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Frank Sinatra turns 100 on Dec 12. A tribute from a brainy broad who learned to love him, Her Way.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 03:20
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As Youth Radio's Soraya Shockley heads off to college, she's making sure to soak up pieces of the Bay Area she loves the most.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:08
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Jonathan Chiu is an inmate at San Quentin State Prison. He was born in Hong Kong in 1982 and moved to the United States with is family when he was...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 05:21
Caption: Richard Hadlock
Host, Richard Hadlock devotes an entire program to the Blues featuring creative guitarists including the late BB King and Leadbelly among others.

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Jun 25, 2015
  • Length: 57:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Richard Hadlock
Host, Richard Hadlock traces his formative years from 1945-1959 when he left Brazil at age 17 to go to College in Philadelphia. He reminisces his f...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:45
Caption: Richard Hadlock
Piano players with "royal" nicknames are featured from Nat "King" Cole to Duke Ellington. Host, Richard Hadlock showcases musicians deserving of th...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 58:41
Caption: Richard Hadlock
Clarinetist/Saxophonist, Omer Simeon played for many years with some of the best bands in jazz as a sideman and never had the desire to lead his ow...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 58:52
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A tribute to Eduardo Galeano , he passed on April 13, 2015, this interview originally aired Sep 2009 but still relevant today. Eduardo Hughes Gale...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 27:57
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
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Legendary blues kick into hard funk. Experience freedom in dance, musing and introspection. We'll pay tribute to a recently departed clarinet mas...

Bought by WKAR, WOUB, WVBI-LP, WYAP, and KVRZ


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:53
  • Purchases: 5
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Feels as good as when we first heard the stuff, from forward to swing to '70s fusion & overproduced blues from the '80s. Perfect for radio, fantas...

Bought by KPVL, WOUB, WVBI-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 4
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Tent Show Radio is pleased to welcome back to the Big Top stage, all the way from Canada, Great Big Sea, joining us on their 20th Anniversary tour.

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KSRQ, WDSE, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
During this time of year remember the veterans.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: :10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Dixon Ticonderoga Pencil, Credit: Bryan Ward
Author, producer and teacher Bryan Ward loves the Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, but his relationship with the writing utensil has soured since he disc...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:42
Caption: you're not around, Credit: pscm
When all you need is someone to answer the phone

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: :54
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
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A panel of music writers and Lou Reed fans sample the late musician's catalog through the years and suggest what made him important to the history ...

Bought by WUTC, WPVM 103.7, KDUR, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUCB and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 23
Caption: The Lunchbox Poster, Credit: Lunchbox the movie
Sandip Roy finds love, in the new movie "The Lunchbox."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Robert Dougherty lives in North Saint Paul, and works in Washington County as a vocational rehabilitation counselor for the State of Minnesota. He'...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:46
Caption: Father Bouche and class, Credit: Sandip Roy
September 5th is "Teacher's Day" in India, and Sandip Roy remembers one of his.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Candace Simar is a Pequot Lakes poet who with her sister Angela Foster, has written a book of poems and essays, "Farm Girls," which was recently re...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
Caption: Music World closes, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip finds himself oddly nostalgic, for a noisy purple bag.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1