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Kim Wheeler is the Wolf Lady. She knows more about red wolves than just about anybody in the world. And the more I learn about these remarkable ani...
- Added: Jul 24, 2018
- Length: 24:51
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.
- Added: Jul 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Red wolves used to roam free across most of the eastern United States, from Maine to Florida, from Missouri to Texas, one of the top dogs in the fo...
- Added: Jul 16, 2018
- Length: 24:08
This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Son House and B.B. King, who both made historic live appearances in Chicago the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, 1964.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:29
this is the conclusion of 2828 Story of a House. It’s about a man named Leroy Basham who hoarded for several decades, and the people who dug throug...
- Added: Apr 17, 2018
- Length: 22:09
This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.
- Added: Apr 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, who recorded an iconic slice of down home blues, "That's All Right," this week in 1946.
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi guitarist Tommy Johnson, who cut one of the prophetic masterpieces of the blues, this week in 1928.
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 03:29
2828: Story of a House is about hoarding, and two people who can make order of chaos and find treasure in trash. It's also about a man whose life w...
- Added: Mar 30, 2018
- Length: 26:05
This time, we profile Saunders King and Elder Utah Smith — two early pioneers of the electric guitar.
- Added: Mar 22, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily be...
- Added: Sep 25, 2017
- Length: 02:39:22
Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily bet...
- Added: Sep 25, 2017
- Length: 03:56:19
Imagination… the final frontier. These are the adventures of the fan con Shore Leave whose thirty-nine year mission has been to bring together auth...
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 04:41
This audio feature is produced by Nour Ibrahim as she attempts to go on an Islamic fast.
Bought by KJZZ
- Added: Jun 06, 2017
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 1
America has a long, long, long history of embracing immigrants one day, generally because it needed them for economic reasons, a variation of slave...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Jun 01, 2017
- Length: 27:50
- Purchases: 1
Just as America is a nation of immigrants, Virginia is a commonwealth of immigrants. For the first time ever the state Department of Historic Res...
- Added: May 22, 2017
- Length: 08:45
From: Heidi Chang
Tyrus Wong, a pioneering Chinese American artist who created the look of the movie, "Bambi," left a great legacy and continues to inspire artists a...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 05, 2017
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
A tribute to Lyle Ritz, the "Father of Jazz Ukulele," who also played bass on many of the biggest pop hits in history as a member of the legendary ...
Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 1
Billed as the world's smallest woman, Gloria Rhoden of St. Mary Jamaica understands the nature of true beauty.
- Added: Oct 14, 2016
- Length: 23:02
Blackbeard the pirate may have had as many as 14 wives, the last one being a 16 year old girl who he gave to his crew after he deflowered her. It w...
- Added: Aug 18, 2016
- Length: 25:45
- Added: Aug 03, 2016
- Length: 24:46
Virginia’s Barrier Islands, and the waters and salt marshes that surround them, are among the most pristine coastal regions on the entire Eastern S...
- Added: Jun 16, 2016
- Length: 25:17
