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Originally Broadcast: April 12, 2006 Letters to Sam:A Grandfather’s Lessons on Love, Loss and the Gifts of Life For most people, the desire to be...

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: April 17, 2006 Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives though the Power and Practice of Story Story is the heart of languag...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Don Redman
At first it was thought of as an interesting musical toy. Not really suited to jazz or classical music. During the earliest decades in the formatio...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: April 18, 2006 The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain Do people over a certain age necessarily loose mental...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Carlton Coon & Joe Sanders
1929: For the first ten months of the year, everything seemed to be riding high. It was a great year. That is until that fateful day in October, “T...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
By the late 1920s, jazz dominated popular music. Although there was still a call for the dance bands that toyed with the edges of jazz, a little bi...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sol Hoopii
The first installment of this theme featured music written between 1920 and ’25. So, this edition moves into the following five years for those son...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Most Burners don’t know much about the history of the land or its original inhabitants: the Pyramid Lake Paiute. Reporter Lucy Kang enlightens them.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:09
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1996 was a turning point for Burning Man. Two people were run over in their tents. And another person died in a head-on collision.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 27:08
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Originally Broadcast: December 5, 2005. Concepts of reality have many levels, some of which are gained by fasting, and/or the use of certain plant...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Adelaide Hall
All music has merit, but there are those that become classic. Whether it’s the composition, lyrics, solo, or the ensemble, the song stands out. Thi...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: J.C. Higginbotham
In the earliest days of jazz, the trombone was a harmony and rhythm instrument. It was background for the trumpet, clarinet or other lead instrumen...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Originally Broadcast: December 13, 2005 The concerns that evangelical Christianity continues to be proselytized at the United States Air Force Aca...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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The Darwin Conspiracy Who was Charles Darwin and what led him to describe what we now call “the theory of evolution?” These curious questions are ...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Earl Hines
Invent your own composition on the fly, and keep it in a specific number of beats. That is a primary characteristic of jazz and the most demanding....

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Hold On to Your Kids, Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers The economic and cultural changes that have occurred in North American society in...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Don Redman
Musicians and composers are constantly searching for new patterns of expression. Think of the song “There’ll be Some Changes Made.” But I can’t he...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Rockefeller, Astor, Carnegie, Stanford. Rich guys from the late 1900s for sure, but what else? Robber barons. Big boys at the top of U.S. business,...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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William Gibson’s new play “Golda’s Balcony” is the story of Golda Meir, her life, her love, her work and it’s a significant part of the story of Is...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Zutty Singleton
They added texture and variety to the rhythm section with instruments, including bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, tambourine, washboard, and woodblo...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This artist has been instrumental in keeping the blues alive for over 6 decades

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
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There are concerns that evangelical Christianity is close to being officially sanctioned at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Louis Armstrong
He was destined to become the greatest cornetist in America before 1960. Yet, he was humble and unassuming. Today, it is difficult to think of him ...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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An electrical engineer, a pilot and college math professor- oh, and a professional musician. Meet Laurie Morvan

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:20
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Caption: Frank Guarenti
By 1910 jazz is still without a name. The music, you might say, is just coming of age. Experimentation is the key. And New Orleans musicians are se...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2