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For Passover: Searching a Family Tree for Raisins
From: Robin Washington
Caption: Robin Washington, Credit: Julia Cheng
Robin Washington is African American and Jewish and has family members all over the world. Some are Jewish, some are other religions but many celeb...

Bought by KZYX, KWMR, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 3
Our Last Valentine's Day Together
From: kent Rader
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This piece is about the absurdity that gay marriage will hurt a heterosexual marriage.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
Jazz Etiquette #9 - Crap Jazzers
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode speaks to those of you who are just starting your journey of months, if not years, of practice and frustration in achieving the painfu...

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:17
  • Purchases: 1
Why Cooking Sucks
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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This is an essay about cooking and all the shame and rage and frustration that can accompany this art. Writer Sarah Miller describes her desire to ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #7 - Gig Administration (part II)
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette of properly administrating and participating in a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 11, 2015
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #6 - Gig Administration (part I)
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette of properly administrating and participating in a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:56
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #5 - Listeners (part II)
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette of attending and appreciating a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 12:16
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #4 - Listeners (part I)
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette of attending and appreciating a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #3 - Soloing part II
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette when soloing during a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #2 - Soloing part I
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette when soloing during a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:29
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #1 - Dressing for a Jazz Gig
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode is all about the etiquette in dressing for a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 1
Cupid's Day: A Lovably Flawed Valentine's Day Alternative
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: What's to Love About...?
Caption: BLAME IT ON HOBOKEN CD Art, Credit: Photo: Katie Weisberger
Hate Valentine's Day? Cupid, that flawed character from Roman Mythology, offers alternative reasons to love Feb. 14th.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
TSR15-02 Rusted Root
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Having collaborated with one another for two decades, Rusted Root, has honed the perfect combination of musical intuition, freedom and virtuosity, ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KALH, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
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
Celine & Me
From: Nick Jaworski
Series: Music and The Moment
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In this humorous piece, Nick, a music teacher, tells the story of two Celine Dion songs and how they have helped him understand the value of music ...

  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:38
Twitter Fatigue
From: Stephen Provizer
Series: Cultural Curmudgeon
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Twitter is hemorrhaging self-aggrandizement and hucksterism.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
Wintry Mix
From: Jake Harper
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The sounds of a Wisconsin winter.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Wiarton Willie, Canadian Groundhog
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Fiberglass Wiarton Willie, Credit: Bryan Ward
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Why Didn't Mr. Danilovic's Science Class Change the World?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Author, teacher and altablueskies.com contributor Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Most of us don't spend a lot of time thinking about garbage, but author, teacher and altablueskies.com contributor Catherine Breese does. In this e...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 10:08
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Pie - "Putting Life In Piespective."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "A Hard-Hitting Report on Fall Accomplishments by Northern Minnesotans"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Cultural Vampirism, aka Hipsters Are Vampires
From: Tom Pappalardo
Series: The Optimist
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The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Jamie Lee on Time
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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It's Crunch Time this week; sharing stories of the times you were late or just barely made it as we get through the Crunch Time of our summer fundr...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:20
The New Superstitions
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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A Guide for Those of Little Brain

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1