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Caption: Semyon Bychkov
The “Symphonic Dances for Orchestra” is one of the best known works Rachmaninoff wrote after a long and punishing creative drought. The Dances rep...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: :25
Caption: Semyon Bychkov
Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff suffered the musical equivalent of writer’s block for three agonizing years. When he finally emerged from his creativ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: :22
Caption: SOS Children's Villages Podcast, Credit: In-house producer: Cornelis van den Hoeven; in-house voice-over talent: Catherine Nash & Anthony Kammerhofer
The SOS Children's Villages Podcast is focusing on family-based child care including children's needs, interests and rights. Featured are monthly...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 15:47
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This piece takes you back to Hilltop Ski Area.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:11
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Students attending the Alaska Youth for Environmental Action Civics and Conservation Summit discovered that being too young to vote doesn't leave y...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
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There are a group of teenagers in Anchorage trying to help other teens stay out of the court system

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
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Interviews with spiritual leaders at the international conference, The Parliament Of World’s Religions, held in Melbourne, Australia.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2010
  • Length: 04:16
Caption: SOS Children's Villages Podcast , Credit: In-house producer: Cornelis van den Hoeven; in-house voice-over talent: Catherine Nash & Anthony Kammerhofer
The SOS Children's Villages Podcast is focusing on family-based child care including children's needs, interests and rights. Featured are monthly r...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 16:57
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What's your big pet peeve? ATMI asked the community to chime in and answer our Google Voice question of the month.

Bought by WGXC


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Till Fellner
It's not unusual for performers to devote themselves to a short list of composers. Some have even taken a year off to only study and play one comp...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: :23
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The road to college

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:09
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Like most of his countrymen and women, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski is proud of Chopin's Polish connection, but he says Chopin has other conne...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:13
Caption: U.S. Secretary of commerce Gary Locke discusses the National Exports Initiative at a National Press Club Lunceon on February 4, 2010, Credit: Sam Hurd
United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke talks about President Obama's State of the Union commitment to double U.S. exports in 5 years. Secr...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
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It can be hard being the new kid in school. It can be even harder being the new kid in a new country.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:25
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Going for a jog, a night at the arcade, painting? What's your perfect date?

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:48
Caption: Numa Perrier
How are Haitians who live outside of the devastated country learning about the fate of their loved ones? And how are they coping? Numa Perrier, a H...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: SOS Children's Villages Podcast, Credit: In-house producer: Cornelis van den Hoeven; in-house voice-over talent: Catherine Nash & Anthony Kammerhofer
The SOS Children's Villages Podcast is focusing on family-based child care including children's needs, interests and rights. Featured are monthly r...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:12
Caption: Robert Spano
Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings has become the American anthem for peace and comfort during times of national sadness and loss. Barber also wro...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Humorous social commentary and music from the 20s and 30s.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: This polaroid of Joel was given to Carol by her social worker when the adoption process was completed., Credit: Photo courtesy Carol Brobeck.
When Carol was 20, she gave her baby boy away for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

Bought by American Voices, KUT, SALTcast Podcast, KCRW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: SOS Children's Villages, Credit: In-house producer: Cornelis van den Hoeven; in-house voice-over talent: Catherine Nash & Anthony Kammerhofer
The SOS Children's Villages Podcast is focusing on family-based child care including children's needs, interests and rights. Featured are monthly r...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 13:55
Caption: Two Afghan boys sit together in their village that was suffering from a shortage of food and water, Monday July 29, 2002 in Qiqay, 32 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of Khost, Afghanistan., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Vadim Repin
Tchaikovsky wrote his piano trio as a memorial tribute to a colleague, friend and mentor – Nicolay Rubinstein. In this musical memorial, violinist...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Vadim Repin
Rachmaninoff is known for writing expressive and engaging melodies. That's certainly the case with his Elegiac Trio No. 1. Violinist Vadim Repin ...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
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Consider spending time on death row and turning that experience into the drive to get a doctorate?

  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:00