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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ted Kooser describes his journey from insurance executive in Nebraska to being tapped as the first U.S. Poet Laureate from the Great Plains in 200...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: The Music and Philanthropy of Harry Chapin- Hour 2 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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Part 2 of 2 spotlighting a 2020 documentary called HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING. Music host Paul Ingles talks about the late singer/so...

Bought by WHRV and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Election Insiders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gloria Shur Bilchik
The American election system took a hit in 2016 when there were accusations that Russia had interfered. As if that weren’t enough, 2020 suspicions ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katie Martin
There is a vast network of hundreds food banks across. Along with those are more than 60-thousand hunger-relief organizations: food pantries and me...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
MCO WORLD SERIES WITH HURRICANE H
From: Hurricane H
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MCO World: Careers and Opportunities within a Managed Care Organization

  • Added: Jan 23, 2021
  • Length: 49:36
Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith Take a Stand
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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In 1968, Black American athlete Tommie Smith set a new world record. He became a gold medalist when he raced to win the 200-meter event at the Summ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 20:52
13-13: Flavors of a Whole Community: Ingredients for Food Justice, 1/13/2021
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Nikki Silvestri
How can a grocery store lift a community out of poverty? The People’s Grocery provides creative solutions to community health problems that stem fr...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
At the Fishhouses
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Our annual gift to fellow ocean lovers: a reading of "At the Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop, a poem from 1955 that distills Bishop's seaside medit...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Ross Sutter Plays Well the Cards Dealt to Artists During Covid
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Ross Sutter sings and plays songs representing a variety of European cultures. But like most artists, Covid nearly ended all of his work. But Ross ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 07:59
Thanksgathering Day
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music reflecting on the Thanksgiving holiday.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:29
The Story: Veterans Day Special (narrated by Alec Baldwin)
From: Stephanie Postles
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This immersive Veterans Day one hour special is narrated by Alec Baldwin and uncovers the backstories of six veterans who have built companies, pro...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, KTOO, KCPW Salt Lake City, Raven Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 38
International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with Xanath Caraza, a multi-International Latino Book Award winner. In part one of this interview, she t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Subtle Acts of Exclusion
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Michael Baran
Many have heard the term micro aggression, but not everyone fully understands what they are or how to recognize them. Not to mention how to stop th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Susan Benjamin - Set Decorator - The Blind Side, Frost/Nixon, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder, The Highwaymen, Why Women Kill
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Frost/Nixon
Susan Benjamin - Set Decorator - The Blind Side, Frost/Nixon, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder, The Highwaymen, Why Women Kill

  • Added: Aug 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Rick Steves “For the Love of Europe” and his Travel-Driven Social Ethos
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Venice, Italy
Today on World Footprints, we welcome back, author and television host, Rick Steves. We enjoy a very thought-provoking discussion about a range of...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2020
  • Length: 36:27
082420: UnPolluting Earth, 8/24/2020
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Pollution is a problem around the globe, and we learn some of the ways to un-pollute dirty and contaminated places.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Debbie Duncan and Dennis Spears Sing a Drive-In Concert at Crooners, Thursday July 23
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Debbie Duncan, Credit: Nathan Yungerberg
Debbie Duncan and Dennis Spears present an evening of jazz vocals at 7PM this Thursday, July 23 at Crooner’s in Minneapolis. It’ll be a drive in or...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
In Defense of Public Service
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Cedric Alexander
The folks who do the behind-the-scenes work that keeps our country running have been frequently disparaged by the Trump administration. The “Deep S...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Abandoned Youth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Anne Kim
The transition we experience between the close of our teenage years, and the dawn of adulthood is memorable for most of us. But for four-and-a-half...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Laura Munson - 442
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Best-selling author Laura Munson discusses her novel, Willa's Grove. She also reads short passages.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSGE, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dressing Up the ’20s
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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The decade that became known as “The Jazz Age” consisted of a lot more than the music. The youth became style conscious thanks in large part to pop...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
2005: Hollywood Shuffle with Robert Townsend & Keenen Ivory Wayans, 1/30/2020
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Caption: Keenen Ivory Wayans
On today’s episode, we’ll hear from legendary jack-of-all-trades Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans. In 1987 the two co-wrote the groundbreaki...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
08-13: Church without a Roof: Keeping the Faith with Creation Care, 12/25/2019
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Reverend Fletcher Harper
For millennia, prophets, mystics and poets have illuminated the oneness of all life. Today biology is confirming that we are genetic kin with the e...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
Richard Louv, OUR WILD CALLING & Carl Safina, BEYOND WORDS
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with Richard Louv, author of Last Child In The Woods, about his new book, OUR WILD CALLING: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our L...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Mimi Lemay, WHAT WE WILL BECOME & Senator Sherrod Brown, DESK 88
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with Mimi Lemay about her powerful memoir of a family with a transgender child, What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Tran...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:01