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Filmspotting REVISITED (07/05/19): Pulp Fiction (Sacred Cow review) / Top 5 of 1994
From: WBEZ
Caption: Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino's classic film, 'Pulp Fiction'
Back in 2012, Josh was only a couple months into his role as new co-host, when Adam suggested the Best of '94 Top 5. The reconsideration of "Pulp F...

Bought by WRIR, KSRQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KCPW Salt Lake City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 735 (06/28/19): Top 5 Films of 2019 (So Far)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Elisabeth Moss in 'Her Smell'
Midway through the year, Adam and Josh run down their lists for the best films of 2019 (so far).

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSRQ, WRIR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 28, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 732 (06/07/19): Fight Club at 20 / Top 5 David Fincher Scenes
From: WBEZ
Caption: Edward Norton and Brad Pitt in David Fincher's 'Fight Club' (1999)
"Fight Club," the third film our 9From99 series, was initially met with lukewarm critical and box office response, but developed a cult following o...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, KSRQ, KCPW Salt Lake City, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Filmspotting 730 (05/24/19): Top 5 Films of 1979
From: WBEZ
Caption: Robert Duvall in 'Apocalypse Now' (1979)
John Hurt's exploding chest turns 40. Of the films celebrating 40th anniversaries in 2019, only Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" can really...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KSRQ, WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 24, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 727 (05/03/19): Top 5 Summer Movie Questions / Donen #3 - Charade
From: WBEZ
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Marvel burnout. "Booksmart" hype. Will Smith's genie. Detective Pikachu. And of course the astonishingly worded "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & S...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KSRQ, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 723 (04/05/19): Top 5 Overlooked Films of the 2000s / Madness Final / Assassination of Jesse James (Sacred Cow review)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Brad Pitt in 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' (2007)
As the 2019 edition of Filmspotting Madness comes to a close, Adam and Josh share some favorite titles that didn't make the 64-film bracket. Then, ...

Bought by WRIR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSRQ, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 719 (03/08/19): Captain Marvel / Round 2 Filmspotting Madness (Best of the 2000s)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Brie Larson in 'Captain Marvel'
Marvel's first female-led feature is also one of its best. Indie duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck ("Half Nelson," "Sugar") were a surprising choice t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KSRQ, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 718 (03/01/19): Filmspotting Madness (Best of the 2000s) / Cassavetes #2 - A Woman Under the Influence
From: WBEZ
Caption: PRX default Piece image
64 films. Only one survives. Welcome to the Madness. In the 2018 edition of Filmspotting Madness -- Best of the 90s -- the championship round had ...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSRQ, WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Commoning Our Cities: Mary Miss, Silvia Federici, Peter Linebaugh
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Reinventing our cities and re-enchanting the world. Who gets a say in designing where they live? We visit artist Mary Miss's organization, The Cit...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Feb 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Filmspotting 717 (02/22/19): Top 5 Movies About Suburbia (w/Jessica Harper) / Cassavetes #1 - Faces
From: WBEZ
Caption: Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton in 'Ordinary People'
Worse than a coven of witches? The 'Burbs. "Suspiria" star Jessica Harper has appeared in over 20 films since the mid-'70s, but she's also had a c...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, WRIR and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Filmspotting 716 (02/15/19): The Matrix (9 from 1999), Top 5 Slow Motion Scenes (Since The Matrix)
From: WBEZ
Caption: Keanu Reeves in 'The Matrix' (1999)
For the second film in their "9 From '99" series, Adam and Josh reconsider the Wachowski Sisters' seminal sci-fi film, which, while a popular and c...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, WRIR, KSRQ, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Voicemails
From: Rick Brewer
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An audio story about voicemails.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Oh! What A Poetical War!
From: Sue Zizza
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Featuring the popular poetry of the time before and during the Great War: the Music Hall songs; the songs the soldiers sang; the poems that served ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Beehive Amapolay Crafting Memory
From: sarah parker
Series: The Beehive
Caption: Fernando Castro and Carol Fernandez from Amapolay, Credit: AMapolay Facebook
This is an interview with artists Carol Fernandez and Fernando Castro of Amapolay Manufacturas Autonomas who are currently being featured in an exh...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
RDD: A Special Guest
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week The Rough Draft Diaries will take a brief break in its line of connections to give you the opportunity to meet Amanda Lucidon. During Bar...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Art and Motorcycles
From: Rachel Ishikawa
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Fall off your bike, get a band aid. Have a headache, take an ibuprofen. Pain is often fleeting…and there’s a cure. But what happens when pain is co...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
The Future of Music (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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An interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, KMUN, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
John Ashbery: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR pays tribute to the Past American Voice of John Ashbery. The poet, critic, and translator, who died on September 3rd at age ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Wisdom from the Zombie Apocalypse
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Greg Garrett
Baylor Professor Greg Garrett explains our culture's fascination with zombies.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
Filmspotting 626 (03/17/17): Danny Boyle Interview, & He Shares His Top 5 Boyle Characters
From: WBEZ
Caption: Ewen Bremner, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle in 'T2 Trainspotting '
"Trainspotting" wasn't huge hit in its day, but the 1996 film made an impression on a generation of young film fans thanks to its visual flair, mem...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., XRAY.fm, WRIR, WQCS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 624 (03/03/17): Get Out, Filmspotting Madness-Top 5 Pantheon Contenders, Remembering Bill Paxton
From: WBEZ
Caption: Daniel Kaluuya in Jordan Peele's 'Get Out'
Who needs to be told how great "The Godfather" is? Or "Citizen Kane"? Or, um... "Midnight Run"? That was the logic back in the earliest days of the...

Bought by WQCS, WRIR, WNJR, GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Filmspotting 623 (02/24/17): 2017 Oscar Picks
From: WBEZ
Caption: 2017 Oscar Picks
This year’s Oscar ceremony is bound to get political, but how might Oscar voters send a message with their ballots? Adam and guest host Michael Phi...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WQCS, WRIR, KCMJ Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
The Cops of Pop
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Two records from 1983 achieved minor novelty fame, and then faded away, only to emerge 20 years later as the originators of a curious genre of pop ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 44:02
BHM Special: Driving While Black (promo)
From: With Good Reason
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by WKMS, WNSB, and KMUD


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
BHM Special: Driving While Black (hour)
From: With Good Reason
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The untold stories of all-black sports leagues - Celebrated poet Kiki Petrosino on poetry and police violence - Mapping the KKK - A history of revo...

Bought by WKMS, WNSB, WMUU-LP, KGNU Community Radio, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5