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This episode pays homage to tradition bearers in blues, folk and country music, sharing the stories of the traditional ballad "Barbara Allen", Lead...
- Added: Sep 19, 2024
- Length: 59:02
IN THE STUDIO WITH BRIAN WILSON was solely written and produced by Brian Wilson super fan and college English professor Gardner Campbell – who’s ta...
Bought by KUHF
- Added: Sep 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
![Caption: "Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party" [https://www.flickr.com/photos/36521980095@N01/52743460491] , Credit: by danxoneil, licensed under CC BY 2.0](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/936743/BPP_image_for_Algeria_square.jpg)
On today’s Making Contact, our friends from the podcast, Kerning Cultures, bring us “Black Panthers in Algeria.” It’s the story of when Elaine Mokh...
- Added: Sep 06, 2024
- Length: 29:00
Lacking any formal training, Billie Holiday is considered among the greatest jazz vocalists of all time, with one of the most tumultuous lives of a...
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.
- Added: Aug 31, 2024
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 1
THE EPIC JOURNEY OF BRIAN WILSON was solely written and produced by Brian Wilson super fan and college English professor Gardner Campbell – who’s t...
- Added: Aug 30, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
In this episode, we’ll look at the legacies of the Great Society, the War on Poverty, and LBJ’s Presidency. And we’ll ask, what did the policies t...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Aug 30, 2024
- Length: 51:01
- Purchases: 1
Thought to be rooted in the early hymns brought to America, this old-time folk song has shined brightly in the spotlight of the roots music communi...
- Added: Aug 29, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Highly regarded as the “King of the Delta Blues” and a “Father of the Blues”, Son House was a force of nature who’s emotive guitar playing and prea...
- Added: Aug 27, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Highly regarded as the “King of the Delta Blues” and a “Father of the Blues”, Son House was a force of nature who’s emotive guitar playing and prea...
- Added: Aug 27, 2024
- Length: 08:00
North Carolina’s most celebrated guitarists, songwriters, storytellers and preservationists, Doc Watson has influenced over five generations of gui...
- Added: Aug 27, 2024
- Length: 08:00
North Carolina’s most celebrated guitarists, songwriters, storytellers and preservationists, Doc Watson has influenced over five generations of gui...
- Added: Aug 26, 2024
- Length: 08:00
From award-winning story studio Long Lead and PRX, Long Shadow: In Guns We Trust is the latest from the acclaimed podcast Long Shadow.
America has...
Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM, Baltimore Public Media, WGBH Radio Boston, KUNM, KFCF FM and more
- Added: Aug 26, 2024
- Length: 58:52
- Purchases: 14
North Carolina’s most celebrated guitarists, songwriters, storytellers and preservationists, Doc Watson has influenced over five generations of gui...
- Added: Aug 24, 2024
- Length: 08:00
The Clooney family may be among the most talented ever, and singer Rosemary Clooney (George's aunt) was a true musical icon. In this special, we h...
- Added: Aug 22, 2024
- Length: 52:36
We take you to the final years of prolific bandleader Glenn Miller's life before his plane disappeared over the English Channel during WWII in 1944...
- Added: Aug 22, 2024
- Length: 53:30
We profile the fateful day, February 3, 1959, when three stars, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson "The Bog Bopper" died in a tragic ...
- Added: Aug 22, 2024
- Length: 53:52
- Added: Aug 08, 2024
- Length: 51:42
- Purchases: 1
This award-winning 57 minute documentary evokes the history of the civil rights movement through its music and actuality. The late Bernice Reagon l...
- Added: Jul 30, 2024
- Length: 58:00
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks and the ...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jul 28, 2024
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jul 17, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
This is the story of what happens (and what's happening) when the American workforce tries to get a seat at the table.
Bought by WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KHNS and more
- Added: Jun 28, 2024
- Length: 51:31
- Purchases: 12
In the wake of two recent Supreme Court decisions about gun regulations, Civics 101, NHPR's show about the basics of how our democracy works, exami...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jun 27, 2024
- Length: 51:31
- Purchases: 1
When Robert Taylor bought land and began to build a home in St. John Parish in Louisiana, he envisioned a compound that would house his family for ...
- Added: Jun 18, 2024
- Length: 34:19
This two-part series on African American history in Indianapolis, IN, takes you to Indiana Avenue—a once vibrant Black corridor with homes, restaur...
- Added: Jun 14, 2024
- Length: 52:54
The U.S. Constitution refers to treaties with other sovereign nations as “the supreme law of the land.” But what happens when promises have been ma...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:01
