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Ray Charles - Nat Cole
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Musician Ray Charles remembers his early career as a Nat “King” Cole sound-alike. (1995)

Bought by WNCU, WUAL, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 3
Allen Ginsberg - Peyote
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author Alan Ginsberg reminisces on the effects peyote had on him and some of his writings. (1995)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Allen Ginsberg - Lyrics
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author Alan Ginsberg extols Bob Dylan’s lyrics. (1995)

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :58
  • Purchases: 2
Allen Ginsberg - Dylan
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author Alan Ginsberg recognizes Bob Dylan as the heir apparent to the Beat poets. (1995)

Bought by AIFM and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :52
  • Purchases: 2
Agnes De Mille - Relation
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Choreographer Agnes de Mille relates dancing to music. (1958)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Agnes De Mille - Script
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Choreographer Agnes de Mille laments the lack of a coherent script for recording dance. (1958)

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Agnes De Mille - Gesture
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Choreographer Agnes de Mille marvels at the universality of certain gestures. (1958)

Bought by WUAL and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Agnes De Mille - Composing
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Choreographer Agnes de Mille points out the handicaps with which a choreographer must work. (1958)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Aaron Copland and Agnes De Mille
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Composer Aaron Copland and choreographer Agnes de Mille speak about the relationship between music and dance. (1958)

Bought by WUAL and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
Aaron Copland - Movie
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Composer Aaron Copland predicts professional legitimacy for “movie music.” (1958)

Bought by WKMS, WUAL, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Aaron Copland - Opera
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Composer Aaron Copland remarks how and why composers specialize in a certain genre or format. (1958)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Aaron Copland - Jazz
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Composer Aaron Copland discusses how jazz music has influenced other genres. (1958)

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
James Baldwin - West
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author James Baldwin reflects on the history of United States’s foreign policy. (1963)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
James Baldwin - Teacher
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author James Baldwin ponders the problems confronting the “American Negro.” (1963)

Bought by KUOW and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Howard Zinn - Draft Records
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Historian Howard Zinn draws connections between civil disobedience and jury sentences. (1974)

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Tillich
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Theologian Paul Tillich talks about the ultimate danger of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 2
Dean Rusk - Weapons
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk justifies the American build-up of arms. (1961)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Zinn - People
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Historian Howard Zinn suggests how civil disobedience effects the public consciousness. (1974)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
Timothy Leary - Open
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Psychologist Timothy Leary implores listeners to stay open to new ideas.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Through The Schools
From: Jefferey Sweeton
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sparta Elementary School started training students on traditional bluegrass instruments as part of innovative and personal education profiled in th...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 15:57
  • Purchases: 1
Cracked Open
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Richard Handler shares his pungent insights into brain surgery, actually, his own brain surgery.

Bought by WBEZ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 2
Visions at (New) Scotland Yard; "The "Black" Museum / '999' / Dickie Dill"
From: Herb Malsman
Series: Visions...A Series Of Visits To (Almost) Everywhere!
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Visions visits (New) Scotland Yard's "Black" Museum

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2005
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Carl Webb Goes AWOL
From: KUT
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Texas National Guardsman Carl Webb recounts his tale of desertion and living underground.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Gamers
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Gamers explores the unique voice of a large, extended community who breakthrough “normal” social barriers and communicate through the game.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
Disney Death
From: Jake Warga
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Walt Disney's use of death in his films

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 8

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