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Knockout Songwriters (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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This time it’s Knockout songwriters, musicians and artists whose music leaves you picking yourself up off the floor because the tracks and stories ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Dating Show - Italian Food & Wine, Psychotherapist, Singles
From: Michelle Valentine
Series: The Dating Show (free, $0)
Caption: Italian Food & Wine
Michelle Valentine and her co-host dine & wine at a romantic "al fresco" Italian restaurant. Chef Penelope cooks up fresh Italian-style mahi mahi, ...

Bought by KXCR and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 2
The Speed of Sound: Lissie
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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My Wild West may be Lissie’s third album, but she’s been on the scene for well over 10 years in various projects. Still, this new album finds her a...

Bought by KUCB, KSRQ, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
Ten More From David: A David Bowie Appreciation (Part 2)
From: Paul Ingles
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Paul Ingles is joined by music writers Holly George-Warren and Richie Unterberger to further consider the musical legacy of David Bowie. Bowie die...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KRCB 104.9, Prairie Public, WSKG, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 7
The Girl Everybody Loves
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Generation Voice
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Seventeen year-old Shamarra Rombawa lives in Wilmington, Delaware. Her city was dubbed "Murder Town" by a 2014 article in Newsweek because of its h...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
Hungry For Family Time
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio Commentaries
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In this commentary Youth Radio's Desmond Meagley explains why family time at his home is often overshadowed by technology.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:08
Any Natural Treatments to Help With Alzheimers? [Fork as Medicine #1]
From: Shahar Boyayan
Series: Fork as Medicine
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Any Natural Treatments to Help With Alzheimers? Let's take a look

  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:18
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To: Film Festival Edition
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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The Milwaukee Film Festival is my favorite two weeks of the year. It is a two week celebration of Art that the entire city participates in. As a ra...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 18:54
Way Beyond the Blue
From: Hold That Thought
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Professor André de Quadros believes that music is for everyone, including prison inmates. Here, he shares his moving experiences teaching in two Ma...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 1
Grouch Time
From: Jeff Karr
Series: The Jeff Karr Show
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A grouchy look at life.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
The Melting Pot
From: WHJE
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Disproving typical Mexican stereotypes.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
The Ghosts of Time
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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A young Minneapolis poet writes of the ghosts who help you view your past and future.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Eid
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Eid, an Islamic,a twice annual celebration is a favorite holiday of many Islamic students. Farhan, of the Luxton after-school program, contributes ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Sunny Day
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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A Minneapolis High School student reflects on a beautiful, sunn Minnesota day.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
I Am from Islam
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
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Compelling poem regarding where an Islamic student comes from. To this student, Islam, not a country, is the main thing.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Poducer Profile: Willow Blythe
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Willow Blythe
A native of Plano, Texas, Willow Blythe (Muscogee-Creek) is a freelance multimedia creator for K.E.R.A. public media in Dallas, Texas. A member of ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 13:05
Equal Time Minute - Augusta National and Women
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
The Dropout Dilemma
From: WXXI Rochester
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THE DROP OUT DILEMMA IS SPECIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN THE ROCHESTER AREA. THE WXXI NEWS TEAM HAS BEEN TAKING AN IN-DEPT...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
A Silent Tornado, A Long Black Night
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Virginia Miller and her husband Tim recount the night a tornado hit Apison, Tenn., and how it changed their relationship with their neighbors.

Bought by The Story, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Rudresh Mahanthappa
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"And he said we’ll I don’t want to play any of those 7s or 11s or 13s or 22s. I don’t want to play any of that stuff that you’re writing. He said b...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:32
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Gary Burton and Julian Lage
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"There’s an interesting thing that happens. You prepare a piece. You rehearse it. It sounds perfect...And you go out and play it on the first night...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Doug Wamble
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“The essential ingredient of jazz is listening. And then the response... and out of that something unexpected comes rather than some fulfillment of...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 4
JazzStories: Wynton Marsalis
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Wynton Marsalis
"For me I always grew up watching my father and other jazz musicians, they never played for that many people, they were always struggling. They did...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 6
Music at Different Ages
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Danee Voss, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Danee Voss, a student at Susan B Anthony middle School in Minneapolis talked to her mother about the function of music at different ages. The resul...

  • Added: May 14, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Scars from Bullying
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
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Grace Wenner, student at Susan B. Anthony Middle School (Minneapolis) tells us that the emotional scars from verbal bullying are worse than the phy...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1