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Interview with Polynesian Dance group from West Texas and their Hawaiian guests

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:40
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Is there life after Lubbock? Joe Ely revisits his old stomping grounds. Also, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen shake things up LIVE in Studio 1A, ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KHNS


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Latasha Lee
A musical Rip Van Winkle tale from Denton: the unexpected return of the Baptist Generals. Also, R&B sensation Latasha Lee's remarkable bounce-back...

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
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This year’s ACL festival lineup is out, and at least one major national music blog is calling it the best major festival of the year. We’ll explor...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
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On the next edition of Texas Music Matters: Mojo Hand—the legend of Lightnin’ Hopkins, reconsidered. Also, with Austin Psychfest on the horizon, a...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: There are experts that agree with you, Mr. Roubini,  the Grand Lake Stream Guides., Credit: Susan Cook
In Maine, Bass fishing on West Grand Lake is a destination respite for many, including Mr. Nouriel Roubini, the legendary economist who was almost ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:18
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Siobhan’s debut collection of short stories is that most unusual of war books. It's not about the battlefields. Most of the stories take place at F...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Artists David Phillips and Amara Kopakova.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 27:55
Caption: "Protecting the children..., Credit: Susan Cook
Many six year olds believe that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. The President of the NRA, is of the same mind...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I am a licensed psychologist. One question routinely asked is; "Do you have guns in your home?" If they say yes, I ask, "Are they in a locked cabi...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
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"Make it. That's it. It's not gonna happen the first time you do it and you cannot become discouraged that it didn't work because all it is is just...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 19:25
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"I don't want to make you feel small. I want to make you feel like you can do whatever you want to do, because people like you are doing it." - Dan...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 17:29
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
It is the question all of them ask over and over, the one that Rep. Todd Aken brought up. Was it a legitimate rape? It's not just the question ad...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2012
  • Length: 04:06
Caption: Many women don't still have their "I Believe Anita Hill" buttons., Credit: Susan Cook
The Republican attack on women, a not- so thinly veiled attack on credibility, the females, that is, is not new. Women, you may remember, require ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 04:46
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This week, our writers are all strangers in a strange land, whether it's familiar, foreign, or in their own backyard. All stories are true and told...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: In You-Know-Who's time, Marshmellow questions have changed., Credit: Susan Cook
Delayed gratification has changed. Social science experiments often mirror cultural values and our best learners absorb them well. They do what th...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:57
Caption: Celeste Zappala, Credit: Photo by Jim MacMillan
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 2
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People once buried their dead in small family plots. Now we can have our ashes turned into diamonds--or shot into space. What do our burial practic...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Devine Rhubarb Committee
This past Saturday during Memorial Day weekend four contributing authors of The book "Everything Rhubarb" visited the Winona Book shelf for a sign...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 14:47
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A conversation with Freedom Rider and civil rights historian Earnest “Rip” Patton and German-American artist Charlotta Janssen whose depiction of F...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Five Stairsteps (1967), Credit: Windy C Records
PART THREE (3rd hour) of Volume ONE of the Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps. Joining Howard Burchette is Clarence Burke, Jr., Clarence Burke, Sr...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 56:13
Caption: Keep your hands off my character, Credit: Susan Cook
In 2024, the time is now for women to acknowledge how women are discredited by others. And yes women discredit women. All of this contributes to ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Observations on good old movies

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Thirteen plus years or so after I posted the first commentary for The River is Wide series, this remains true: Speaking and seeking the truth is n...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:04
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Chris Rock's latest documentary Good Hair addresses the complexities of black women's hair in our society with humor. Dr. Althea Prince, a professo...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 23:04