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A music special perfect for Thanksgiving. A look at songs from the Great American Songbook about the comforts of home life, performed by Frank Sina...
Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTXK, Morehead State Public Radio, WITF, KRBD and more
- Added: Oct 01, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 38
Dean Davis likes to create art murals and complete restoration projects. He has worked on projects like the Muhammed Ali/Mike Tyson mural for Soul ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 06:15
- Purchases: 1
Despite being far removed from places like New York, Los Angeles, or Houston, Minneapolis and St. Paul and their suburbs have earned some hip-hop s...
- Added: Dec 11, 2021
- Length: 05:46
Jeff and Deb couldn't stand each other when they first met. Four decades later, they've traveled the world teaching kids about marine biology. Alon...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 18:24
- Purchases: 1
More than 50 years ago, America’s most prolific composer, Duke Ellington, collaborated with bassist Charlie Mingus and drummer Max Roach to produce...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 01:59:01
Don Fidel, an immigrant to the United States, opened a staple restaurant in Chicago, but for his family, it was more than restaurant.
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 16:26
For Lincoln native Alex Pickerel, the reasons for dropping out of high school went beyond merely not liking school. A series of bad turns in his li...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 05:21
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called Detroit, where four out of 10 children don't graduate from high school, "arguably, the worst school dist...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 09:01
One city's struggle to regain its economic footing is also tied to significant problems in its schools. Jeffrey Brown reports from Reading, Pa., as...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 10:27
Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:57
Students with learning differences are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Learning Dis...
Bought by NPR Illinois
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 1
A growing number of state legislatures are using driving privileges as an incentive to keep students from dropping out of high school. States' laws...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:20
Hoping to stem a high school dropout crisis, one Texas superintendent is luring many students back to school by giving them a taste of college cour...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:00
Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Now, he's a sociology...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 08:54
Photographer and University of California, Santa Barbara professor Richard Ross has spent five years documenting juvenile detention facilities thro...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 05:46
Austin based musician Marcia Ball is best known for her infectious brand of Louisiana Swamp rock and two-fisted piano playing. And even though she...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Jul 02, 2010
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
On this edition of "A Musician's Life" Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of The Swell Season. Most people will remembe...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: May 17, 2010
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
In 2006 Paste magazine named Josh Ritter one of the top 100 living songwriters. But shortly after completing his 2008 album, "Historical Conquests...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: May 13, 2010
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Native artists in the Ecuadorean Andes return to their people's sacred mountain.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 11, 2007
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
