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Caption: Derrick Holloway serves as an inmate preacher in San Quentin State Prison., Credit: Nigel Poor
Derrick Holloway grew up in a Christian family, but chose to sell drugs and participate in a lifestyle that resulted in him committing a murder. Af...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:43
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Chris Schumacher may be serving a life sentence, but when he runs, he feels a sense of freedom. Once an addict, he now finds that exercise can curb...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: "Big Time Sensuality" on MoMA's wall., Credit: Sarah Lilley
A 5-1/2 minute, sound-rich ride through the audio-guided Bjork exhibit (much lambasted in the press) at New York's Museum of Modern Art, March 8 th...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 07:51
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The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that Arizona’s 2000 law which created an Independent Commission to determine Congressional Re-d...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Our Duluth, MN episode featuring two outstanding acts ~ singer songwriter Teague Alexy and foot stompin' Tin Can Gin.

Bought by KALH, KPIP-LP, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: William Shatner / Leonard Nimoy
David Gerrold, author of "The World of Star Trek" and screenwriter of the "Trouble with Tribbles" episode, tells Paul Ingles about the Spock-McCoy-...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KHNS, KREV-LP, and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Tent Show Radio
This past summer we were thrilled to see bluesy guitar man Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his electrifying band as they tore up the tent! Shepherd was b...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KALH, KMSU, WRNC-LP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
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Gypsy jazz from Berlin, Germany along with Big Top Chautauqua's very own Blue Canvas Orchestra.

Bought by KALH, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ, WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
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COSTA RICA is perhaps Central America's most progressive country. It is ranked as the "greenest" country on earth. 6% of its land mass in fact is f...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:04:38
Caption: Funk and Soul Musician: Sonny Knight, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 10/25/14
Sonny Knight considers himself blessed. If that's true, he is being rewarded for his positive attitude, and incredible amount of patience. It began...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cat Brooks
Mauro Oliviera, local activist and producer of Smallworldradio.net, co-hosts with me today. Our guest is direct action activist and organizer, Cat...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2015
  • Length: 58:54
Caption: Tent Show Radio
With strong roots in the Midwest, former Appleton, WI native via Babbitt, MN ~ now hailing from Nashville, TN ~ we are pleased to welcome songwrite...

Bought by KALH, KMSU, KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Tent Show Radio
New First Night ~ the official kick-off of the Big Top tent season featuring host Michael Perry and Big Top Chautauqua's Blue Canvas Orchestra and ...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRNC-LP, KALH, WDSE, WUMB and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: The Miami Dolphins
From about 1980, well into the 2000's, the foundation of the rock coming out of the Twin Cities was heavy, very high energy, cathartic. The female-...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Reina del Cid and the Cidizens, Credit: Desiree Forget
Reina del Cid is one of those people that would be wildly successful in whatever she chose to do with her life. Lucky for music fans she's chosen p...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
With the election season over, the next phase of elected politics has settled on our plates like a bowl of jello. How can you tell when the age-old...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Caption: An old clutch replaced might work better..., Credit: Susan Cook
In politics, arrogance can be hired, purchased or -in volunteer organizations- a gratuity that comes with volunteer labor.- or elected. In Maine ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Gas mask exercise, Scott Field, Illinois.1942. , Credit: Library of Congress
Chemical weapons have played a chilling role in human history ever since World War I. As accounts of recent uses permeate the news, we decided to f...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 44:21
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In the 1950’s and 1960’s American citizens and the stalwart among them who were brave enough to run for political office had to learn to live with...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
Caption: World War One planes
It's the 100th anniversary of World War One. CBC Radio presents The War in the Air. At the start of the war generals publicly stated their disdain ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVSC, KFAI Minneapolis, Marfa Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 8
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This episode discusses songs that have been used in ad campaigns (i.e. Commercials)

  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
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Tent Show Radio on the road live from the beautiful Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, Wisconsin with host Michael Perry, the Blue Canv...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WNMU-FM, WDSE, KMXT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 6
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On the road from The Grand Theater in downtown Wausau, WI. Featuring Frank Montano, Charlie Parr, Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchestra and spe...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, WRNC-LP, WNMU-FM, WDSE, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: John Gorka, Credit: Jos van Vliet
John Gorka's brother Cass had just taught John how to play a few chords when John Gorka began creating his own songs. Hanging around infamous coffe...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tent Show Radio
A selection of songs performed by some of our favorite artists up at the tent including Brandi Carlile, The Pines, Punch Brothers, Cloud Cult, Taj ...

Bought by KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, WNMU-FM, WRNC-LP, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6