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Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:57
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The Beat daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day. Julia Klatt-Singer writes, and paints, and wal...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Longtime New Yorkers recall a bygone era of NYC when eating out was a rare luxury, and eateries that vanished long ago -- automats, Nedick's (hot d...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
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Margot Karp, 86, moved with her family to Washington Heights, Manhattan, in 1939 to escape Nazi Germany. Karp has fond memories of her mother's str...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
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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
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Radio Curious visits with journalist and satirist, Paul Krassner, author of his newly revised autobiography, “Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined N...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Edith Green tells her granddaughter, Chaya, about being a survivor of gun violence.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
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My Last Dance with Ruth

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
Caption: The producer and her Grandmother, several years ago
Virginia Mae Snyder lived alone in her house in West Virginia until she was 94. She suffered a drastic fall while gardening; a fall which forced he...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:55
Caption: René Foreman (R) and her daughter Michelle (L)
René Foreman, who survived cancer of the esophagus, tells her daughter Michelle about speaking through an electrolarynx.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
Caption: Peggy and Hugh, then and now.
Peggy grew up on the Canadian prairie listening to big band on the radio. Hugh grew up in Seattle and tried to stay out of trouble from his Welsh ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 17:18
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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
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Jim and Martha were married in 1955 - and took up karaoke "a week ago". It might have made their love stronger. Might have. Found sound from the...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with Betty Ball, co-founder of the Mendocino Environmental Center in Ukiah, Ca. They discuss the movements to protect Northern...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
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Radio Curious visits with Robert Dole, a Professor of English as a Foreign Language at the University of Chicoutimi in Quebec, Canada, about his pe...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
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Elaine and Francis- a nun and a priest- fell deeply in love and left the Church so they could be married. Nearly 40 years later, on Jan. 3rd 2010, ...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
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The story of the unique bond between a father and son - Danny and Connor Hughes in County Louth who run two shops side by side...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 33:05
Caption: Cicada, Credit: Jeremy Luther
Cicada III is a communal reading of a poem by Oklahoma native Scott Aycock. In addition to Aycock's poem, we bring you a granddaughter's grief and...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Two hospice workers invite us into the world of death and dying.

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and KFAI


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 11:36
  • Purchases: 3
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Life is long and love is complicated.

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Conrad, Evelyn and Buhg
Aileen LeBlanc tells a very personal story of her friends Conrad and Evelyn who fell in love in older age.

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 18:25
Caption: Heinz Chapel Chancel
Compline from Heinz Chapel on the University of Pittsburgh Campus. Programs will air weekly all year, designed for 11:00 PM to midnight Sunday air...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
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In early 2010, Elaine McGillicuddy lost her husband to bone cancer. Elaine has created her own grieving process rooted in daily rituals. She is e...

Bought by WMPG, WAMC, Interfaith Voices, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Samuel Beckett, Credit: Jane Bown
A glimpse into the world of highly acclaimed photographer Jane Bown. Jane discusses balancing her career with her family, her two identities, Jane ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
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Lauren Kessler worked for minimum wage as an RA (resident assistant) while writing FINDING LIFE IN THE LAND OF ALZHEIMER'S (formerly titled, Dancin...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1