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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 16:32
Bill Caldwell is a nurse, a therapist, and a poet. Much of what he knows about poetry is related to classes at The Loft at the Minnesota Center for...
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 01:13
For Joe, the best part of playing the piano is doing it where no one’s listening.
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:29
Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 01:40
The six educators who died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Citizenship (at a Wh...
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 03:39
Chet Baker's James Dean-like good looks and emotional trumpet playing represented everything that was cool about "cool jazz." But his life was the ...
Bought by WRGY, KDRP Community Radio, WCMU Public Radio, WNJR, 90.5 WSNC and more
- Added: Jan 21, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 11
It may be hard to imagine, but in the 1950's, the great Duke Ellington was seen as a "has been." This week we explore the real-life legend of Duke'...
Bought by WRGY, KMUN, WNJR, WCMU Public Radio, WEMU and more
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 11
Three short plays. In Two Jewish Men in Their Seventies, Jerry Stiller and Bob Dishy play two holocaust survivors berating a new holocaust museum. ...
- Added: Jan 10, 2013
- Length: 53:03
Daily routines can become monotonous, but when dealing with mental illness these tasks can feel insurmountable. Student producer Alanna Duncan take...
- Added: Dec 17, 2012
- Length: 02:19
Husband and wife vocal artists Nicki and Tim Bluhm talk about what it takes to sing and live as a duo and explore the history of famous duetting co...
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Deborah Cooper has recently been named the fourth Poet Laureate of Duluth. Here the Producer of The Beat, Steve Downing reads her poem "Tikkun (Heb...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 02:26
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 02:52
In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...
- Added: Oct 29, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 10
Journalist, author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, who’s traveled to some of the most dangerous places on earth, reflects on the art of storytellin...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Oct 18, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
What Neil Gaiman has to tell his children and children's children.
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 04:44
Bemidji area writer Michael Forbes recites his essay written in contemplation of Aurora Borealis, family, and home.
- Added: Oct 09, 2012
- Length: 04:51
In this hour, we go in search of jazz's spiritual side—from the sacred roots of sax titan John Coltrane to the unique New Orleans spiritual traditi...
Bought by WRGY, WCAI / WNAN, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU, Radio New Zealand and more
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 12
In this hour, it's the life and music of Nina Simone—from her roots as a gospel and classical musician to her place as one of jazz's fiercest voice...
Bought by WRGY, KHNS, WJSU, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNCU and more
- Added: Oct 01, 2012
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 13
Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 02:10
Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...
- Added: Sep 12, 2012
- Length: 02:16
Dan Sinykin is pursuing a Ph.D. in literature and currently lives in Bemidji. Dan recently read and reviewed Mark Anthony Rolo’s new memoir “My Mot...
- Added: Sep 04, 2012
- Length: 02:02
Radio Curious visits with Lila Johnston, Stanford student who is documenting the sacred sites of the Winnemem Wintu in Northern California.
- Added: Aug 01, 2012
- Length: 29:02
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...
Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ
- Added: Aug 01, 2012
- Length: 59:20
- Purchases: 3
Venezuelan vocalist Jimmy Kansau takes listeners on a journey through the music of early to mid 20th century Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Added: Jul 11, 2012
- Length: 59:01
Wendell Affield of Bemidji joins Charlie Pulkrabek to talk about his new memoir about his experience in the Mobile Riverine Force while serving as ...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jul 06, 2012
- Length: 14:07
- Purchases: 1
