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Living Space
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Living Space" by Michael E. Veal, which is a thorough and creative examination of John Coltrane's fr...

  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
Constant Wonder - A Cartoonist Uses Pen & Paper to Rediscover Her Lost Grandparents
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A cartoonist’s journey: an unlikely path to finding awe, family, and a place in the world.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
Constant Wonder - The Next Everest
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Imagine being caught in an earthquake on Mount Everest!

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Uncovering Archaeology's Hidden Treasures . . . Out of Desert and Ice
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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National Geographic's Ann Williams has been an eyewitness to some of the greatest archaeological treasures of the last century.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Freedom House
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Freedom House is on the way!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:48
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Making the Modern Christmas
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Christmas wouldn't be the same without Dickens. And, the railroads changed Christmas forever.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: This movie star knew what depravation felt like; Topic 2: How Jimmy Stewart stole our hearts

Bought by WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 52:47
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - Float Like a Butterfly, Major Taylor
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The man who changed the course of boxing history.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Fabric: History Hidden in Plain Sight
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The history of fabric is the history of life and death on this planet.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Jaws of Darkness Do Devour
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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The ill counsel of a desert place, that would be howled out in the desert air . . . . Night has fallen on the desert, in this spookiest of seasons....

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Paranormal Cafe with Dr. Bob Curran & The Green Man
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: The Paranormal Cafe
Caption: Walking with the Green Man, Credit: Career Press
Dr. Bob Curran joins us from Ireland to discuss the legend of the Green Man. The Green Man turns up in many cultures, from the same eras, around th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 57:24
  • Purchases: 1
Armada of the Dragoons
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Get in the truck, we're taking a night drive to the Dragoon Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. Get ready for the weird times. New soundscapes b...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
John Latsch: The Man and His River, a film by Mary Farrell and Fran Edstrom
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we’re talking about the film John Latsch: The Man and His River, produced by Mary Farrell and written by Frances Edstro...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 32:31
History of Stereo Photography with Bob Taunt
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we talk to local historian and stereo photography buff, Bob Taunt. Bob recently gave a presentation about the history o...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:06
Skinwalker Ranch
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Parallel dimensions and the mysterious Utah ranch bought by aerospace businessman Robert Bigelow. With guest Jeremy Corbell.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Blues History #50 - March 10-16
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile the March 1932 recording sessions held by Vocalion in New York City, as the nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #49 - March 3-9
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile “Rocket 88,” by Jackie Brenston — widely considered to be one of the archetypal records of rock ‘n’ roll.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #48 - February 24-March 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile “Baby Scratch My Back” by Slim Harpo — the only number one hit on the Excello label during its 23 year run.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #47 - February 17-23
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile “Key to the Highway” — one of the enduring classics of the blues, first recorded by pianist Charlie Segar in 1940.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Blues History #46 - February 10-16
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #45 - February 3-9
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #44 - January 27-February 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
This Week in Blues History #43 - January 20-26
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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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
This Week in Blues History #42 - January 13-19
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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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
This Week in Blues History #40 - December 30-January 5
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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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