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I am a documentarian, chronicling the lives of performing musicians. As a writer, I am obligated to put their words to paper. As a story-teller, I ...

  • Added: May 08, 2011
  • Length: 41:49
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A professional wrestling referee talks about the split-second decision to end a match, ruin a show, and go off the script.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Todd Haynes, San Francisco, CA, 3/25/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Todd Haynes talks mother love, class distinction, and authenticity.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2011
  • Length: 16:43
Caption: Norman Corwin with producer Katy Sewall, Credit: Corwin's staff
You’re probably familiar with Jack Benny and Orsen Wells - but do you know Norman Corwin? The widely acclaimed writer, director, and producer from ...

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: 50:01
  • Purchases: 1
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A high Victorian tale of passion and mystery.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Nov 26, 2010
  • Length: 47:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Asst Stage Manager  Jewell Fears checking an effect used in Women Beware Woman at Constellation Theatre, Credit: Courtesy: Andrew Hiller
A look behind the scenes at the fires, mishaps, injuries and backstage drama that arises during the intermission of the National Touring company of...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:44
Caption: Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University
In part two of our visit with Patrick Marek on the Ghost of Heffron Hall we learn of haunted happenings at the location itself. We also get to hear...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 24:34
Caption: Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University
Special Guest Patrick Marek stops by KQAL to discuss the legendary ghost of Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University in Winona MN. This haunt has been...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 21:30
Caption: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, San Francisco, CA, 10/8/10, Credit: Andrea Chase
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu on life, death, and altered perceptions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 10:23
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A victory in the epic battle of the demon versus the reindeer, means Klaus can keep the spirit of Christmas alive. Richard Johnstone narrates.

Bought by KBYI, KRPS, WRVO, and WXXI


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 4
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The demon that was Rolf Eckhof strikes the True North hard, and now nothing will be the same again. However, from loss a new hero emerges. Can this...

Bought by KBYI, KRPS, WRVO, and WXXI


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
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Klaus finally solves the problems of Christmas deliveries through the physics of the True North. Marvels meet him when he first circumnavigates the...

Bought by KBYI, KRPS, WRVO, and WXXI


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 4
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St. Nicholas and the council lead Klaus to the True North and his new home at Castle Noel, where he and Anna will live without age or illness. A su...

Bought by KBYI, KRPS, WRVO, and WXXI


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
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Years fly by and Klaus feels his life fading one Christmas Eve, until he knowingly unleashes the magic that unlocks a great secret. Meanwhile, trag...

Bought by KBYI, KRPS, WRVO, and WXXI


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Anna and her reindeer, Dasher, are the fastest sleigh racers around—a perfect match for Klaus as he struggles to deliver Christmas presents to dist...

Bought by KBYI, KRPS, WRVO, and WXXI


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 4
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Plague comes and Klaus uses his remarkable woodworking gifts to restore his village to life, and bring joy back to its children. However, a rival c...

Bought by KBYI, KRPS, WRVO, and WXXI


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 4
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A search for Christmas pine boughs leads to a stuck car, an encounter with evil, and the discovery of a book containing the true and complete histo...

Bought by KBYI, KRPS, WRVO, and WXXI


  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 4
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Jonathan Ames ("Bored to Death") details an epic fencing match, a wallflower teaches herself the slide and ends up in the spotlight, an addict risk...

Bought by WNPR, WCMU Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KPCC, Michigan Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 76
Caption: Bokara Legendre
A socialite-turned social activist inherits her mother's hunting trophy collection, a hospital orderly with an attitude problem is put to the test ...

Bought by WNPR, WCMU Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KPCC, Michigan Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 79
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Hollywood's new found love of Boston-centered crime films reveals a lot about Boston and Hollywood.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Would the Manhattan Project help save the world or end it?

Bought by KUNM, KALW, Nevada Public Radio, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:54
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Ernesto Quinonez
An evangelist searches for souls and customers in the aisles of a Target store, an adolescent money-making scheme is hatched in 1970s Spanish Harle...

Bought by MPR News Stations, WUNC, WNPR, WCMU Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 81
Caption: Host Mike Birbiglia
A young woman meets her brother for the first time at their father's funeral, a professional blackjack player faces down his gambling demons, and C...

Bought by WZEN.org, WUNC, WNPR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KPCC and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 79
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We talk with Maureen Gibbon about her compelling new novel, "Thief."

  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 24:28
Caption: Tanna Frederick
In recent years, Tanna Frederick has become the star of writer/director Henry Jaglom's company of actors, which operates much like his hero Orson W...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 29:13