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EP166 A Tribute to Jeff Healey
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Jeff Healey was well known for his Blues/Rock, but his true love and passion was for American Jazz.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:56
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 3
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Irene Hall
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor reports on the lifelong labor activist Irene Hull.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Fire Next Time
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:54
EP162 Stevie Ray Vaughan
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Remembering one who introduced Blues to a new generation.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:02
EP158 Reverend John Wilkins
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A Bluesman who plays gospel as well as blues.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
A Phil Spector Playlist
From: Paul Ingles
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This is the PHIL SPECTOR PLAYLIST hosted by music historian and radio specials producer Paul Ingles. The program marks some recorded highlights o...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, KGLT, KSJE, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Anna Louise Strong
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor describes Anna Louise Strong, a 20th-century American journalist, activist, and supporter of the labor movement.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Charles Person
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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One of the original 13 Freedom Riders, what Charles Person faced during the Civil Rights Movement was far worse than his time as a Marine in Vietnam.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:26:58
A Conversation with JoAnne Blackmon Bland
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Only 11 years old on Bloody Sunday, JoAnne faced the charging horses and the swinging batons of the state troopers.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:54
A Conversation with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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Her mugshot has been called one of the most iconic in American history. The pretty white southern woman who defied Jim Crow and fought for civil ri...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:23:34
A Conversation with Ruby Bridges
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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The little girl who went to school with federal marshals as escorts has something to say about what she went through and what we are going through ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:02:02
Conor Casey and Crystal Rogers, Archivists for the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Conor Casey & Crystal Rogers
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Crystal and Conor report on the ‘Women in Labor History’ project. Song: Rebel Girl: written by Joe Hill, arranged and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Auld Lang Syne for 2020: Should Old Deniers Be Forgot?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: He didn't do it alone., Credit: Susan Cook
In the Department of Poetic Justice, the ode to 2020 and caucasian, male, non-mask wearing arrogant reality - like that of the now closed Institute...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
Musicians' Memorial 2020 - Two Hour Compilation Program
From: Paul Ingles
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Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this two- hour Musicians Memorial 2020 program remembering some of the top musicians who passed away in 2020....

Bought by KSFR, RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KBBI Alaska, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 17
Musicians' Memorial 2020 - One Hour Compilation Program
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: John Prine, Eddie Van Halen, Helen Reddy, McCoy Tyner, Bill Withers, Bonnie Pointer
Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this single hour Musicians Memorial 2020 program remembering some of the top musicians who passed away in 202...

Bought by KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGUC/ WVXU, KGOU and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
F-Word: Times They Ain't A Changing
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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Bob Dylan... "sing as he might about The Times They are A-Changing, Dylans deal, worth an estimated $300 million to him, changed nothing about anyt...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
Musicians' Memorial 2020 - Singer/Songwriter Edition
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: John Prine, Bill Withers, Justin Townes Earle
Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts 1 of 4 hours remembering musicians who passed away in 2020. This edition spotlights singer/songwriters lost....

Bought by KSJE, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, WNIJ, KMSU and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Musicians' Memorial 2020 - Rock 'n' Roll Edition
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Eddie Van Halen / Neal Peart
Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts 1 of 4 hours remembering musicians who passed away in 2020. This edition spotlights rock 'n' roll artists lo...

Bought by KSJE, Prairie Public, KMSU, Troy Public Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Ramon Torres, President of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, Jason Holland, WPEA Organizer, and Edgar Franks, C2C Organizer
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Familias Unidas por la Justicia
Interview by Gary Kanter: Ramon, Jason, and Edgar tell the story of how a group of farm workers ended up negotiating a great union contract.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
Native Peace Values / Reconciling Clergy Abuse
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Oren Lyons
A two-part edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO this time. First, host Megan Kamerick visits with Glenn Aparicio Parry, author of "Original Politics: Makin...

Bought by KSJE


  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
F-Word: The Media’s Quadrennial Eclipse
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"All this how’s-he-doing coverage is par for the course as we transition to the next administration, but someone’s missing from this picture of our...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
Reparations: Should We Pay for Someone Else's Sin?
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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The United States government has a history of paying reparations to those who have been wronged but with one very striking exception: slavery. Shou...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 46:41
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #127 - YOU SHOULD KNOW BILLY JOE SHAVER
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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YOU SHOULD KNOW BILLY JOE SHAVER is a program about the Texas singer-songwriter who ROLLING STONE magazine called "an outlaw-country pioneer who wr...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KGLT, KSRQ, KSJE, WMMT and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #126 - YOU SHOULD KNOW JERRY JEFF WALKER
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Jerry Jeff Walker
A program celebrating the life and music of singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker...who died in October of 2020 at the age of 78. Paul Ingles hosts w...

Bought by North State Public Radio, WRGY, WMMT, KSJE, and KUHF


  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
YOU SHOULD KNOW BILLY JOE SHAVER
From: Paul Ingles
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YOU SHOULD KNOW BILLY JOE SHAVER is a program about the Texas singer-songwriter who ROLLING STONE magazine called "an outlaw-country pioneer who wr...

Bought by WUTC, KMSU, KUHF, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KWMR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5

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