All Pieces for Guy Rathbun

 
Hot Club: Reinhardt & Grappelli
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Reinhardt & Grappelli
You could not find two more opposite musicians forming a partnership: Stephane Grappelli and Django Rienhardt. In the early ‘30s they created the h...

Bought by KMUW and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Flawed System/Flawed Self
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ofer Sharone
Today 4.7 million Americans have been unemployed for more than six months. In France it’s more than ten percent; Israel is above seven percent; and...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Restoring Opportunity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Restoring Opportunity jacket cover, Credit: Harvard Education Press
Americans see education as the primary social institution for achieving the goal of equality and opportunity. While there are sharp disagreements o...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Dixie Stompers: Fletcher Henderson
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fletcher Henderson
The Dixie Stompers were formed for one purpose: to record for a less expensive label for those who couldn’t afford to buy the 75-cent discs.

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Beatles Are Here
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Penelope Rowlands
Beatlemania entered American lexicon in February 1964. If you were around at that time, you probably remember where you were and exactly what you w...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 15:41
Home Sweet Adventures
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Lynne & Tim Martin
In 2011, the Martin’s sold their home in Central California’s wine country, gave away the furniture, and stuffed their art, clothes and small treas...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 23:51
In Bed With Wall Street
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Larry Doyle
The Wall Street meltdown in 2008 brought the country to its knees and spawned nationwide protests against the lack of regulation and oversight in t...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Belgian Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Charles Remue's New Stompers
When you think of America’s original art form – jazz – the last place you’ll probably think of is Belgium. Yet, they too were swept up in the craze...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Before the NAACP
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Susan D. Carle
The NAACP and the National Urban League were founded over 100-years ago. Since their inception, they have been viewed as the vanguard for national ...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Gennett
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Gennett Records label
The Starr Piano Company opened the doors to their new recording studio in Richmond, Indiana in 1916. The first few years they waxed the standard fa...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Chomsky Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chomsky's Challenge, Credit: book jacket cover
Noam Chomsky is a polarizing figure in politics and foreign affairs. Although he is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, he is better...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Mamie Smith
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Mamie Smith
She billed herself as “The Queen of the Blues.” But, technically, she wasn’t a blues singer.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Writ Writer - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: Scipio A. Jones, Credit: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
In the final episode, the NAACP begins efforts to fight the death sentences handed down in Helena, led in part by Scipio Africanus Jones, the leadi...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Sex Itself
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Sara Richardson
Human Genomes are almost 100 percent identical. There is one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Writ Writer - part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: The Writ Writer, Credit: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
This is a story that begs to be told. It’s long overdue. The year was 1919. The place: Phillips County, Arkansas. What became a watershed moment i...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Big T
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jack Teagarden
Very few musicians had the artful phrasing that Weldon Leo “Jack” Teagarden had. Whether he was playing trombone, or singing, he seemed to adopt so...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Affluenza Defense
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Wendy Patrick
A judge's decision to give 16-year-old Ethan Couch 10 years of probation for the fatal accident sparked outrage from relatives of those killed, and...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Professor
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Wiliams
Stanley “Fess” Williams earned his nickname from his six years teaching music. Although he taught early elements of jazz, you can believe he also i...

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Out On a Limb
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ben Kilham
Benjamin Kilham has been researching and living with black bears for nearly twenty years. He has become an expert in black bear behavior, as well a...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Origins of RCA-Victor
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Victor ODJB 78 RPM
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was one of the first major record labels, and arguably the best. They became a revolutionary force in the mu...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 2

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