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A speck of land in the South Atlantic, Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited island in the world.

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:49
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A guy backpacks through 50 countries in 5 years. We hear his story.

  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 29:03
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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: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hemeroscopium House
This week on The Spanish Hour, 20th-century orchestral works by three generations of Spain's most original composers: Isaac Albéniz, Antón García A...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
Caption: Ed Gillespie
Can a spirit of adventure lead us toward more sustainable living? This week on Sea Change Radio, we try to answer that question. First, host Alex W...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
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Reporter Britta Conroy-Randall took a trip with blind advocate Romeo Edmead to find out how easy to is for him to get around town.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
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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: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
Caption: Joseph Conrad (back, center) at sea posing with apprentices aboard Torrens. , Credit: Provided courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of Yale University
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will suggest that the greatest author of such sea-based literature was Joseph Conrad and will...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
Caption: Photographer Andrew Kilgore
On this month's Tin Roof Project, it's acclaimed photographer Andrew Kilgore telling his own true story.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Anthony Swann likes music, physical books, coffee houses and he lives with his cat, Samba, in Bemidji, Minnesota. Here, Swann presents his poem, "B...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Riding with Emily." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minneso...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:47
Caption: Monterey Bay Recreational Trail
The untold story of the how the Coastal Commission took on the Southern Pacific Railroad in Monterey to prevent the sale of their abandoned railroa...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:14
Caption: Crystal Cove in the good old days
Saving Crystal Cove - The story of Laura Davick, an accidental activist, who used the California Coastal Act to save the historic 1930's cottages i...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 21:58
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"I have been crowned Queen of the Desert...I have nothing to fear...I am the sun, the stars, the pearl, the lion, the light from heaven.”

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
Caption: Richard de Crespigny
A conversation with Richard de Crespigny, the pilot in command of flight QF 32 out of Singapore, when one of its engines exploded, crippling the fl...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
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On recent assignment for WoodenBoat Magazine, host Peter Neill visited Istanbul, Turkey to explore the maritime heritage of this ancient city and t...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
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This week, our stories are all about the power of friendship. Stories by George McLeod, Pat Gillum, and Susan Elder. True stories told by the South...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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On this week's show, our writers all grapple with expectations of others or themselves. Stories by Martin Ferguson, Anne Owings Wilson, and Richard...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Mishak with one of his babies, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Mishak Nzimbi, of the Kamba tribe, is unique. He loves elephants. He has been an elephant keeper since he was 16 years old. He works at the David S...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 22:45
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:07
Caption: Chef Miles James
Chef Miles James is featured on our Tin Roof Project #20, a monthly special series where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to lif...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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A profile of Raphaël Krafft "Le Journaliste à Vélo" who, over the course of a decade, has documented his travels on a bicycle for French public radio.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 27:00
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Editors at National Geographic Magazine detail the requirements for young explorers to qualify for expedition grants

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
Caption: Richard in the Japanese Rice Field
Profile of a young Swedish man who lends a hand on traditional Japanese rice farms in the wake of the disastrous Tsunami

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and KWMR-FM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Chateau Margaux
Paul Shearer takes a sip of Bordeaux. A personal voyage of discovery culminates in a trip to one of the world's greatest Chateau winemakers - Chate...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 30:17