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Got Blues... A Rolling Stones Special - Paul Ingles' Music Showcase Edition (HOUR 1) - #019
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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HOUR 1 of a 2 hour public radio special from award-winning producer Paul Ingles called "Got Blues If You Want It! A Rolling Stones Special". The pr...

Bought by KFSK, WRVO Public Media, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUPR low power FM, KSJE and more


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
THE EMERGENCE OF PAUL SIMON - Hour 2 - Paul Ingles' Music Showcase Edition - #016
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour two of a two-hour exploration of the seminal work of heralded songwriter Paul Simon as revealed by musicians, writers and fans and archival in...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #011 - Right on Target, So Direct: Bob Dylan's BLOOD ON THE TRACKS (Hour 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 1 of a celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Episode 84: Masterpiece
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In the 1950s poodles were all the rage – one tabloid even reported that when a girl “makes the big time she traditionally acquires 3 things — minks...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 25:15
  • Purchases: 1
Cover Me Softly
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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A history and philosophy of the cover song in the rock music tradition, and how it contrasts with the classical music tradition.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 47:28
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #009 - The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt (Hour 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KFSK, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Russia's Anti-Revolution: 100 years after the Revolution (director's cut)
From: Hechtech
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Communism ended in failure, capitalism corrupted Russia’s soul. Now Russians are looking inward. Our story follows the grandson of a once forgotten...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 1
HIS BLUE HEAVEN: A FATS DOMINO APPRECIATION
From: Paul Ingles
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FATS DOMINO, the pioneering rock 'n' roll legend, passed away October 24, 2017 of natural causes at the age of 89. Music historian and documentari...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, WHRV, KUNM, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 19
The Invention of Race: Preview
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: Gomes de Zurara, the Portuguese inventor of blackness (and whiteness), highlighted, on The Monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon, Portugal., Credit: Harvey Barrison
Preview for upcoming 1-hour special, telling the story of the construction of race, and racism, as we live with them today.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 06:47
Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Frank Campbell was a teenager when he was sold to keep Georgetown University afloat. He was one of some 272 enslaved people sold by Jesuits in Maryland to plantations in Louisiana., Credit: Ellender Memorial Library, Nicholls State University
(9/4/2017) As more schools begin to confront their participation in slavery, they also consider how to make amends.

Bought by WWNO, WMUU-LP, WNCU, WUFT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Thelonious Monk: From Myth to Man (Part 2)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, presenting the second of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special gue...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Thelonious Monk: From Man to Myth (Part 1)
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hourlong program of classic jazz, presenting the first of a two-part program exploring the life and music of Thelonious Monk, with special guest...

Bought by KMUW, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Portraits of Harlem
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring musical tributes to the so-called “Black Metropolis,” including Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” Roy Eldr...

Bought by Radio New Zealand, 90.5 WSNC, WUCF, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Baptism of Solitude: Paul Bowles's Morocco Tapes
From: The Organist
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Driving around Morocco in the late 1950s with counterculture icon Paul Bowles at the wheel, with a case of hot Pepsi, a brick of hash, and a massiv...

Bought by KMUN and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
Ten For Gregg: A Gregg Allman Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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Music historian Paul Ingles hosts a panel of other music writers and fans remembering the musical legacy of Gregg Allman, who died May 27, 2017 at ...

Bought by KFSK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMSU, WXXI Rochester, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
The Working Tapes: Advertising Executive
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviews a female advertising executive in the 1970's for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KZYX


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
John Webb - Richard Caldwell
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: John Webb
John Webb as written and presented by Richard Caldwell

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 08:30
Hackademics 1
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 42:40
Talk Music With Me: Steve Cropper (Part 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Cropper talks with Paul Ingles about his collaborations with Otis Redding and other highlights from his career as...

Bought by WHRV, KMUW, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
From Kremlin to Kremlin (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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We may be in a period of historic closeness between Russia and the United States, but there was a time when hundreds of African-American scientists...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 4
Ferdinand, The Misunderstood Bull (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In 1936, just as the Spanish Civil War was beginning, an instantly successful and highly controversial children’s book arrived on the bookshelves. ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Black History Matters: The Civil Rights Era in Living Memory
From: c j armentano
Series: Black History Matters
Caption: Harvard Professor Emeritus Alvin Poussaint
This piece features the voices of black Americans who came of age during the civil rights era: an era that lives with a mix of pain and pride in th...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Black History Matters: Black and Proud
From: c j armentano
Series: Black History Matters
Caption: Harvard Professor Emeritus Alvin Poussaint
Black and Proud explores the era when African Americans began to aggressively challenge myths of inferiority. As Martha Bouyer, a participant in th...

Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KISU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Wishes of the Dead
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Our lives are controlled by the invisible hand from the grave. Death does not prevent people from influencing the world with their wealth, but such...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 46:43
Rotunda Restoration (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When Donald Trump takes the inaugural stage this month, he’ll be doing so in front of the newly restored Capitol Dome. But just over a hundred mile...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2

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