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Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
In this episode, g'beda shares what it means to pursue their dream of playing in a mariachi band, and how they found themselves in a rich, vibrant ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 14:04
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In this second of two holiday bonus episodes, we again get a bit more personal with season one expert guests whose own experiences have inspired an...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 18:46
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In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Luke LeBlanc, Credit: Sara Bel Kloetzke
Luke Leblanc’s ’s new CD, Fugue State reflects Luke’s concern about the polarization you see everywhere today. According to Luke the trouble today ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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Iryiel Cochran shares her story about growing up as a Guatemalan adoptee in northern Colorado and searching for biological family in Quetzaltenango...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 18:21
Caption: Cover of the book "Can You Hear Me Now?" by Suzanne DeMallie.
The education system can change top-down, or bottom-up. Author Suzanne DeMallie wrote “Can You Hear Me Now?” – a book about how parents and teache...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:36
Caption: Katia Cardenas, Credit: Rita Zenefski
Katia Cardenas is a Twin Cities Jazz singer who, because of the pandemic has hardly performed in 2020. But Katia’s songwriting goes on. Both the Co...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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Episode 2. Spoon talks about a dog rescue program that took place inside Lancaster State Prison. He talked to Common the rapper, Matthew visits a s...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
Caption: Joe Newman and Anita Sampson, Credit: ABC Action News
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
Caption: Texas Folklife x Akins High Listening Party flyer, Credit: Jennifer (Amora) Arriaga
Artist profile of Carla Rondon, an Akins High School student from Cuba. This story is part of an audio series "See It Through My Eyes" created at A...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:45
Caption: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch (left) and Kyle Norris work on the first season of Finding Fixes at Anna's dining room table., Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
We want to answer a question a lot of people ask us: Why are we making this podcast? Why make a podcast about solutions to the opioid epidemic? On...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 11:21
Caption: Elaine Burt
Guitarist/educator Joan Griffith duets and visits with trumpeter Elaine Burt.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 57:04
Caption: Clea Galhano
Guitarist/educator Joan Griffith duets and visits with recorder player Clea Galhano.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 56:04
Caption: Ann Reed, Credit: Terry Gydesen
Joan Griffith plays and visits with singer-songwriter Ann Reed.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 57:26
Caption: The cover art for this episode comes from Gilbert Toyne’s 1925 Australian patent on the rotary clothesline., Credit: Australian Government patent system.
Like much of the world, Australian educators are increasingly embracing STEM education for younger students. Chris Perkins is one such teacher at K...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 55:37
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Diana is a part of the 10th District of Texas. She talks about how she is voting for representatives who will protect against the erosion of rights...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:34
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Courage has a magical talisman and as we circle back with our hustler La'Kia, she's still hustling and putting the pieces of her life back together...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 22:14
Caption: Doug Scholz-Carlson, Tonia Sina, Credit: Bill Stoneberg
On this episode of Art Beat we talk to Tonia Sina about Intimacy Directing at the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Tonia is the founder and direct...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2018
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Composer Pamela Z lets us know what a phonolog was, how great the Museum of Jurassic Technology is (about which she co-wrote an opera), and how to ...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
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Composer Ingrid Stölzel talks about annoying church bells, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and the importance of mentorship.

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 23:54
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Kathleen Finneran talks about the writing process of her memoir, The Tender Land: A Family Love Story, and the memories that inspired it.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 13:44
Caption: South Carolina Strong, Credit: Sloane Spencer
Two weeks before devastating flooding ravaged South Carolina, Stephanie Bridgers opened a community coffee shop, just blocks from one of many delug...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 04:44
Caption: Veronica Garcia, host of Spotlight @ Carleton College
I interview different students I love at the Carleton College. Listen to Izii Carter talk about her English thesis on society and TV and much more.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 50:21
Caption: Henrik Meng on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, your host, this episode of Making it Work Henrik will share what he thinks makes the Bay a special place.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 22:09