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793-Close Space Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists conception space rock and Earth, Credit: PIXABAY
Perhaps the most dangerous Amor asteroid is 2006 HZ51 .It was discovered by my team the Catalina Sky Survey. Fortunately the closest 2006 HZ51 wil...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Twin Cities Flamenco Collective Performs Next Sunday at Icehouse in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Flamenco Collective, Credit: Acer C. Wang
The Twin Cities Flamenco Collective continues at Icehouse in Minneapolis, Sunday March 17. It features its cast of local players as well as a singe...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Who knew antiquing could be such a rush? The producers of Antiques Roadshow
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious: What goes into producing an episode of Antiques Roadshow? And what does it feel like to find out your heirloom is wor...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
Annual Minneapolis Battle of Jug Bands Presented Next Weekend
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The February 17th – 18th weekend brings the annual battle of Jug Bands to 2 Minneapolis venues. Saturday February 17 from 3 till 7 at Palmer’s Bar ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
Constant Wonder - A Chinese-American Family's Quest for Inclusion
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Children are often shielded from a painful family past. For Ava Chin, a deep, personal hunger to reclaim her Chinese-American legacy led her to sto...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 2
Swedish Band Tjärnblom Celebrates New CD
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Tjårnblom, Credit: Erika Pirness
Tjärnblom celebrates its third CD, “Woods,” and a new member, cellist Erin Walsh, joining Val Eng on the harmonium, mandolinist Joe Alfano and nyck...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Tjärnblom Celebrates New CD w ith Performance this Friday at the American Swedish Institute
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Tjårnblom, Credit: Erika Pirness
Tjärnblom celebrates its third CD, “Woods,” at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, this Friday at 7PM. But this new project marks big ch...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Mila Vocal Ensemble Sings Eastern European Folk Songs Learned from Traditional Singers
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Mila, Credit: Larry Morisette
Members of the Mila Vocal Ensemble have been singing together for over 40 Years. Today, Mila is a group of nine women who travel to eastern Europe ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Constant Wonder - Sprouting a Seed That Survived the Roman Siege
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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When Romans put down a Judean rebellion in 73 AD, they also extinguished the Judean date palm. Two thousand years later, an unlikely pair of scient...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Float Like a Butterfly, Major Taylor
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The man who changed the course of boxing history.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Twin Cities Iranian Culture Festival Delivers Many Kinds of Iranian Music This Weekend in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Iranian Culture Festival, Credit: Ensi Hohammed
The 2022 Twin Cities Iranian Culture Festival takes place this Friday through Sunday at Squirrel Haus in Minneapolis. It presents music and other a...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Novelist Lisa See
From: New Letters on the Air
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Lisa See discusses CHINA DOLLS, a novel that traces a decade of nightclub life for Asian Americans from 1938 to just after World War II. See reveal...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
441-Carson's Pair
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls was observing, in the constellation Lynx, with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona , when wit...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KSFR, KKRN, Bandon Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
438-Bright Darkness
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Most of the humans on planet Earth have never witnessed that the natural night sky is not dark; but rather it is alive with it's own lights. See fo...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
432-Close Space Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 2017 the Catalina Sky Survey discovered 17 space rocks that can come closer than the communication satellites to the surface of planet Earth. Fo...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WVBI-LP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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
418-Fireball II
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A thousand meteors brighter than the planet Venus enter the Earth's atmosphere every day. The record of one of them on your dash cam can reveal whe...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, KSFR and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
416-Odd Ball
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system.

Bought by KENW, KKRN, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7