All Pieces for Guy Rathbun
Creative author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce is an Academy Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and his illustrations have appeared on numer...
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 16:44
A native of Panama, Luis Russell moved to New Orleans in 1919 after winning a $3000 lottery. He became a mainstay house pianist. But, in 1925 he mo...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 17, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
There is a vast divide between those in the “education reform movement” and those who recognize the very real problem of inequality. School superin...
- Added: Jun 17, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
The electrical recording process revolutionized the industry in 1925. Besides improving studio quality recordings, major labels were now capable of...
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- Added: Jun 11, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
When one of Wall Streets biggest scams was revealed in a segment on 60 Minutes, viewers were outraged. Front Running. Although it is legal, it’s, a...
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- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In her book The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality. Dr. Suzanna Walters explores how notions of tolera...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 3
Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders should be better known. But, they’re not. Part of the reason is their geographical location: Los Angeles - 1929. A...
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- Added: Jun 03, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Bruce Dancis arrived at Cornell University in 1965 as a youth who was no stranger to political action. He grew up in a radical household and took p...
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- Added: May 30, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
The chance meeting of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon shortly after World War I lead to one of the most successful bands of the 1920s. You could say,...
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- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
The year is 2053. Neurosurgeon and scientist, Dr. Hagan Maerici, is to designing "neuromorphic artificial intelligence." This is the setting for Dr...
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- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
French historian and jazz promoter came to America with enthusiasm in 1938 for one purpose: to put together a group of New Orleans musicians for a ...
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- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
In the early years of recordings, Louis Armstrong became a trailblazing pioneer in the art of accompanying blues singers. I wasn’t as easy as it ma...
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- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
On December 20, 1943, a severely damaged American bomber struggles in its flight over war-torn Germany. The 21-year-old pilot had his hands full wi...
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 7
David M. Howitt is the founder and CEO of Merriweather Group, and he has guided the financial, strategic, brand, and marketing of companies ranging...
- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
Spasm bands, or skiffle bands, (created out of found objects not usually found in musical groups) originated in the streets of New Orleans around 1...
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- Added: May 12, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Overlooked as a gathering place for hot jazz in the 1920s, the Southwest sported some excellent musicians. Many went on to successful careers in th...
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- Added: May 07, 2014
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 2
The Western United States has entered a very difficult drought season. Nevada’s water supply is in danger. Realistically California is not any bett...
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
Although Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller was one of the most prolific recording artists in the 1920s and 1930s, very little of his earlier music is heard.
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- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
In 2010, the US Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting political donations. That is, so long as the...
- Added: Apr 27, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
In Missing Class, Betsy Leondar-Wright looks at class dynamics in twenty-five groups of social movement organizations. Included in her study are; t...
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
