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Documenting an Invisible Island
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 17:56
A.M. Homes: “The Unfolding” of American Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Salman Rushdie praised A.M. Homes’ latest novel, The Unfolding as, “A terrific black comedy, written almost entirely in pitch-perfect dialogue, tha...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Working Tapes: Advertising Executive
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviews a female advertising executive in the 1970's for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KZYX


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
Uppity Women: Women's History Month Special
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Vicki Leon
This is a series of quotations from women who were passionate about their politics, power and immortality. They sought justice, equality, knowledge...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 2
Letters of Note
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Shaun Usher
In 2009 Shaun Usher began a blog to showcase correspondence that he felt deserved a wider audience. The blog quickly became popular and widely shar...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 13:31
Billie Holiday
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." As we look back on her life a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUPR low power FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 4
Culturology: "The Shoemaker's Wife" - Author Adriana Trigiani talks to Heidi Holtan in a Real Good Words interview.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "The Shoemaker's Wife" by Adriana Trigiani
Beloved bestselling author Adriana Trigiani talks with Heidi Holtan about her latest "The Shoemaker's Wife" a novel based on the love affair of her...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 19:39
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Robert Battle.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Robert Battle discusses his first season as artistic head of the Alvin Ailey company. [33:04]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 33:04
  • Purchases: 1
Black Country Waterways
From: Christopher Williams
Caption: Bonded Warehouse
A short 5minute documentary based on and around the Black Country Waterways based in the Midlands, UK. Interview includes Graham Fisher MBE. One of...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
MN Author Will Weaver and "The Last Hunter"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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"The Last Hunter - An American Family Album" by MN Author Will Weaver.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 1
Author Adrianna Trigiani and "Don't Sing at the Table"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Bestselling author Adriana Trigiani is back on Realgoodwords this week talking about her grandmothers, including Lucy from Chisholm.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 30:14
"Memory of Trees" with MN Author Gayla Marty
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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What was the land like where you grew up? What memories do you have of the place of your childhood? MN author Gayla Marty talked with Heidi on Real...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 20:00
MN Music Legend Lonnie Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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By Doug MacRostie. Lonnie Knight was there for the first digital recording. Yes, I'm serious. He was working as Staff Guitarist at Sound 80 when 3M...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 33:58
1st Annual Diversity Traditional Pow Wow
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Christina Bowstring Anderson talks about the pow wow, and what it's been like for her and her children in Grand Rapids.

Bought by KSRQ and WGDR


  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
Growing Up Ojibwe on the Leech Lake Reservation in the 1950s
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Growing up Ojibwe on the Leech Lake Reservation in the 1950s: Margaret Treuer’s story read by her son, Anton, from his new book, “Ojibwe In Minneso...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3
The Showdown for Itasca State Park
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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The history of Mary Gibbs and Itasca State Park & her showdown with the lumber industry as told by historian Dr. Janet Rith-Najarian.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 18:07
Episode 3 - Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
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Episode 3 of Life Distilled features former U.S. Poet Laureates Richard Wilbur, Robert Hass, Rita Dove and Stanley Kunitz. Optional 5-minute drop-...

Bought by WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:04:00
  • Purchases: 11