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Caption: Ian Bennett and his mom, Connie Mehmel, at their StoryCorps interview in Wenatchee, WA on June 4, 2009., Credit: By Chaela Herridge-Meyer for StoryCorps.
Connie Mehmel speaks with her son, Ian Bennett, about their shared calling for fighting fires.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WDBM, and WHRV


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 4
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On this spring fundraising edition of Afterglow, we look at songs for the spring season, including "April In Paris," "It Might As Well Be Spring," ...

Bought by KRCU Public Radio, Tri States Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, Tri States Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 48:45
  • Purchases: 5
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On this episode of Culture Clique we go to Nerd Night at Eds (no name) Bar to talk mushrooms with Jennifer Chernega. Jennifer talks about the diffe...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 18:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Monty Hudson wanted his daughter, Siena, to have a good time on her first backpacking trip. But things didn’t go according to plan.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 17:27
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk with Sy Montgomery, acclaimed author of Soul of An Octopus about her wonderful new book, How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen An...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:00

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
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Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and so the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s prob...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:22
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet retirees, Gary and Rita. In their retirement, they have decided to stay busy with volunteering. Li...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 11, 2017
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Coccyx is a small triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and other apes. Representing a vestigial tail and most commonly c...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
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In a tumultuous election season, the passing of Measure 99 stands out as a beacon of hope. Voters overwhelmingly approved funding for Outdoor Schoo...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2016
  • Length: 04:41
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You’ve heard of explorers discovering new lands, but new… fruits? In this episode of Gravy, a couple of young fruit explorers scour the South on a ...

Bought by KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 26:09
  • Purchases: 3
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A city girl, Sophie finds a tiny gap between her house and the next, wriggles through it and finds herself in a magical, secluded fairyland.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:49
Caption: Juan Evans
Thousands of local social justice organizers passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn t make the he...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Thanksgiving is on its way, and food is on our mind in the Rough Draft Diaries. In this special holiday episode, you'll meet Chef Joseph Jacobsen, ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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The first of our two readings from a book with rich Romanian roots -- King of the Gypsies -- a story collection which won the G. S. Sharat Chandra ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: the chief chicken, Credit: shana weber
Young Elliot, a 7 year old from Hopewell NJ, shares with us what it means to be the Chief Chicken of his little backyard flock.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 03:56
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Scott Sampson (host of Dinosaur Train) reads a personal "story" from his book, How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling In Love Wi...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: Writer/performer Sharon Glassman, Credit: Katie Weisberger
Its roots are natural, sure. But isn't spring a bit...overpromise-y? Sharon Glassman makes the case for a name change. Or maybe just a change of he...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
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This Women's Words features Christie Gove-Berg reading her story "Esther the Eaglet: A True Story of Rescue and Rehabilitation.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
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During the last 150 years, most of Minnesota’s native prairies have been destroyed—converted into farmland for crops like corn and soybeans. But a ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Elliot after his trek to the top, Credit: Shana Weber
Take a journey with a parent and child as they explore the wilderness in search of their favorite mountain mammal, the American pika.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Barbara Handelsman talks to her grandson Aaron about their close relationship.

Bought by WEZU, Prairie Public, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 3
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Dawn Burke talks to her husband, Don, about the rat sanctuary they’ve run out of their home for the past five years.

Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1