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Our guest in this program was Dr. William Fry, a psychiatrist who has done extensive research in the field of humor. We discussed the psychology an...
- Added: Jan 08, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Mystery Monday is a series of one hour program that features vintage radio mystery programs from the 1930's through the 1950's.
- Added: Dec 31, 2018
- Length: 56:58
- Purchases: 4
Super powers that cause others to shrug and think, "who cares." The super power to move clouds with your eyes, to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide...
- Added: Sep 03, 2018
- Length: 03:32:49
The only logical sequel to "Road Songs" celebrates the destinations along the way while saying hello to the radio stations of cities where WoodWarb...
- Added: Aug 07, 2018
- Length: 01:55:45
You're not alone. Even the music identifying application, Shazam, gets stumped on this show. Songs including knock offs of, "The Battle of New ...
- Added: Dec 06, 2017
- Length: 04:06:27
"I was always fascinated with saloons. As a kid on State Street in Chicago, I was always running under the swinging doors." - Bricktop
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 12, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
In the 1920s, the answer to that question was an important factor in the success of a song. Every few weeks a new dance was introduced, and fans lo...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 08, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
They were best known as The Whoopee Makers, but they had the habit of adopting new names at the drop of a hat. The Lumberjacks, Louisville Rhythm K...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 21, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A retelling of the Shane Fenton story and a whiff of Mardi Gras is in the air down here in New Orleans.
- Added: Dec 07, 2016
- Length: 03:27:20
It's FM91's 40th birthday! WGTE FM in Toledo began broadcasting May 2, 1976 and for four decades has continued to deliver the highest quality arts,...
- Added: May 02, 2016
- Length: 06:20
Standards rated 91 through 100 on JazzStandards.com list of most recorded songs.
- Added: Feb 06, 2016
- Length: 57:21
Those beautiful female voicalists who became pioneers in the art of jazz voicing in the early 1920s.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A group of audio journalism students at IU has begun gathering coming out stories from local residents who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, tran...
- Added: Nov 19, 2015
- Length: 06:36
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!!
Featuring Comedian Joe Crawford, Audie Winner Adele Park, and Runaway Man, in our audioboo...
- Added: Apr 27, 2015
- Length: 58:01
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!!
Featuring Actress Sandra Luesse, Writer Matt James, and Grey Mountain by John Grisham, in ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2015
- Length: 57:56
- Added: Nov 01, 2014
- Length: 55:28
Songs for those looking for "good lovin" and another round of bongos.
- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 02:53:05
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... A night of great interstitials from the Firesign Theater and a reading and music ab...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 02:48:30
First half of the show focuses on the rarely heard New Orleans R&B songs and artists of the early 1950s. Rick Coleman who authored the definitive ...
- Added: May 19, 2013
- Length: 05:48:17
Broadcasting the music from a pop up music club located between your left and right ears.
- Added: Apr 28, 2013
- Length: 05:48:39
Laughter is the best medicine. But, it feels that today's musicians may be taking themselves too seriously. Here are selections from the 1920s to t...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Although he hailed from St. Louis, Charles Ellsworth “Pee Wee” Russell took his clarinet cues from New Orleans. Only now is he beginning to be reco...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 26, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Joe Bev hosts an hour of rare 78 RPM Jazz records of Helen Kane & Billy Costello, who were also cartoon voice actors.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, XRAY.fm, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 55:16
- Purchases: 3
I just had an epiphany. Why not title shows by date instead of my pithy descriptions of various elements of a show? Progress. We're making progr...
- Added: Jan 06, 2013
- Length: 02:56:14
American icon Cole Porter learned piano and violin at age six. He became very good at both, but he disliked the violin's harsh sound and so his ene...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
