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Notes from No Man's Land
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Essayist Ula Biss, author of Notes from No Man's Land, offers candid reflections on the role of race in her own life and in American history.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
Coleman Hawkins
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins was known as "Hawk" or "Bean" among his contemporaries because of his keen intellect and ingenious approach to common tunes. He was...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Top Ten Peace Songs of All Time (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Peace Talks Radio Hosts Carol Boss, Paul Ingles and Suzanne Kryder
The hosts of Peace Talks Radio present a special program counting down the Top 10 Peace Songs since the late 1960's.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WNMU-FM, Aspen Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
DJ Carl Sagan and His Golden Records
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Before the launch of the Voyager probes, Carl Sagan was given the daunting task of assembling a guide to all things human. Something that would fit...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dizzy Gillespie
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Acoustic Stories : Robert Jevne - "Hot Stove"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne discusses his former love of the Chicago Cubs in a lighthearted tone and how their incessant losing seasons defeated his passion for b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
VoiceBox: Singing All The Way To The Polls
From: VoiceBox
Caption: singing canditates
VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman and composer & arts blogger Brian Rosen explore election season songs and the history of presidential candidates’ singi...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
Omer Simeon
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Omer Simeon-front row, 3rd from left
Born in New Orleans in 1902, Omer Simeon is the least known of the early clarinetist of the 1920s. He was apparently very quite and reserved, didn...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
The Peace Message in Classical Music (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Karl Jenkins, Credit: www.karljenkins.com
A music historian tells stories about how classical composers have been influenced by the threat of war and the hope for peace in their works. Mus...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1932 -The Highlander Center opens its doors
From: Action Speaks Radio
Caption: Rosa Parks & Other Activists at Early Highlander
Action Speaks! - Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial a...

Bought by WMMT, WRPI, WGBH Radio Boston, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 58:48
  • Purchases: 4
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1961: JFK Calls for the Moon!
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KREV-LP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 26, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 3
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1949: Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' First Produced
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KREV-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WRNC-LP, WRVO Public Media, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 11, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 5
Action Speaks!: What’s race got to do with it?
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks looks at contemporary issues through the lens of history by using under-appreciated dates of the twentieth-century that have changed ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WRNC-LP, WRVO Public Media, KUT-HD, WDCV and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
Paul McCartney: An Appreciation (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Paul Ingles
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Producer Paul Ingles joins with Richard Goldman, an L.A. musician, writer and fan, to detail why Paul McCartney matters in this program of commenta...

Bought by KSUT, WCMU Michigan, WUTC, KRCB 104.9, KGLT and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2007
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 11
The American Spirit: The History, Voice, and Stand of the Declaration of Independence
From: Teen Attitudes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
(Uploaded by Josh Wehe) The history, the voice, and the physical and moral stand the Declaration of Independene took for our nation

Bought by KPIK-LP and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 2