapiro
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Ghana sounds like everything you might imagine, and some things you never could.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2008
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 2
The Day the Music Died
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
The Art of Chainsaw Carving: An Interview With Mark Watson
From: Daniel Zechmeister III
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The art and life of chainsaw carver Mark Watson.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Aug 01, 2007
  • Length: 26:50
  • Purchases: 1
KERA Commentary: Okamoto Polyphonic Spree
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A review of the new Polyphonic Spree CD, "The Fragile Army"

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stravinsky @ 1-2-5: Three Glances at the Composer's Mirror
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Three essays about different aspects of Stravinsky's life and work

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:25
  • Purchases: 1
#4: Toute Suite: Stravinsky, from the Ballet Theater to the Concert Hall
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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How -- and why -- Stravinsky revised theatrical pieces for the concert hall

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 13:53
New Music Review: Lucinda Williams' "West"
From: KUT
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music-rich review of Lucinda Williams' latest album "West", in stores 2/13/07

  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:51
RN Documentary: Rembrandt: Portraits of the Artist
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Rembrandt , as he has been seen and portrayed through the ages by admirers and critics, from his contemporaries to the present-day, in various coun...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KFAI Minneapolis, KREV-LP, and WYSO


  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 4