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Nobody Swung Harder: The Jazz Violin of Stuff Smith
From: David Schulman
Caption: Stuff Smith and friends, Credit: family photo
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the most important American jazz violinist of the 20th Century. He recorded with Ella Fitzgerald. Oscar Pet...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #481 - Elvis' R&B Influences
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Elvis Presley's early music was a blend of Hillbilly, Country, Gospel and R&B. This week's "Juke In The Back" explored the enormous debt Elvis owed...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KTRT RADIO INC, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode #478 - 4th of July Special: R&B Food Songs
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
What’s more American than celebrating America’s birthday with some good ol’ red, white and Rhythm & Blues about THE Fourth of July staple: food? Di...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KVNF, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
S1 E6 That's Ninja Doc To You
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Hospitalist Meghan O'Brien recounts the frustration of caring for a homeless patient who would rather be on the streets.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 32:47
Trans in the Eyes of God: Toni Newman
From: Interfaith Voices
Series: Trans in the Eyes of God
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In our new special series, we hear the personal stories of transgender people of faith and where they are finding spiritual homes among America's r...

Bought by WPSU


  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Moments with Vocalist, Dianne Reeves (round two)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Dianne Reeves sings "Dreams" with Robert Glasper, steps into Ella's shoes, and knows Today Will Be a Good Day.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 8
New Pine Valley Restaurant
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Dr. Martin Luther King, I waited on him. He had ham and egg and hash browns.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 2
The O'Jays: The Last Word
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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The O'Jays have made their final album, The Last Word, and it's filled with wisdom, love and some choice words about the state of the world.

Bought by KMUW, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSGE and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Masterpiece in the Mire
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Each day starts off at ground zero. Based on my motivation, it'll either be mundane or it'll be a masterpiece.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 2
John Grisham Writers Hour - James McBride
From: WMRA
Series: The John Grisham Writers Hour
Caption: John Grisham & James McBride, Credit: JMU Creative Media
Recorded in front of a live audience, WMRA and James Madison University present The John Grisham Writers Hour with special guest James McBride, a N...

Bought by WCVE


  • Added: Feb 28, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 1
Nat King Cole Centennial: Cole in the 1940s
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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March 17th marks Nat King Cole's centennial, and on this program, we chronicle his rise to stardom in the 1940s.

Bought by KMUW, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, and WJSU


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Award-winning Poet and Cave Canem Fellow Marcus Wicker
From: New Letters on the Air
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Michigan native Marcus Wicker reads from his 2011 National Poetry Series winning collection, MAYBE THE SADDEST THING, which was also a finalist for...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
North Shore remembrances of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From: WTIP
Series: Arts and Culture
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the Unitarian Universalist Association in Hollywood, Florida in May 1966
Monday, January 21 is a special day in the United States. It is the day we come together to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Rev. Dr. Mart...

Bought by WGZS, KSTK, and WGZS


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 57:35
  • Purchases: 3
Heroes of American Dissent (Special Episode)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Stories about We The People, pushing back, in the pursuit of a better America.

Bought by WGTE Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KWIT, KICI Iowa City, and KWTF community radio for Sonoma County


  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Sashay Selections
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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What you want for your brother, want for yourself.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2019
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Nancy Wilson - This Mother's Daughter
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Nancy Wilson - This Mother's Daughter is a special music program highlighting the greatest recordings of the great lady of Jazz and song - Nancy Wi...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KGLP, and WMOT


  • Added: Dec 30, 2018
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Pond #09: A Singer’s Life
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Leigh Hamilton is a dramatic soprano who has been based in Germany for more than 17 years. This episode follows Leigh’s story, which takes her from...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 23:25
Episode #450 - Cool Yule: R&B Christmas, Pt. 2
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" presents part 2 of our 2 part vintage Christmas Rhythm & Blues extravaganza that Matt The Cat is calling "Cool Yule." Dig on...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHRV, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Royalton Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #449 - Hey! Santa Claus: R&B Christmas, Pt. 1
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" begins a 2 part Holiday Music Extravaganza with a tribute to Santa Claus. This week, we find the "man in red" doing the boog...

Bought by KPOV, WVAS, KTOO, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Food Justice Is About Everything We Do
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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However you put it, food is as political as it gets. Today, we'll hear from farmers, organizers, workers, and seed-keepers who all attended the NES...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Upton Boxing Center
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Some guys come in and think you can turn pro next week, but once they come in here and find out what you have to go through, it’s like a wake-up ca...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Poet and MacArthur Fellow Terrance Hayes
From: New Letters on the Air
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Multi-award-winning poet and MacArthur fellow, Terrance Hayes, reads from his fifth book, HOW TO BE DRAWN, winner of the 2016 NAACP Image Award for...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Education Activists Back To School With A Test for Devos
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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2018 has been a year of upheaval for students, in and out of the classroom. This week educators and education activists talk about educational just...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:26
Prisoners of War
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Inmates at LBJ
During the war in Vietnam, there was a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon called Long Binh Jail. But LBJ wasn’t for capt...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 18:19
  • Purchases: 1
"Deborah"
From: Alexander Charles Adams
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A euology for the great St. Ann pothole, Deborah. [A Satire Piece on the State of Roads in New Orleans, LA]

  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 05:06

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