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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In this ess...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Julia Klatt-Singer writes, and paints, and walks the dog. Her work can be found online and heard on The Real Phonic Radio Hour. The Beat is a daily...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
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Susan Carol Hauser is a poet, essayist, and natural history writer who recently retired from her position at Bemidji State University. She's won th...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:15
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year Erika Kooda will be checking in with essays reflecting on her senior ye...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:23
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Audrey Helbling is a Faribault writer whose poems have been published in The Talking Stick, Lake Region Review, Poetic Strokes, and on roadside bil...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
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John Thornberg is a poet living in Chisago City, Minnesota. He is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Group of Park Rapids, and the Mulberry Street P...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
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This week's show is all about the powerful pull of memories. Stories by Tina Bodiak, Sara Etkin-Baker, and Janet Smith Post. True stories told by t...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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Sonya Kosler is a poet who lives in Dent, Minnesota. She belongs to the Lakes Area Story Guild, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlan...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
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James Wright, was an internationally acclaimed poet who taught at the University of Minnesota for a time. This is a recording of James Wright readi...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:53
Caption: Helen's Knife
George Rebello has been making knives in his workshop in New Bedford for fifteen years. Normally it takes him two weeks to make a custom creation. ...

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 3
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Sometimes you see more than you expect.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
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From JFK Elementary in Babbitt, Minnesota as child to Pike Bay on Cass Lake, Minnesota, long after her father's passing, Jamie Lee is still held up...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Monument at Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
Two historical exhibits now open in Louisville, Kentucky explore the state's unique position as a Civil War border state.

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
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A beloved American classic, Willa Cather's My Ántonia is best summarized by its epigraph---"the best days are the first to flee." Garrison Keillor ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Rebecca Barrett and the Klines serving lunch, Credit: Philip Graitcer
Greenville, Mississippi is singing the blues about the corned beef luncheon.

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Return to Yesteryear with "Kingwood Kowboy's Country Songs", classic and vintage country, cowboy and western songs written by the Kingwood Kowboy, ...

Bought by Raven Radio and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Mar 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Return to Yesteryear with "Kingwood Kowboy's Country Songs", classic and vintage country, cowboy and western songs written by the Kingwood Kowboy, ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Pearl Harbor, Credit: Rich Engelbrecht
A poignant tale of a returning veteran who witnessed December 7, 1941.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 47:48
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Crawford, Texas became the adopted home of George W. Bush during his presidency. But the small town west of Waco has undergone some big changes si...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
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A short portrait of Billy Latta, a North Carolina dairy farmer.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 10:57
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The story of how this Utah State Park got its name

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
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This piece focuses on memories of South Rome Park, a formerly racially segregated park and pool located in historically black neighborhood of South...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:04