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S1 E8 Even The Morgue Has a Wait List
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Hospital administrator Galen Laserson recounts the time she got an unexpected call in the middle of the night, which prompted her to learn all abou...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
Memorial Day with Lefty Lee
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today is Memorial Day. So happy Memorial Day. Many people have the day off work today and many will be spending time with friends and family. But w...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 15:53
NL 19-21: Turn Out The Stars, Volume 5, 5/20/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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More jazz eulogies for departed jazz musicians, in honor of Memorial Day weekend.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
Scottish Fiction Writer Margot Livesey
From: New Letters on the Air
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In this presentation at the Kansas City Public Library, Scottish-born writer Margot Livesey talks about her evolution as a reader and writer, and s...

  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
W.S. Merwin: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We kick off National Preservation Week and continue our celebration of National Poetry Month by pulling from our audio archives to look back on the...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #183 ("Emmylou Harris Duets")
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Supreme songstress Emmylou Harris is heard in every song of this hour as a duet partner to other singers like Gram Parsons, Don Williams, Rodney Cr...

Bought by KSRQ and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 03/19/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today. So...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
First Fusion: Jazz-Rock Before Bitches Brew
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In the late 1960s, young musicians such as The Free Spirits, the Fourth Way, and other now-forgotten fusioneers made the first attempts to blend ja...

Bought by KLCC, WVAS, and KLCC


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Speakeasy: Jazz and Prohibition
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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America in the 1920s: Wall Street was on the rise, cops were on the take, jazz was in the air, and alcohol had been banished—but it certainly hadn’...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KLCC, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WVAS, KLCC and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
One for Marian: Marian McPartland
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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We’ll hear some McPartland recordings with a special emphasis on her own compositions, as well as excerpts from a 1975 interview in which she talks...

Bought by KLCC and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 2
Down at the Old Schoolhouse
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Due to the government-shutdown emergency, your host was compelled to entertain an audience at the Old Schoolhouse Museum in 29 Palms.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ten For Glenn: A Glenn Frey Appreciation - Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase #54
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Paul Ingles shares favorites from the Eagles catalog that feature Glenn Frey who died January 18, 2016. Music intensive hour.

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KUHF, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
OHR Presents: Christmas!
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio (Specials)
Caption: Joni Bishop
Christmas songs both traditional & rare, performed by an interesting array of folk musicians, recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KNAU, RadioStPete Florida, Ohm Radio , RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Resistance: The Ballot and The Bullhorn
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official, over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted into Congress including New Mexico’s Deb Ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can a Progressive Candidate Win in Rural America?: Anthony Flaccavento
From: Laura Flanders
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Anthony Flaccavento is running for the US House seat in Virginia's 9th district, a large, sparsely populated region in the southwestern corner of t...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh Century Martyr (1 of 2) (ENCORE)
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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Scholars and religious leaders explore the impact of Husayn and the devotion of the 15-20 million pilgrims who visit his shrine each year. Part 1 o...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
'The Stone Age' Program 226
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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This one hour program is presented with the idea of airing authentic and original music from the electric era of the 60's and 70's...Many styles ar...

Bought by KEOS, GCR (Global Community Radio), KEOS, KEOS, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Novelist Larry Watson
From: New Letters on the Air
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While at the Woodneath Library Center, novelist Larry Watson reads from his tenth book, AS GOOD AS GONE, now out in paperback. He reveals how cowbo...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Legacies
From: Wind & Rhythm
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We owe a great debt to those who come before us in any new endeavor.  Through their trials, hard work, and experimentation, they help lay a solid f...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 4
Symbols and Cymbals
From: Wind & Rhythm
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George Washington is said to have asked 24 year old Betsy Ross to create a flag to be the symbol of our nation in 1776. Historians also have mentio...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMFA


  • Added: Jun 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
180526 Southern Soul
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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It wasn't until the 1980s that music featured anger. Some would say that introduction was liberating and progressive. That the anti-war music was...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:39:09
Making America Patriotic Again with Jorge Bernardo National Monument Tour Guide Extraordinaire
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Making America Patriotic Again with Jorge Bernardo National Monument tour guide extraordinaire. Mr. Bernardo helps thousands relive & believe in t...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2018
  • Length: 27:17
  • Purchases: 2
OHR Presents: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio (Specials)
Caption: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
Celebrated Scottish & Oldtime acoustic music explorers Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain...

Bought by Ohm Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
OHR Presents: Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio (Specials)
Caption: Bruce Molsky's Mountain Drifters
Preeminent old time fiddler Bruce Molsky and his Molsky’s Mountain Drifters recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Ark...

Bought by Ohm Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Maiden Voyage: Herbie Hancock In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In the 1960s Herbie Hancock seemed to be everywhere on the jazz scene, recording both as a leader for Blue Note and as a sideman with Miles Davis a...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WMOT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4

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