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Man with the Red Umbrella
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Giacomo Beltrami
Two-hundred years ago, an Italian aristocrat traveled to the Northwoods of present-day Minnesota in an attempt to make a name for himself. He wante...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 06:58
This Week in Water for September 24, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Drought Is Drawing Saltwater Upriver. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 8
This Week in Water for October 16, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Blowhole Energy Could Be the Cheapest Renewable. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KMXT, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 4
Richfield Couple Embark on Musical Mission Down the Mississippi
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Peter Borne aboard Joyful Noise, Credit: James Napoli
Richfield couple Peter and Michele Borne are on a mission to unite communities along the Mississippi River through music and education. But before ...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:58
Episode 51: The Water At The Roof Of The World
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Wang Ping wanted to go to Tibet to bless the world. But to do that, she had to risk her own safety.

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:04
  • Purchases: 2
This Week in Water for September 23, 2018
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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This Superfood Is Even Better Than We Thought. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KKRN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRZA, and KKFI


  • Added: Sep 23, 2018
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 4
180804 Mystery of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The river and the mystery of New Orleans in music and words.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 02:50:52
Winona and It's History on the Mississippi River
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we talk to Captain Aaron Repinski of the Winona Tour boat. Aaron tells us about the history of the Mississippi R...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 21:40
Greg Grease: Nature-Inspired Headphone Music
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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When Greg Grease isn't drumming in the band Zuluzuluu, he's often hanging out at the Mississippi River. That's one reason why Grease says his new s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Notes on an Imagined Plaque to be Added to the Statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Upon Hearing that the Memphis City Counci has Voted to Move it and the Exhumed Remains of General Forrest and his Wife, Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest, from their Curren
From: Nate DiMeo
Series: the memory palace
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Episode 73 is about Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Bought by KZYX and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Bob's Puppet Adventure on The Mississippi
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with an individual who has been involved with puppeteering for almost half his life. This artist creates char...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 2
Voices of The Past: Part Three
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we feature Part 4 of The Winona County Historical Society's "Voices of the Past" Cemetery Walk" This years theme...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 13:51
  • Purchases: 1
Voices of The Past - Part Five
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we feature Part 4 of The Winona County Historical Society's "Voices of the Past" Cemetery Walk" This years theme...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 11:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "My Two River Life"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:49
Federalizing Floods
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with sociologist Karen O’Neill about the federal government’s move into flood control in 1917 – as landowners along the Mis...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 4
Remembering the Rising Tide
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Jennifer Abraham-Cramer helps us understand the great Mississippi flood of 1927, using stories from survivors preserved by oral historians.

Bought by WOUB, KRZA, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 4
Rivers vs. Railroads
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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BackStory Producer Jess Engebretson brings us the story of the Effie Afton disaster – an 1856 steamboat crash that led to a legal showdown between ...

Bought by WOUB, KBRP Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, Radio Newark, Louisville Public Media and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 6
The Worst Steamboat Money Can Buy…
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Ed Ayers talks with historian Walter Johnson about the rise of steamboats in the 19th Century, and how the cotton economy fueled an ever more ...

Bought by Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3
Producer Profile: Monique Verdin and Sharon Linezo Hong
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Monique Verdin and Sharon Linezo Hong
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmakers Monique Verdin (Houma) and Sharon Linezo Hong about their new film, My Louisiana Love.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 18:03
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Blues Unlimited #144 - Working Man's Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Work gang at Cummins Prison Farm, Arkansas, 1972. Photo by Bruce Jackson.
Join us as we examine the working life in story and song. From hard times trying to find work in the Great Depression, to prison work songs, the pe...

Bought by KMXT, KMSU, KHNS, and KHNS


  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
America's Worst Maritime Disaster: The Sinking of the Steamboat Sultana
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique, we learn about an event in our country's history that is not widely known or talked about. Winona State University Profes...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 47:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Boatmen of The Mississippi River
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Dr. Gregory Schmidt from Winona State University's History Department recently gave a talk on the Boatmen of the early 1800's at the Minnesota Mari...

Bought by KREV-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 39:36
  • Purchases: 2
Winter: Where the Wild Rivers Run ~ Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
Caption: Clark Fork River, Missoula MT, Credit: Cheryl-Anne Millsap
We crossed the Clark Fork River on our way out of Missoula, Montana. The sun was just coming up and the sky along the horizon was fading, changing ...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1