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Episode 3: Pedaling and Paddling
From: Willow Belden
Series: Out There
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What happens when the person you love doesn't love what you do?

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
Folktale of Lullabies
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Lullabies, Credit: Julia Meek
Sweet dreams are everyone's nocturnal ambition, and on this week's Folktale, we're traveling the world of golden slumbers to get you in the mood!

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Great Expectations
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Making the transition from teenager to independent adult is hard enough… but without family support, it’s especially tricky. Lilia Fuquen reports ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Home Free Adventures / Life-long Learning / Techies! / Cyber Seniors! / There's an App for That!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Lynn Martin/unconventional retirement Segment 2: Kartcher Pauley/Maddy Gamble/Semester at Sea Segment 3: Annette Rapoport/Cyber-Senior...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
TIGER ORANGE -- Frankie Valenti Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Frankie Valenti as Todd in TIGER ORANGE
Frankie Valenti talks staying creative, learning to be unlikable, and being very tidy.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 11:25
The Chief Chicken
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: Pathways to Sustainability
Caption: the chief chicken, Credit: shana weber
Young Elliot, a 7 year old from Hopewell NJ, shares with us what it means to be the Chief Chicken of his little backyard flock.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 03:56
Prelude to Summer
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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In this Prelude to Summer we end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and looking up at the ...

  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 25:20
B.B.'s Blues: A B.B. King Appreciation (Two Hour Version w/ optional newscast friendly cut)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: B.B. King
A music intensive two-hour program of B.B. King performances that celebrate his long-standing role as the unassailable "King of The Blues." Paul I...

Bought by WHRV, KUNM, Spokane Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, KWIT and more


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:42
  • Purchases: 16
B.B.'s Blues: A B.B. King Appreciation (One Hour Version w/ Newscast Friendly Cut)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: B.B. King
A music intensive one-hour program of B.B. King performances that celebrates his long-standing role as the unassailable "King of The Blues." Award...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, WCPN, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WNMU-FM, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 24
NEA Jazz Moments with Jazz Advocate and Presenter, Joe Segal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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2015 NEA Jazz Master Joe Segal lives and breathes for jazz and it shows. For nearly 70 years, he's been presenting incredible musicians, many of wh...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 13
THE WRECKING CREW -- Denny Tedesco Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Denny Tedesco, San Francisco, CA 6/22/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Denny Tedesco talks famous riffs, untold stories, and making his mother cry.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2015
  • Length: 26:40
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION -- Seymour Bernstein Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Sydney Bernstein talks synchronicity, metaphysics, and why the universe may be resonating in b-flat.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 18:32
Melvin Majors Fathers And Children
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Melvin Major, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Fathers and Children is about a man named Melvin Major who became father to hundreds of young people. But he has no offspring.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:40
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
All Mixed Up-Valentine's Day
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Be MIne!
The first hour of this week's Valentine's mix. Love stories and romantic music provided by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, Benny Carter, Diana Krall, El...

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 1
Kathleen’s Encore: Former Opera Singer Says 'Having It All Is Highly Overrated'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Kathleen Gillette and her family in the mid-1990s., Credit: Credit Courtesy of Kathleen Gillette
Kathleen Gillette has had a passion for singing for as long as she can remember. But after spending 15 years as an opera singer, her career began t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:15
Cupid's Day: A Lovably Flawed Valentine's Day Alternative
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: What's to Love About...?
Caption: BLAME IT ON HOBOKEN CD Art, Credit: Photo: Katie Weisberger
Hate Valentine's Day? Cupid, that flawed character from Roman Mythology, offers alternative reasons to love Feb. 14th.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
Day Job 10: The Window Washer
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Mike Notter of the Seattle bands Motopony and Hannalee cleans windows for a living, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Mike Notter (currently with the bands Motopony and Hannalee) used to be in a band with a bunch of other window washers (Shim). Back then, cleaning ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 16:10
  • Purchases: 1
Oakland youth grow a taste for fruits and veggies
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Agriculture experts from Acta Non Verba on the job, Credit: Kelly Carlisle
I’m walking across an old baseball diamond at Tassafaronga Park in Oakland with four very qualified agriculture experts. We’re approaching a new ve...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
At children's hospital, kids find comfort in music therapy
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Oliver Jacobson is a music therapist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Here, he plays a session with one of his patients, Maia Mead, Credit: Liz Mak
Oliver Jacobson started playing violin when he was six years old. At 18, he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, one of the top music schools in t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
RUDDERLESS -- Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison talk chartreuse pants, staying in Oklahoma, and why William H. Macy is a prince.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 16:54
Numberlys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: William Joyce
Creative author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce is an Academy Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and his illustrations have appeared on numer...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:44
My Bi-partisan Family: A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: My Bipartisan Famiy, Credit: Susan Cook
I have a bi -partisan family. Maybe you do too. It makes understanding politics all the more difficult because sometimes people don’t agree. When ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
THE GRAND SEDUCTION -- Don McKellar Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Don McKellar talks the filming by moonlight, never turning back, and being yelled at by David Cronenberg.

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 11:48
Keep Bowling As Long As You Can
From: Nancy Klingener
Caption: Nellie Kenyon , Credit: Nancy Klingener
Final advice from a bowling teammate has one veteran of a candlepin bowling league reconsidering whether to retire.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXDU, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 6

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