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Backpacks... for Dragonflies?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Dragonfly wearing a "telemetry backpack"
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
Author Kent Haruf
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A National Book Award finalist, Kent writes about the residents of a small town in fictional Holt County on the plains of eastern Colorado. His new...

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
Billie Holiday
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
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Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by KPVL, KDRP Community Radio, WOUB, KZYX, WCMU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Vintage Tomorrow's
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Vintage Tomorrow's jacket cover, Credit: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
The late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change. It’s happening again today. Through interviews with experts such as Willaim Gibson,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Urge to Travel
From: Mark Kwak
Series: Lights On
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A guy backpacks through 50 countries in 5 years. We hear his story.

  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 29:03
The Philadelphia Chromosome
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jessica Wapner
Jessica Wapner, freelance journalist, open her book in 1959 when a chromosomal mutation, christened “the Philadelphia Chromosome.” Was discovered. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Author Andre Dubus
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Andre Dubus III, a much decorated author, wrote “Townie” initially in an attempt to answer a question about baseball. That answer evolved into a me...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
Author Taiye Selasi
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Taiye Selasi, debut novelist of “Ghana Must Go,” is a citizen of the world, photographer, screenwriter and producer of an upcoming documentary abou...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:57
Riddles from the Border Regions, 5/4/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ROUND AS A TEAPOT ...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Dollars and Sex
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Marina Adshade
Dr. Marina Adshade provides a fascinating look at just how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power and economic forces is to the most ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
A Tune to Change the Way We Act
From: Varun Dhananjaya
Caption: Catherine Fisher, an avid thrift shopper
In late August last year, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, a Seattle-based rap group, released a single called “Thrift Shop.” This song has topped the ch...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:33
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/20/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A LETTER MIDST THE CLOVER...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Chapter 2: Soldier of Fortune
From: Gwen yfar
Series: Contract Killer: Memoirs of a Reluctant Reaper
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The world's only contract killer not to own a gun discovers she is in business.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:33
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/6/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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IT FLIES WITHOUT WINGS...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Moving Beyond
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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"I am a Christian, I am a mom, a wife, a homemaker, a leader, a knitter, a quilter… I’m lots of things. Accepting the label felon was really hard."

Bought by WAMC and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 2
356 Years Later
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
Sacred Acts (Pledge Drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Mallory McDuff
Churches are taking diverse actions to address climate change through stewardship, advocacy, spirituality and justice. Contributions from leading C...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 19:57
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: The World's Tiniest Diving Board
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Measuring Marine Microbes
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When you were a child, your parents might have measured you against a doorpost or chart every birthday, to mark how rapidly you were growing. Perh...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 08:45
Author Philip Connors
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A small-town farm boy turned big-city journalist, Phil chucked his staff job at the Wall Street Journal and a New York lifestyle to spend his summe...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 09:54
Great Jazz Cities: St. Louis
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: St. Louis favorite son Miles Davis
In this hour, we continue our series on America's Great Jazz Cities with the forgotten history of jazz and the blues in St. Louis.

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, 90.5 WSNC, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
You Are An Authority
From: Destination DIY
Series: Destination DIY
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This show covers a variety of topics including medicine, music, an unconventional road trip and summer camp for grownups. Program Directors: please...

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 119: The South in the 30's and 40's
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Catherine King reads at Tales from the South
We go way back in time for this very special show, featuring true stories from the 1930's and 40's, told by the Southerners who lived them. Stories...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 34:00
What's Dinner Like at your House?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The food can be good, bad, ugly and gross!

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
Tales from the South 118: Tin Roof Project with Andrew Kilgore
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Photographer Andrew Kilgore
On this month's Tin Roof Project, it's acclaimed photographer Andrew Kilgore telling his own true story.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/23/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A MESSENGER INFORMS THE KING...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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