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Meet an extreme ironer, cheese roller, and shin kicking referee (also called a "stickler") on this weird sports episode of Audacious!

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on Audacious: Dumpster Diving! A pro takes host Chion Wolf into the depths of a dumpster, plus a TikTok star talks about how she got hook...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
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Stuttering has long been the butt of many jokes. People who stutter are working to change that.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
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Author Nate Patrin talks about his new book "The Needle and the Lens: Pop goes to the Movies from Rock 'n' Roll to Synthwave"

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 09:18
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Ned Netzel and Nic Peloquin talk about the new cookbook "Smoke on the Waterfront"

  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 08:41
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This week we are talking to James Glaves - an Anchorage musician & producer with quite a bit of street cred. He has toured with bands in the lower ...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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How justices are added to the Supreme Court, via partisan or nonpartisan means.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:32
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Author Amy E. Casey talks about her NEMBA nominated book "The Sturgeon's Heart"

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 06:33
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Author and Illustrator Chris Monroe talks about her new book "Sasquatch and Squirrel"

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 08:30
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Alexander Craig says his new tour entitled “Country Funk Grease Punk” perfectly embodies his sound – a tough and energetic style of blues rock with...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 39:12
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Medical student Katie van Kampen brings us into the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons. The deeper they get into the forest, the more parallels th...

  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 42:56
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Minnesota singer/songwriter Skarlett Woods joined us for an in-studio performance and interview on January 25, 2023.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 32:13
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Minnesota musician Tony Petersen, known for his work with bands like Saint Anyway and the Social Animals, releases solo music under the name Ditchb...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Chhaya Chhoum came to StoryCorps with her husband Eddie Rivera to talk about how they first met and the twists and turns of their relationship.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sydia, Danny, and Maritza Bell with their dog (not Roxanna) in 2016
Danny Bell tells his daughter Sydia about trying to teach her mother to drive.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
It’s the 40th year of the Minneapolis Battle of the Jug Bands. It’s held at the Cabooze this Sunday starting at 12:40 PM, with a 4PM Saturday pre-p...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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Casper talks with us about coming to terms with health struggles.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 10:36
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Marie Zhuikov talks about her new book of essays “Meander North”

  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 15:14
Caption: Jennifer Barnett, Credit: Second Sandbar Productions
The cast of the Red Jacket Jamboree and guests invite you to spend, "Christmas in the Keweenaw"! This episode features jazz vocalist Jennifer Barn...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, Southern Branch Bluegrass, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Just as his music career was heating up, Decio Rubano discovered he was not a U.S. citizen and was deported to Canada as a young man. He came to St...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:15
Caption: Chris Oglesby Music
Part 2 of our series with opera singer, tenor, Christopher Oglesby. We hear more of Chris' incredible voice. We dive into more from a playlist crea...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:38
Caption: Pacifica Municipal Pier, Credit: Toni Mirosevich
How do we find human connection? Being “in with the out crowd?" Author and poet Toni Mirosevich finds peers on the pier. She reads from her latest ...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Meet Jason, a seven-year-old kid who loves reading and playing with his dogs. When a jaguar enters the library after the Page Flipper meeting and s...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 21:23
Caption: Hunny and Elliot Reiken at StoryCorps in New York City., Credit: StoryCorps
At StoryCorps, Hunny and Elliot Reiken remember when Hunny and her identical twin sister met Elliot and his twin brother, Danny, in the Catskills.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:17
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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01