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The Honeybees Are Alright
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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For years, a mysterious “colony collapse disorder” has been killing honeybees across the nation. This year, commercial beekeepers have reported los...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Americana Minute: Amy Speace's "How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat"
From: Michael Verity
Series: The Americana Minute
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A :60 review of the new album by Amy Speace

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Michael Verity's American Music #2
From: Michael Verity
Series: Michael Verity's American Music
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This week's 60-minute survey of American Music includes new cuts from Son Volt, Caitlin Rose, Tift Merritt, Sons of Fathers and Dwight Yoakam along...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Michael Verity's American Music #1
From: Michael Verity
Series: Michael Verity's American Music
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A 60-minute program by Americana Music expert Michael Verity. New Music by Carrie Rodriguez, Susan James, The Steel Drivers, Pharis and Jason Rome...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 58:20
The Feminine Mystique: Changing U.S. Women's History
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's The Fe...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Edna the Engineer and National Security
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
Caption: Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are these in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia county vocational school., Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
A recent science test showing that American girls are lagging behind boys has brought women in science back into the national conversation. More th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Disney Cartoons and Black Female Doctors -- What's the Connection?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Myiesha Taylor, prominent emergency room physician and advocate working with the Disney corporation to inte...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
Military Veterans Treatment Court Graduation
From: Rick Rogers
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Across the nation in dozens of communities, veterans are being diverted to special courts for crimes they've committed after and in large measure b...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 03:43
Hype Machine Radio - November 2012
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 1
A new book about the Taylor/Burton romance
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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When naming the most important stories of the 20th century, gossip writer Liz Smith rattled off the assassination of JFK, the Lindbergh kidnapping,...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
Hype Machine Radio - August 2012
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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One hour of music and analysis from the world's most influential music blogs. On this episode, we check out brand new music from Ariel Pink, Tame ...

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 56:53
  • Purchases: 1
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/50th Anniversary Special Pt. 1
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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A look at the first 10 years of the Stones output. Includes conversation points regarding the band's history, transformation and influences.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 57:57
Dickens turns 200
From: With Good Reason
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Charles Dickens turns 200 this year, and two new films based on his books are in the works. But one scholar says there’s more to Dickens than his m...

  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
WorldCanvass: Global Science Fiction
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:40
A New Western
From: With Good Reason
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A playwright’s new web-Western is part of television’s jump to the internet. Allison Quantz has details.

Bought by WAMC and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Why Is There So Much Crappy Wine?
From: Brad Dunn
Series: What's The Juice?
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Got someone who's hard to shop for? This holiday edition of What's The Juice? suggests the perfect bottle for family, friends, or any special event.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 55:21
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Jimmy Heath
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works Podcast
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Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Heath talks about his storied career and some of the jazz greats he’s played with.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 33:05
Ramadan Mubarak: The Science of Breaking the Fast
From: Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs
Series: Ramadan Mubarak
Caption: During Ramadan, Muslims breat their daily fast with dates and water or milk., Credit: Gary Tamin
After abstaining from food and drink during the daylight hours of Ramadan, Muslims return to eating with a meal of dates, water or milk. The combi...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 20, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Dog expert John Bradshaw discusses the science of man's best friend
From: Jason Phipps - Guardian
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Alok Jha meets biologist John Bradshaw to discuss his new book In Defence of Dogs: Why Dogs Need Our Understanding

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Flowering Shrubs
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: Clethra, Credit: Sericea/Flickr
This week, Charlie talks about three hardy bushes that flower in the middle of the summer. Clethra, the button bush, and the seven-son flower take ...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Emerald Ash Borer
From: Vermont Public Radio
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: Agrilus planipennis , Credit: jlucier/Flickr
There have been mysterious purple boxes popping up in trees along roadsides and throughout forests. Charlie Nardozzi has some silly ideas about wha...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Program I: Origins
From: David Dunaway
Series: Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?
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Program I: Origins How did a Harvard-educated boy become a radical, hitchhiking, banjo-playing, political activist? Program I explores Seeger’s you...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KHNS, KISU, KGNU, Northstate Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 52:40
  • Purchases: 14
The Needle Drop: 01-22-11
From: WNPR
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Smith Westerns, Fergus & Geronimo, Ghost.

Bought by KISU, KPVL, WTIP, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2011
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 6
Debt Settlement Fee Ban, Credit Counseling Wounded, Caller Question - The Get Out of Debt Guy Show
From: Steve Rhode
Series: Get Out of Debt Guy Show
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Today we’ll be also talking about the impact the new fee ban for debt settlement services is going to have. We’ll also talk about changes that are ...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 30:41
  • Purchases: 1
Wunmi and 'Uncle' Roy Ayers
From: My Lens Media
Series: Home from Home
Caption: Roy Ayers and Wunmi backstage at London's Jazz Cafe, Credit: My Lens Media
Host Christabel Nsiah-Buadi speak to music legend ROY AYERS and international music star, WUNMI backstage at the legendary Jazz Cafe in London

  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 30:04