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Bemidji area resident Susan Carol Hauser's most recent book is a nonfiction chronicle of an 18 day journey down the Mississippi. Susan joins Maggie...
- Added: Feb 10, 2012
- Length: 00:18:25
Three hospice professionals explore ways for the dying and the survivors to find more peace around the death passage. This compelling hour also in...
- Added: Feb 09, 2012
- Length: 00:59:00
- Purchases: 2
Thanks to George Carlin, Pacifica Radio and the Supreme Court we all know the 7 words you CAN'T say on television. (The case is currently back in t...
- Added: Feb 01, 2012
- Length: 00:54:59
From My Life Is True
Mark borrowed $300 to fly home for his mother's funeral. A year later, he was still paying.
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- Length: 00:01:45
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Actor Stephen Tobolowsky discusses "Groundhog Day," and reveals the story behind the story behind the story.
Bought by North Country Public Radio, Public Radio Remix, KUT, KREV-LP, WPTC and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2012
- Length: 00:52:05
- Purchases: 9
From My Life Is True
When Vunetta moved into public housing, she discovered what people meant by "the welcoming committee."
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- Length: 00:02:06
From My Life Is True
Augustus was homeless, and selling drugs. Then one night, sleeping in a fast food restaurant, everything changed.
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- Length: 00:01:58
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From My Life Is True
Reggie lived a life that led only to prison. Until his last time locked up.
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- Length: 00:02:02
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January 28 (1986) marks the anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. February 1 (2003) is the anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columb...
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 00:55:51
The New Year came riding in on a wind storm, killing old and young trees.
The crew comes in to work their music and magic
Bought by KWMR-FM
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 00:09:11
- Purchases: 1
From Whitney Jones
Whitney Jones tells his story of losing faith and finding new ways to connect with the world around him.
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- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 00:14:10
- Purchases: 3
Between You and Me is our weekly mix of conversation and music.
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 00:04:14
After twenty years of doing it, Mark Munger conveys this writer's "personification of pattern" as he recites this recent essay about his morning wr...
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 00:09:28
A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is h...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 00:09:50
Another true story told live in London. Joanna LOVES Dallas, so when Larry Hagman (JR) visits a nearby TV studio, Jo does everything in her power t...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 00:06:44
A true story told live in London. Catherine was a a self-confessed 'wild child.' She was eventually caught with cocaine by the police and told this...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 00:07:48
A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 00:13:42
For the second year in a row, Culture Queue reporter Noel Clark has traveled to the East Coast with his wife for the holidays. When families come t...
- Added: Jan 02, 2012
- Length: 00:04:33
- Added: Dec 31, 2011
- Length: 00:09:57
- Purchases: 1
From JFK Elementary in Babbitt, Minnesota as child to Pike Bay on Cass Lake, Minnesota, long after her father's passing, Jamie Lee is still held up...
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- Added: Dec 29, 2011
- Length: 00:04:03
- Purchases: 1
My buddy Sean and I decided to embark on a challenge: the ROYGBIV diet - spending a week eating only one color of food per day, according to the co...
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- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 00:08:34
- Purchases: 2
A group of drunken Brits guides Sam directly into the path of an oncoming MTA bus, with unexpected results. This episode is an excerpt from the li...
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 00:06:34
Blatantly pointing out subtle racism in a stand-up routine.
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 00:07:52
Everyone is afraid of something. Here is what happens when one girl finally decides to confront "Bloody Mary."
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 00:08:25
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...
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- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
- Purchases: 1
