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Constant Wonder - Octopus Personalities
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness

  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 52:52
Constant Wonder - What Really Happened to Sodom, Ancient Mural of Jonah
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: An archaeologist makes the case that a cosmic air burst destroyed a major city near the Dead Sea. Could it have been Sodom? Topic 2: The s...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Maud Hixson Presents Two Great Shows at Crooner’s in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Maud Hixson, Credit: Olivia Wilcox
Maud Hixson performs Songs of the 1920s this Saturday July 24 at Crooner’s in Minneapolis. Then on Sunday August 1, Maud is right back at Crooner’s...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
What Would Monk Do Streams Thelonious Monk-Inspired Jazz Saturday March 13 from Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Steve Kenny, Credit: Andrea Canter
What Would Monk Do? Interprets the work of the legendary Jazz composer Thelonious Monk, and plays original music reminiscent of Monk. In a conversa...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Massed Mandolins in Big Show Next Monday at Como Lake Pavilion in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra, Credit: Steve Rouch
The Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra has been entertaining audiences for decades. The next chance to listen to the massed mandolins will be at Como Lak...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Tjärnblom Presents Twists on Traditional Nordic Music
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Tjärnblom, Credit: Ralph Tuttila
Tjarnblom plays with a nychelharpa, cello, mandolin and harmonium. It isn’t the usual lineup for a Nordic Band. But this is no ordinary Nordic band...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Tjärnblom Presents Twists on Traditional Nordic Music at its Lake Harriet, Minneapolis Show
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Tjärnblom, Credit: Ralph Tuttila
Tjarnblom plays with a nychelharpa, cello, mandolin and harmonium. It isn’t the usual lineup for a Nordic Band. But this is no ordinary Nordic band...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
National Writers Series: Marie Benedict
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Journalist and director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit Rochelle Riley interviews author Marie Benedict.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hoaxer with a Rare Twin Cities Performance Monday January 30 in Vieux Carre in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Hoaxer, Credit: Lee Tran
Hoaxer is a band made up of Edmund Catlin, Peter Goggin, Will Kjeer, Charlie Lincoln. The band formed when all the players were Twin Cities high sc...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Polluted Parks
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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National Parks may harbor smog along with their forests and wildlife.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Skruffians Reggae and Bebop Combination is Filled with Surprises
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: The Skruffians, Credit: Dick Parker
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. It’s always a playful combinatio...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
The Skruffians Bring their Reggae and Bebop Combination to the Black Dog in St Paul Next Thursday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: The Skruffians, Credit: Dick Parker
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. Creating musical surprises is th...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
The Prohibition Swing of the Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Gentlemen's Anti-Temperance League, Credit: Aaron Davidson
The Gentlemen’s Anti-Temperance League calls what it does Prohibition Swing. It’s a collection of styles nearly a century old with a lot of cool. ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Predictably Irrational: Dan Ariely #114 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Do we behave rationally? You might be surprised how often our decision-making deviates from what is in our best interest. Behavioral economist Dan ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Untold Story of Sam Pandolfo's Pan Motors on early St. Cloud through the play The Wizard of Progress at the Pioneer Place Theater
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes a journey back to the formative years of St. C...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 30:08
The Pale Red Dot: A Planet Called Proxima b
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s impression of planet Proxima b., Credit: European Southern Observatory
The announcement was made just days ago. Co-discoverer Michael Endl tells us about the discovery of a roughly Earth-mass planet orbiting in the hab...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUD, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Could the Soviet Union Have Won the Space Race?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Scale rendering of the Soviet LK moon lander next to the US Lunar Module., Credit: Eberhard Marx
Space historian and policy expert John Logsdon joins Mat Kaplan for a fascinating conversation about how the US could have lost the race to the moo...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Interstellar Dreams: Kim Stanley Robinson's "Aurora"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: “Aurora” is the latest novel from Kim Stanley Robinson, Credit: Orbit
Famed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson is back with Aurora, a cautionary tale about just how difficult interstellar travel may be. Emil...

Bought by KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 8
Zero-G With OK Go!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The carefully-planned madness and joy of OK Go’s Upside Down and Inside Out Zero-G Video Shoot, Credit: OK Go
Have you seen it? OK Go has gone where no band has gone before to make a music video. Mat talks with Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind about the hazar...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Promo - American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: "Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln," ca. 1920, Credit: Library of Congress
With Halloween coming up, and vampires or zombies regularly topping the box office, it seems Americans can't get enough of all things spooky. This ...

Bought by WUFT and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
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
The Family Corleone: A Prequel to the Godfather
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A new chapter in the Godfather will be published later this year. The author speaks with us about the experience, what's in store for the Corleone...

Bought by WJCT and WABE


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Total Artificial Heart
From: With Good Reason
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A new device called the Total Artificial Heart replaces the human heart and can save the lives of patients who may have died while awaiting transpl...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
Living among the dead: life in a mortuary
From: KALW
Caption: Rebecca Fisher is the author of "All the Wrong Places," a novel based on her time living in a mortuary
Imagine living in one of the quietest places possible, a place where you can hear a pin drop. A place where no one else is living but you. A mortua...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 15 - A Month in Juárez
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A recent college graduate receives an unexpected job offer from his uncle: teach English in Ciudad Juárez.

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:25