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Page Wilson: Into the Blue, Part 2 (conclusion)
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2021
  • Length: 27:53
Page Wilson: Into the Blue Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson ten years ago this month, and the Richmond music scene will never be quite the same. Page was a player and host of the most popular “re...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2021
  • Length: 25:55
Cash Gart: The Songs of Sniagrab
From: Matthew Simonson
Caption: A Sniagrab sale, from above, Credit: The Gart Family Archive
A touching story of fathers, family, and bargains spelled backwards.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 20:30
On the QT
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
Tony Was just looking for a Job where he could Shine.
From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News
Caption: Tony & the Crew of Acme Silver Plating.
Tony was young, living in the small Western Colorado Town of Montrose...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
Knoxville's Miss Biscuit
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Liz Barr, reigning Miss Biscuit, Credit: Tanner Latham
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 4
Garage Pop Forever: The Needlecraft Story
From: Ruth Eddy
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Mikki Lunda and Hana Zimorino are easy to spot walking down the street. The ladies are sharp dressers rarely caught without lipstick and their sign...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 07:22
The Mikie Show #44, Gordon
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with percussionist extraordinaire, Gordon Gottlieb. He is a world class multi-instrumentalist, and can play literally hundred...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #37, Abe
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with fabulous violinist Abe Appleman. Besides a love of chamber music, his main gig is playing with the first fiddles in the Or...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #33, Martin
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with independent filmmaker Martin Holt. Over forty-six years of collecting life's experience on film, he has filmed ceramic art...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
He's A Fake Nowhere Man
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Interview and commentary with Mark Benson, who's been playing John Lennon in the Beatles tribute band 1964 for nearly three decades.

Bought by KEOS and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #22, Kenny
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Hooray episode twenty-two has arrived at your computation machine’s receiving area! I think it’s a good show, I hope you like it. We speak with stu...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #10, Scott
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
Caption: Scott Litt at The Power Station in New York, 1980's
Yippee, our tenth anniversary! Well, really just our tenth show, but still, nice to be here. We interview Alternative Rock producer Scott Litt. One...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 04, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco Columbarium: Ashes to Ampitheater
From: Eric Zassenhaus
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San Francisco's last remaining cemetery is a columbarium, containing the ashes of thousands of San Francisco luminaries. Jennifer Blowdryer, ex-fro...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
The Diner
From: David Kates
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David Kates spent a few hours at Los Angeles' Original Pantry Cafe to soak up the sights, sounds and smells.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:49
Little Gray Book Lecture: How to Communicate Without the Use of Wires
From: The Little Gray Book Lectures
Series: The Little Gray Book Lectures
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Lectures by Paul Tough and Starlee Kine, walkie-talkie banter and a song about NY ME host Soterios Johnson

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WVPE, WBEZ, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 21, 2005
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 4
Davy Rothbart, Found Magazine
From: Adam Allington
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Davy Rothbart founder of "Found" Magazine describes some of his favorite finds

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 03, 2004
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1