All Pieces for Guy Rathbun
Everyone has heard of the story of DNA as the story of Watson and Crick and Rosalind Franklin, but knowing the structure of DNA was only a part of ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Two powerhouse saxophonists of early jazz are heard in this show: Benny Carter, alto and Coleman Hawkins, tenor.
- Added: Nov 04, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Even in good schools racial inequality thrives. Basically, that’s the summary of an extensive study conducted by associate professors Amanda Lewis ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
The melody may set the stage, but it’s frequently the lyrics we remember. This show is devoted to those handy wordsmiths, many of them forgotten.
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- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The first two decades of jazz witnessed a new dynamic for promotions. Musicians began gathering in the streets of New Orleans in an effort to outsh...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Cultural critic and entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki poses the question, “What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
In the first decade of jazz, many trumpet players attempted to reach the level of musicianship set by Louis Armstrong. Two, in particular, were sta...
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- Added: Oct 15, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
As fruits go, the pawpaw is about as unique, historically important, yet mysteriously undervalued as it gets.
- Added: Oct 15, 2015
- Length: 24:18
- Purchases: 2
New York City was the happening place during the Jazz Age. Actually, there were more musicians than there were jobs. But somehow, quite a number of...
- Added: Oct 07, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
We’re on the cusp of another revolution: A technology revolution.
This one, however, is vastly different from its predecessor: The industrial revol...
- Added: Oct 07, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon began his career on the Vaudeville stage at the age of 15. His influence may have been show business, but he artfully inc...
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- Added: Sep 30, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
If you’ve ever felt abandoned by love and disconnected from your true self, Patty Blue Hayes’ journey will leave you feeling you are not alone. Her...
- Added: Sep 24, 2015
- Length: 27:26
- Purchases: 3
Chicago in the 1920s was a pivotal point for jazz. A number of changes were being incorporated into the music birthed in New Orleans, and the Austi...
- Added: Sep 22, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Several of the songs heard in this program were never sold over the counter. If you knew the artist, you’d have to request it from the clerk, who w...
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- Added: Sep 16, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The number of people imprisoned in the United States is rapidly increasing. Although America accounts for only five percent of the world’s populati...
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Jack London is known for his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North. But, that’s overlooking the real story. London was a reporter who made n...
- Added: Sep 10, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
This is a selection of hits from the Broadway stage and the movies in the 1920s and early ‘30s. But, there's one sleeper
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- Added: Sep 09, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The cost for a college education is escalating. It’s now the biggest single expense for many American families.
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 4
This is a showpiece for today’s musicians performing music of the 1920s coupled with the original artists.
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
This is a follow up interview with sociology professor Eve Spangler on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
