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With changes in schooling to add more bilingual education and the fact that the United States is getting more diverse, American future is bilingual.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 05, 2018
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 2
This time we profile Floyd Jones, a serious and thoughtful songwriter, who was in the studio for Chess Records in 1951.
- Added: Apr 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile guitarist Big Joe Williams and harmonica ace John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, who last recorded together, this week in 1947.
- Added: Apr 27, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Robert Johnson, who made his recording debut the week of Thanksgiving, 1936.
- Added: Apr 20, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Big Maceo, who recorded his “magnum opus” — the barnstorming instrumental “Chicago Breakdown” — this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 11, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile the Memphis Jug Band, whose 1929 recording, “K.C. Moan,” was one of the 84 selections on the “Anthology of American Folk Music.”
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sid Hemphill, who was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, this week in 1942.
- Added: Mar 31, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.
- Added: Mar 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.
- Added: Mar 09, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This Paonia, Colorado National Book Award finalist describes a thriller version of possible future water wars in the American Southwest. Is this an...
Bought by KRZA, Radio Newark, and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Jun 04, 2015
- Length: 09:57
- Purchases: 3
Music festivals all around the country are great places to hear live music. However, not everyone can enjoy the music. Many of the stages have an a...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 06:22
In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 10:00
- Purchases: 2
An immigrant adjusting to new life in a new country has many challenges including how the community accepts them. Immigrants may feel they are on t...
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 05:58
Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...
Bought by KVNF
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 07:12
- Purchases: 1
A bell tower that has been mute for 70 years at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia is about to get a voice thanks to Diane Watkins.
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 55:55
Does it make sense for higher education to be talking about questions of citizenship and democracy at a time when many colleges and universities ar...
- Added: Aug 09, 2011
- Length: 30:00
There is an effort underway in Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Bed Stuy, to protect the old architecture by turning parts of the neighborhood into historic ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 22, 2011
- Length: 05:20
- Purchases: 1
They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...
- Added: Jan 24, 2011
- Length: 04:17
Americana is a genre that usually refers to rustic music with roots in heartland American sounds from folk, blues and country. But recently, Americ...
Bought by KTRL
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
The need for male African-American elementary teachers remains pressing.
Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WUFT
- Added: Feb 11, 2009
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 3
Born July 26, 1875, Carl Jung's psychological theories are once more en vogue. Nancy King, with the radio program "With Good Reason," looks at th...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Jul 17, 2008
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
If Hillary hadn't had that emotional moment in New Hampshire, how would this have affected her campaign? Counterfactual reasoning helps us better ...
Bought by KENW, WEZU, and KCPW Salt Lake City
- Added: Jul 08, 2008
- Length: 02:33
- Purchases: 3
Exploring the lives of William FAulker and Zelda Fitzgerald
- Added: May 15, 2008
- Length: 29:37
- Added: May 02, 2008
- Length: 03:30
Craig Childs is interviewed about his book "Animal Dialogues".
Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: 19:16
- Purchases: 1
