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Caption: Columbine Principal Frank DeAngeles, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Can trauma be healed with architecture and design? Eric Molinsky looks how Columbine, Aurora and Virginia Tech have changed.

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:42
Caption: Pina Maisano Grassi is a fabrics store owner and dedicated activist in the fight against the Mafia.  Her husband was murdered in 1991 for refusing to pay the Mafia’s extortion tax., Credit: Nancy Greenleese
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Another night of music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... Made substantially better via my tin foil hat.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:53:50
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And some great interstitials between music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Americana music from the 1950s to the 1970's. O...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:48:26
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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. In th...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. In this piece, Finch explains the role of a Christmas t...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:25
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A story about the moment in childhood in which a person had to 'grow up.'

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 04:47
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Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
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Ringing the Salvation Army bell is boring, cold work during the busy Christmas holiday season. Margaret Agard, author and bell ringing volunteer, ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:16
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A sister tries to reacquaint herself with her older brother during a cross country road trip only to realize it might not be so simple a task.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:37

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:37

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:36

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:09
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Cindy Davis talks about life before and after Title IX in Southern Minnesota.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:31
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Stephen recounts fond memories of his mother, and an unexpected miracle in the hospital during her final days.

Bought by KUOW


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  • Length: 51:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Monti American Graduate
The Monti - American Graduate Special is an hour of true stories from the front lines of North Carolina’s high school drop out crisis.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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Two stories about healers and teachers who do not have the best interests of their students in mind.

Bought by KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Stephen learns about acting from a horse. Winning and losing may not be how you play the game but if you can, figure out where the arena is.

Bought by WFPL News and KUOW


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  • Length: 52:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Part Two of the Open Heart Surgery Adventure. Some journeys are best enjoyed without actually having to reach the destination.

Bought by WFPL News and KUOW


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  • Length: 51:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Chu-Yin Lo  Roberts
Dmae Roberts produced a special half-hour radio memorial on the 10th anniversary of her mom’s death. Remembrance: On Time And Distance is part memo...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Vunetta Shankle-Sadler, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
When Vunetta moved into public housing, she discovered what people meant by "the welcoming committee."

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  • Length: 02:06
Caption: Reggie Daniels, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
Reggie lived a life that led only to prison. Until his last time locked up.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


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  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Vunetta Shankle-Sadler, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
When Vunetta moves into public housing, she discovers what people mean by "the welcoming committee."

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 02:05