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Playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton explores the education of famous artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 50:20
Caption: OutCaster Alex
OutCasting youth participants Callie and Alex talk about being outed by friends.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Grace's wonderful book collection.
We hear about listener-readers' favorite books from the summer, and we learn about a community member's book collection on our new feature, Show Me...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 07:59
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Theo Chocolate was founded in 2006 by Joe Whinney and Debra Music and is based in Seattle, USA. The company is known as being the first organic, fa...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 1
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In this audio piece, among other things, we learn how she joined The New Yorker’s staff and how her illustrations are infused with a particular kin...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 06:26
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Cailo Chocolate was founded in 2016 by the Castillo and Carniello families and is based in Perth, Australia. The bean-to-bar producer sources its c...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 26:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ahmad Naffory is pictured on a Beirut rooftop. He founded the band Assa'aleek,  but after being denied re-entry to Lebanon,  was granted asylum in the Netherlands. The band endures without him, and he has continued making music in his new home., Credit: Photo courtesy of Mohamad Khayata
Ahmad Naffory fell in love with the guitar in a Syrian grocery store, but he didn't know that his music would cause him to flee his home for anothe...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 27:05
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Tommy Pico’s first book is one long poem in the form of a text — call it an epic sext. But it doesn’t just chronicle Pico’s dalliances with "boys, ...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 24:54
  • Purchases: 1
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What does color of skin have to do with equal access to justice in America? The Equal Protection Clause, part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitu...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2017
  • Length: 48:40
Caption: Matra, Credit: Alison Bents
Matra presents its CD Release Concert at the Cedar Cultural Center this Friday night. The group is influenced by many music styles, but does not se...

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
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Interview with Jonathan Lethem on his new book "More Alive and Less Lonely" and listener-reader reviews

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 10:46
Caption: Lizzie Webb Guptill
Lizzie Webb Guptill as written and presented by Linda Pupke

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:39
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In the fact of the fear, confusing and despair many Americans feel after the election, one group of individuals joined together to share stories of...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Corn is a ubiquitous part of Southern food—from bread to whiskey. But how did it get to be that way? In this episode of Gravy, we go on a hunt for ...

Bought by KVLU and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 25:21
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Statues by Peter Wolf Toth, Credit: Charles McGuigan
For most of his adult life Peter Wolf Toth has been on a mission to honor the native American tribes of Virginia. Over the decades he has carved ma...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 26:08
Caption: Red Lake Local Food Initiative, Credit: from Red Lake Local Food Initiative website
The Red Lake Local Food Initiative has broken the ground on some new community gardens. They’re hoping to encourage a healthy lifestyle through tra...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 09:28
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We all carry ideas of oppression inside of us. Can these ideas be interrupted? Anton Treuer talks about the challenges to affect change in this in...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WGZS


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
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We talk with Samson Longtin, Business Equity Liaison of the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency and renowned poetic storyteller, Oba William King...

  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 16:28
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We talk with Connie Cox from Itasca State Park about Mary Gibbs, the first woman park commissioner in the nation.

Bought by KSRQ, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 15:22
  • Purchases: 3
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In this installment, producer Tammy Bobrowsky talks with Cassy Keyport, Director of Library Services and Tribal Archives at Red Lake Nation College...

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 09:12
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Jordy Cernik was diagnosed with Cushing's Syndrome a few weeks after his first child was born. He went through two pituitary operations, an adrenal...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 13:36
  • Purchases: 1
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During the night of November 13th, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks claimed by ISIL killed 130 people and injured 368 in Paris, France. Kansas C...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:05
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Tammy Bobrowsky reviews The Girl With All the Gifts, Let's Go Fishing!, and we hear listen-reader reviews of Dear Mr. You, and Being Mortal.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 05:44
Caption: Tippy, Credit: Karen Oothoudt
Karl Warnke talks with Jen and Jennifer of the Yellow Umbrella consignment and handmade shop in Bemidji, MN.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tippy, Credit: Karen Oothoudt
Milt Lee talks with Michael Lyons, Ojibwe artist.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1