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Earth, water, fire & air--these are the "spiritual essences" this week's Folktale tracks, in the finest of musical tradition!
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
- Purchases: 2
I recently saw a billboard off a major highway in northern California that read: “Don’t Believe in God? You are not alone.” The sign was sponso...
- Added: Dec 11, 2012
- Length: 19:20
Tiki, Hula Girl, Tagalong, Smokey, Bambi and Blondie, Dumbo, Koko, Pudin Dandridge, and Hollywood are some of the names inscribed across the grave ...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 01:48
In this half-hour we feature five flash fictions. Dynamite.
- Added: Oct 26, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Charlie Drinkwater is in trouble. Not he’s done anything wrong. He’s just morphing into a mutant dinosaur.
- Added: Sep 29, 2012
- Length: 19:01
People on the street lend their own, unique voices to this communal reading of Ken Hada’s “Coming Home.” Full poem below.
- Added: Aug 06, 2012
- Length: 02:17
The Trouble with Arthur French is a suspenseful and evocative short story about religious obsession and the hysteria that simmers just below the su...
- Added: Jul 28, 2012
- Length: 08:31
Just like in film, video gaming has blockbusters that appeal to a mass audience and low-budget indies that get known by word of mouth. Independent ...
Bought by Public Radio Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 06:33
- Purchases: 2
While researching a book, author Richard Hicks was a long haul trucker for a year and a half. He shares the unique perspective that truckers have ...
Bought by KUOW, KOSU, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 3
Robert Hamilton wanted to be known as the world's greatest unknown painter. When he died in 2004, he left behind 600 paintings. Now it is up to his...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Feb 23, 2012
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 1
Astronomers re-evaluate origins of our solar system and entertain the idea that the universe is shaped like a small doughnut.
Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Feb 01, 2012
- Length: 08:31
- Purchases: 3
Off the Beat explores the concept of home! Where do you call home? What makes a home a home? Can you have more than one home? Who are you when you’...
- Added: Jan 17, 2012
- Length: 30:12
Focusing on the talent of Minnesota Musicians, this week Don Vidal spotlights Andy Dee and The Roe Family Singers.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 13, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 1
In this segment, we bid a fond farewell to Joe Brainard, an acclaimed artist raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We'll hear a communal reading of his poem "...
- Added: Nov 09, 2011
- Length: 12:15
Natasha Wimmer was awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship in 2007 to translate Roberto Bolaño's epic novel 2666. In this interview, she discusses the...
- Added: Jul 29, 2011
- Length: 27:08
Guests include: Filmmaker Todd Haynes, Author Anne Lamott and musical guest Sophe Lux.
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Apr 28, 2011
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Minneapolis high school student tells about the rigors of senior year.
- Added: Jan 29, 2011
- Length: 01:00
If you still have a job in this recession, here's bad news: they're building more and more sophisticated robots these days. and one of them may be ...
- Added: Feb 22, 2010
- Length: 02:19
Media Outlets say they are being more transparent about the way news is gathered and reported. Sure, if you think transparency means showing you th...
- Added: Feb 10, 2010
- Length: 54:30
HIS FIRST NAME, REMEDY OR SPICE...
Bought by KRCB-FM
- Added: Dec 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Rick DeMarinis is a novelist living in Montana.
- Added: Sep 09, 2009
- Length: 30:40
Miriam is asked to tell the most amazing thing she has ever seen and she describes hitchhiking through Norway.
Bought by Remix Radio
- Added: Apr 22, 2009
- Length: 05:21
- Purchases: 1
In no longer fighting her kinky hair, Toya Marshall believes she found the freedom to be herself.
Bought by KUOW and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Jan 05, 2009
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 2
Day Job is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent.
- Added: Aug 21, 2008
- Length: 03:45
Tattoo artists Damon Conklin reveals how body ink connects him to sobriety and faith. KRAK
- Added: Aug 12, 2008
- Length: 08:31
