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Defecting from the Donald
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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Media coverage of Donald Trump is incessant, but misses a seemingly critical question: why do Trump supporters defect? Alex Mamach was a staunch Tr...

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 35:09
King Lear In Original Pronunciation
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Audiences will be treated to King Lear the way it sounded in 1606 at its first performance at the Court of Saint James. Director and IU associate p...

  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 23:27
Coming Home to Big Stone Gap (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A film director from the town of Big Stone Gap in Virginia had a homecoming like no other when she returned for the release of her new film. Lilia ...

Bought by KENW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Speed of Sound: Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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The Smashing Pumpkins released their most recently celebrated album, Monuments To An Elegy, in 2014. Kyle Meredith caught some microphone time wit...

Bought by WLPR , KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 3
MISS YOU ALREADY -- Catherine Hardwicke Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Catherine Hardwicke, San Francisco, CA 10/9/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Catherine Hardwicke talks platonic love stories, friendship tics, and shaving Toni Collette's head.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 19:54
The Speed of Sound: Albert Hammond Jr.
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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As a member of The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. was always caught in the Keith Richards roll; the great ax-man behind Julian Casablancas’ Jagger. An...

Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 2
Science writer Mary Roach talks about "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Mary has developed a career specializing in popular science and doing it with respect and wit. Since the publication of her first book “Stiff,” she...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
Who Gets the Credit for the Modern World? David McCullough & "The Wright Brothers"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Orville and Wilbur, DIY scientists, were bicycle mechanics at the turn of the 20th century in Dayton, Ohio before they changed our world. David Mc...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Old Brains, New Brains: The Human Mind, Past and Present
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Brain illustration , Credit: The Popular Science Monthly, 1894
The early days of neuroscience relied on tragedy to strike before doctors could peek inside the brains of humans. Today advanced technology helps s...

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 43:39
Yours, mines and ours
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Mining in Minnesota has been going on for decades, but today, economic and environmental issues are raising important questions about the industry....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
Story of an African childhood: Author Robyn Scott
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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The author of “Twenty Chickens for a Saddle” is a social entrepreneur who works in southern Africa. But back when she was 7 she moved from England ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 2
Sculptor and auto mechanic Harold Kyle talks about making art
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Auto Mechanic Harold Kyle plays with movement, balance, and shadows in his sculpture.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
John Coltrane’s “Offering: Live at Temple University”
From: Mark Gunnery
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Marc Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery shares an appreciation and review of the latest John Coltrane release, Offering: Live at Temple University....

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Powers on Music
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts
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Why do books so often turn to music? Richard Powers, author of a new, music-filled novel Orfeo, speaks to the strength of songs and symphonies, inc...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 3
HELLION -- Kat Candler and Josh Wiggins Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Josh Wiggins and Kat Candler, San Francisco, CA 4/28/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Kat Candler and Josh Wiggins talk homework, evolution, and grilled cheese sandwiches.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2014
  • Length: 10:21
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 -- Jay Baruchel, America Ferrara, Dean Deblois, and Bonnie Arnold Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Bonnie Arnold, Jay Baruchel, Dean Deblois & America Ferrara, San Francisco, CA, 6/2/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jay Baruchel, America Ferrara, Dean Deblois, and Bonnie Arnold talk falling objects, unlikely damsels in distress, and why it’s a three-year wait b...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 11:26
TEST -- Chris Mason Johnson Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Chris Mason Johnson, San Francisco, CA 6/2/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Chris Mason Johnson talks being alert, Rock Hudson as a touchstone, and perplexing Millennials.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 18:10
FADING GIGOLO -- John Turturro Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: John Turturro, San Francisco, CA 4/7/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Turturro talks comedy, lying, and the truth of being human.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 18:15
ROB THE MOB -- Raymond De Felitta Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Raymond De Felitta talks growth, being first, and burying the past before it buries you.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 14:51
Fresh Talk: Janet Biggs
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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This episode of Fresh Talk features Cathy Byrd in conversation with Janet Biggs, a video artist whose work takes her to the ends of the earth.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 30:14
ANITA: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER -- Freida Mock Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Freida Mock talks time, perspective, and the impact of the right image.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 11:36
Tiffany Ward & Rob Minkoff -- MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Tiffany Ward & Rob Minkoff, San Francisco, CA 2/21/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rob MInkoff and Tiffany Ward talk waking up in a cold sweat, restoring Mona Lisa’s eyebrows, and why the cantaloupe really is the lowest of the fru...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:50
Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp Turns 100 -- Anita Monga and Timothy Brock Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Anita Monga and Timothy Brock talk the difference between live and recorded music, the surprises lurking in archives, and why being fired by Chapli...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 19:41
Southern Folklorist Bill Ferris
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: The Storied South , Credit: Bill Ferris
Preeminent Southern folklorist Bill Ferris has spent the last 40 years documenting the South in print, photography and film. His latest book, The S...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 15:59
  • Purchases: 3
Singer-Songwriter Josh Vasa
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Singer-songwriter Josh Vasa, Credit: Tanner Latham
Birmingham, Alabama, singer-songwriter Josh Vasa of the band Sanyasi talks about his Indian heritage, writing, and the value of cheesy lyrics.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 3