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A tsunami, a country, a power plant.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The rise of exotica, a mysterious musical genre of the '50s and '60s.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Tremolo, one of music's most basic effects, has an incomplete history. What we do know links centuries of composition.

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
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America’s first African-American heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson challenges auto-racing champ Barney Oldfield... on the racetrack in pre-W...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
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in this segment we sit down with cook and author Anna Teresa Callen, Paolo Vanini and Executive Vice President & Dean Emeritus of the international...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 18:52
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This week marks the 150th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
Caption: Michael Jackson
The musical history of MICHAEL JACKSON. The music of THE JACKSON FIVE (J5), THE JACKSONS and solo music of MICHAEL JACKSON are covered in this thre...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:12
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part three of dance dance dance

  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 18:26
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Explorer, naturalist, writer ... in his too-short life, Lewis helped to make this country ... literally ... what it is today. From sea to shining s...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Souvenirs from the fair.
State fairs are an opportunity to eat fried foods, play games and discover parts of your state you might not know exist. Many of the fair's booths ...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 07:36
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Actress Mary-Louise Parker said this is one her favorite novels of all time and so she jumped at the chance to read excerpts. There's commentary by...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 7
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“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –,” “Because I could not stop for Death –”, and “I dwell in Possibility –” are some of most memorable opening li...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WKMS, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 22:33
  • Purchases: 6
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Hear acclaimed authors including Michael Chabon (Wonderboys), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), and Walter Mosley discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's coming...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 6
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a weekly podcast for curious readers about forgotten books

  • Added: Aug 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:21:44
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What are our dreams trying to tell us?

  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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How the Lone Ranger became a widely recognized trademark.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
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The man behind Spider Man, Stan Lee was awarded a 2008 National Medal of Arts. Like the superheroes he invented, Stan Lee is bigger than life. Chec...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:57
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Six Moments with 2011 NEA Jazz Master, composer, and arranger Johnny Mandel.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WART FM, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7
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The State of Minnesota is supposedly shutting down at least partially by July 1st. Does that affect you in any way? Do you work for the state? Ar...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:55
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The State of Minnesota is supposedly shutting down at least partially by July 1st. Does that affect you in any way? Do you work for the state? Ar...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Mark Scott, Credit: W & J Directory
John Mark Scott and special guest Robert Dodge interview Joshua Stacker and Andrew Tabler both W & J Alums who have spent time in the Middle East

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 36:48
Caption: David Rohde at a speaking engagement., Credit: Wheeler Cowperthwaite
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00

  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron Brown digresses to trash talk for his essay about sports :)

  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:50
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Michael has a queasy feeling, as if he's already seen the future and where America is headed...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1