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This time we profile Lightnin' Hopkins, who, in 1954, laid down some hard rocking sides for Herald Records.
- Added: Mar 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Etta James, who landed at the top of the Billboard R&B charts this week in 1955, with "The Wallflower."
- Added: Mar 05, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Elmore James, who was in a recording studio in Chicago, this week in 1953.
- Added: Mar 05, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Just like a real-life Zach Morris, a teenager in the 90's writes his own episode of Saved By The Bell and tries to get it on the air. Listen to th...
- Added: Feb 11, 2018
- Length: 20:07
One man's vision led to a vinyl-only record company producing albums of spoken-word horror literature. And the craziest part? It's flourishing.
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jan 20, 2018
- Length: 09:57
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 18, 2018
- Length: 04:19
After the fall of the Soviet Union Ukrainian-born opera director Julia Lwowski was able to come to Germany because she was a Jew. But was she?
- Added: Nov 30, 2017
- Length: 26:59
Are fans of popular "horrorcore" band Insane Clown Posse as scary as they look? Allie Wenner talks to ICP fans (also known as "Juggalos") outside o...
- Added: Nov 25, 2017
- Length: 19:20
An interview with Venice Wiliams the executive director of Alice's Garden, an urban agriculture facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Added: Oct 23, 2017
- Length: 13:41
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
On Seattle's Capitol Hill, the Lambert House is a space where queer youth are free to be themselves. RadioActive's Amy Styer takes us inside the ho...
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 07:27
Omar Ali is a hero in the eyes of his family. He embarked on a long journey that could have landed him nearly anywhere, fighting to find a safe spa...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:47
- Purchases: 1
"My own family didn't even know who I was anymore. I didn't even know who I was anymore."
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KSFR
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 2
The first thing you say to someone you just met is most likely a polite greeting: "Hello! What's your name?" But not everyone is that thoughtful.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 1
For most people, family will always be family because you're blood. But in April Reyes' case, it doesn’t quite work that way. / This story won the ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 06:39
- Purchases: 2
"My dad's life story is kind of like Cinderella’s. He grew up without a mom, worked for an evil relative and found his princess in the least expect...
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 1
“I started being like, I can’t talk about these things. You’re basically taught to bottle up your feelings in middle school.”
RadioActive Youth M...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:49
- Purchases: 2
"I was afraid that I was gonna say the wrong thing, I wouldn't be able to speak, I was gonna stutter." One introvert's transformation, with a littl...
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 06:27
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Sep 18, 2017
- Length: 05:57
- Purchases: 1
People sometimes take unlikely paths to get where they're going. This is the story of an unlikely scholar.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 1
Who are helpers? Often it's people who know how much it means to be helped.
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 1
Many people have heard of the brutal dictatorships that ruled Soviet Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. RadioActive youth producer and high s...
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 04:55
When you hear about concussions in the news, it's often about a football player. But kids get concussions too. In one recent year, nearly a quarter...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 05:38
- Purchases: 1
We all remember the influential teacher who made a difference in our lives. But for Drego Little, the teacher that changed his life was the one he ...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 05:56
- Purchases: 1
