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Tales from the South 119: The South in the 30's and 40's
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Catherine King reads at Tales from the South
We go way back in time for this very special show, featuring true stories from the 1930's and 40's, told by the Southerners who lived them. Stories...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 34:00
What's Dinner Like at your House?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The food can be good, bad, ugly and gross!

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
Old Ashdown: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
Chicago's Nightlife
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Dreamland Ballroom, Credit: 1923 poster
There is the Near South Side, The Loop, Uptown, and South Side. The hot spots for finding jazz clubs and speakeasies will to violate prohibition d...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/2/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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CELESTIAL BEING LAID TO REST...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Jabbo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cladys "Jabbo" Smith
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...

Bought by WNCU and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 109: Best Laid Plans
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Wayne Ball reads "The Secret"
This week it's stories about best laid plans, and how those plans go amiss. Stories by Wayne Ball, Peter O'Connell, and Mark Isbell. All stories ar...

  • Added: Dec 25, 2012
  • Length: :00
Butterbeans & Susie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Into the Woods
From: Sam Dunnington
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My high school used to drop groups of kids off in the woods in order to teach them survival skills. There was no adult supervision.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 11:06
Movies That Make Your Holidays
From: Spokane Public Radio
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SPR's Movies 101 film reviewers give their picks for their top holiday rentals, traditional and not-so-traditional.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WVPE, WRFA-LP, KVSC, WVPE and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Apex Club
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Apex Club
The Apex Club was raided by federal agents and closed for selling alcohol during Prohibition in 1930. Just before that fateful day, New Orleans nat...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
New Orleans Horns
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Canal Street, New Orleans
The legend of musician Buddy Bolden has stretched well beyond the city limits of New Orleans. Whether or not half of the stories are true, really d...

Bought by WRGY and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Missourians
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Missourians
They were known as the big band of the 1920s who sounded a little “country.” Not because they were from Nashville, nor did they have a twang in th...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Matt Hall, Brewer
From: Alex Lewis
Caption: Matt Hall is a brewer at Yards Brewery in Philadelphia., Credit: Alex Lewis
Many people love beer, but few really know what goes into making the stuff. Matt Hall - a brewer at Yards Brewery in Philadelphia, PA - dispels a ...

Bought by KLCC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
Riddles from the Border Regions, 09/22/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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BEDTIME, DRESSED IN ORANGE HE GOES...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 08/18/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY NAME IS L, MY NAME IS E...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 08/11/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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MY SHINGLE IS A CANDY STICK...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 08/4/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY FIRST CAN MAKE AN ARROW FLY...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 07/14/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A CHOIR OF EIGHTY-EIGHT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 088: North Little Rock History
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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This week, we hear stories from two North Little Rock mayors: former mayor Terry Hartwick, and current Mayor Patrick Hays. True stories told by the...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Riddles from the Border Regions, 06/30/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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I'M THE RULER OF THE KINGDOM...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Reflections on China's Bureaucracy: Standing in my Underwear in a Shanghai Supermarket
From: STephen ASma
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Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
Summer Session Friends
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bandleader Merle Johnston
This is a glimpse at some of those talented bands of the 1920s and ‘30s who only recorded a few sides in their brief careers. There is some buried...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
WWII Army Musician Remembers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Homer Parce playing the cornet at his home., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Love of music prompted Homer Parce to sign up for an army band. Military service whisked the small town South Dakota boy across the Pacific just a...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
Tesch:
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Frankie Teschmacher
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:57

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