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This hour of The Roadhouse has a long set of live music and another trip in the Wayback Machine of blues history. Rivherside, Jim Suhler & Monkey B...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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We’re spanning the globe in this edition of The Roadhouse, with blues from Texas, Louisiana, England, Romania, Serbia, and more. Greg Izor & The Bo...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Roadhouse
In this hour of The Roadhouse, I’ve got some blues that have crossed over from country, a band that was in some of the very early editions of The R...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Well we did it. Made it through another year. Women have had some good news, and some bad news. What with wars, floods, police shootings, terroris...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The gender pay gap reared its ugly head again this month, with a massive study released by the website PayScale. Almost one and half million worke...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Get ready for Pope, Pope, and more Pope 24-7 this week, as the pontiff makes his rounds in the nation’s capital. No doubt Pope Francis is kinder a...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
It was down to the wire before a decision was made to include Carly Fiorina, the only woman in the race, in this week’s Republican presidential deb...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The NRA won the gun control debate long ago. So with the right to bear arms no matter the consequences firmly established in U.S. law and psyche o...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Hooray for Netflix. The company jumped in front of 99% of corporate America last week when it announced an unlimited first year leave policy for n...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
July 30 marks a very important anniversary in our modern political history. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KMUD


  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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What messages dominate contemporary reggae? This episode explores some of the most popular themes from such artists as Ziggy Marley, Tribal Seeds, ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk  , Credit: Karen Van Norman
What’s patriotic about bluegrass music. Some of it is obvious. And some is just a little under the surface.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
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When I moved to Calcutta from San Francisco, I’d often marvel, that for a city of 4 and half million, everyone seems to know everyone. But writer...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Salman Khan
One hot muggy afternoon last week I understood first hand a fact of life in India – the system never works for you unless you know someone with con...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: 2014 - 2015 Season
The 2014-15 Theater Season includes 10 new musicals and five revivals.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2015
  • Length: 01:50:11
Caption: Host Martha Burk
March 8 is International Women’s Day, so it’s time to check in on where the good old U S of A stands in relation to the rest of the world when it c...

Bought by WLPR and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
There’s been a lot of controversy over the movie Selma and the Academy Awards. Selma is rightfully centered on Dr. King, and has been rightfully cr...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The red carpet rolls out next Sunday – and hopefuls, hacks, and superstars alike will be chasing the most coveted prize in show business. But are w...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In addition to savage beheadings and mass shootings, radical Islamists want to send women back to the stone age. But women should fear radical Chr...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The U.S. Senate convened on January 6th, with 13 new members. Some people think 13 is a lucky number, and some say the opposite. When it comes to ...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
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Ridley Scott's Film Exodus seems to be plagued by something not so Biblical.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
We celebrate a lot during the holiday season – family, faith, giving, shopping. But since 2012 in the U.S. the season is not all about celebrating.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
After a drubbing in the elections President Obama says he wants to work with the new Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to.
Brand new dubstep, electronica, trance, and electrohouse tracks for your listening and dancing pleasure.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Fourth of five broadcasts on what's at stake for women in the upcoming elections. Today's topic: equal pay as a priority.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30