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With the couple next door constantly fighting and my friends failed marriages in good memory I started to wonder why Sweden seems to fail in loving...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day, Credit: Danielle DeMartini
Two undefeated heavyweight boxing champions capture the imagination of a polarized America on March 8, 1971.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:46
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Explorer, naturalist, writer ... in his too-short life, Lewis helped to make this country ... literally ... what it is today. From sea to shining s...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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It's not dark yet. Well, actually it is. But actor Alfred Molina makes a book with Death in the title an absolute thrill to listen to. The program ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:39
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Actor Sam Elliott perfectly reads passages from Twain's tribute to American boyhood. The program also includes commentary by Ken Burns, P.J. O'Rour...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:16
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Actress Annette Bening breathes new life into this classic by the prolific Henry James. Commentary from a diverse range of cultural figures - Colin...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:41
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Today, we dive into the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe. The show includes writers Daniel Handler (aka, Lemony Snicket) and Laura Lippman, as wel...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 27:34
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The program features the voices of author, Tobias Wolff, along with a great cast of writers and thinkers: Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, T.C. Boyle...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:49
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In this half-hour radio show, we'll explore Bradbury's terrifying vision of a future without books as we discuss his groundbreaking 1953 novel, Fah...

Bought by KUT, Yellowstone Public Radio, KHNS, Marfa Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
The Supreme Court's recent decision in the Citizens United case, in which activist "conservative" judges took it upon themselves to grant corporati...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Leigh Smythe
You feel like you’re a girl, but in the mirror and to everyone else's eyes, you’re a boy. You go along with it, just to not make waves, but then du...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: :00
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American icon Nina Simone in words and music

Bought by KFOK-LP, KMUW, Prairie Public, WRIR, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
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A look at how a typical American uses water - a large percentage of which is imported from outside the US!

Bought by Real Estate Today


  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Higlights the hurdles that prospective African entreprenuers face.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 10:46
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Wagner's classic love story "Tristan und Isolde" revealed.

Bought by Remix Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 16:37
  • Purchases: 2
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A drug dealer and a user of crystal meth talk about the effects this drug has on Vancouver's gay community.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2007
  • Length: 09:24
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Seattle anti war protest offers change and hope

  • Added: Jan 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:43
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6 minute thought provoking piece on local musician...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
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A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.

Bought by KCUR, WNCU, and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
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Examining perceptual complexity in everyday life

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Writer Jay Allison talks about the events in his life that cause him to rethink his relationship with guns.

Bought by WNPR, WCAI / WNAN, The Night Air, KFAI, and KZYX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 5