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"Motown:The Truth Is A Hit"

From: Dred-Scott Keyes

In this edition of the Cutting Edge, we take a look at the musical phenomena remembered as the Motown sound. Born and bred in the shadows of the Mo...

Bought by Prairie Public

Added: Unknown
Length: 01:00:02
Purchases: 1

A Woman's Shortcut

From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts

Join Gloria Steinem, Jane Wyatt, Snow White, Lucille Ball, Rex Harrison, Diana Ross & the Supremes,George Burns & Gracie Allen, James Brown and a c...

Added: Mar 04, 2014
Length: 58:12

The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison

From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves

Look around your daily life. There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: Feb 05, 2014
Length: 23:26
Purchases: 7

Jimi Hendrix on The Experience

From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank

On September 11, 1970, Jimi Hendrix gave an interview to Keith Altham. A week later Hendrix was dead. This was his final interview. It's Hendrix on...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more

Added: Feb 04, 2014
Length: 07:12
Purchases: 7

Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Cold - "I Don't Recall Such Humorously Cynical Philosophy Embedded In Didactic Film Strips When I Was Young."

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories

Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Feb 03, 2014
Length: 01:28
Purchases: 1

Mozart Comes to America

From: WGBH Radio Boston

Caption: Mozart's own violin, in its case, Credit: Greg Shea

The violin and viola once owned by Mozart himself speak through the composer's music during the Boston Early Music Festival, thanks to the Salzburg...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', 'The Sea', WVIA, WDPR and more

Added: Jun 17, 2013
Length: 01:57:59
Purchases: 6

Liberace & His Spectacular Crystal Closet

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

Caption: One of Liberace's incredible feather capes, Credit: Glen Rutter

A half-hour music-rich documentary on Liberace and the former Liberace Museum. His story is told using historical clips from Liberace himself in pe...

Bought by WORT, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: May 20, 2013
Length: 29:42
Purchases: 3

The Lomax Archives

From: Willis Arnold
Series: Local Music Worldwide

Caption: Records From Around the World, Credit: Willis Arnold

Step into the world of Alan Lomax, his archives, and his legacy - The Association of Cultural Equity. Featuring interviews with his daughter Anna ...

Added: May 13, 2013
Length: 05:38

Miss Subways

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project

Beauty pageants promote the fantasy of the ideal woman. But for 35 years, the Miss Subways contest in New York City celebrated the everyday working...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and PRX Remix

Added: Feb 26, 2013
Length: 08:26
Purchases: 2

Politics 101 BC: Voter fraud in the ancient world

From: Oregon Public Broadcasting

Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp, OPB

How do we know that there was voter fraud in ancient Athens? Pottery shards tell the tale.

Bought by Listenwise

Added: Nov 01, 2012
Length: 04:03
Purchases: 1

This Week in Texas Music History: Fredrick Lemsky

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the second week of March (3/13): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the very first Czech musicians to perform i...

Added: Jul 30, 2012
Length: 01:40

From Scott Joplin to Super Mario Bros.: Making Old-Time Piano New Again

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: At age 29, Martin Spitznagel is the World Champion of Old-Time Piano Playing., Credit: Martin Spitznagel

A 20-something pianist is making old-time piano new again... with a little help from Darth Vader and Super Mario Bros.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Nov 14, 2011
Length: 03:48
Purchases: 4

3 Great American Voices

From: Leet and Litwin

SHORT DESCRIPTION: Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, WXXI Rochester, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more

Added: Jun 25, 2011
Length: 55:08
Purchases: 6

Detroit's Floating Post Office

From: Zak Rosen

On the banks of the Detroit River, sits the J.W. Westcott. The ship is only 45 feet long. But believe it or not, it has its own zip code. Since 1...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jun 14, 2011
Length: 02:52
Purchases: 2

The Forensic Architect

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

Caption: Chris Carley, Forensic Architect

That's a real job? Yup. A forensic architect finds out what's wrong with old buildings by understanding their history...and using a garden hose.

Added: Jun 07, 2011
Length: 05:00

Frank T. Hopkins (Hidalgo), November 11, 1951

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

His father was the only one of Custer's men to survive at Little Big Horn and his mother was the daughter of a Sioux chief. Viggo Mortensen played ...

Added: May 04, 2011
Length: 03:00

Clever Apes: Apes in space

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Ham, the first chimp in space, Credit: NASA

In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer considers what science has to learn from flying saucers, what it might take for humans to colonize space in o...

Bought by WVTF, WTJU, KBGA 89.9 FM, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix and more

Added: Jan 28, 2011
Length: 12:59
Purchases: 6

History: Mark Twain in the West (without host lede)

From: KALW

Caption: Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Clemens. Photo by Albert Bigelow Paine (1906), courtesy of the Mark Twain Project.

David Ross tells the tale of Mark Twain in this original documentary.

Bought by WRPI

Added: Jan 19, 2011
Length: 23:13
Purchases: 1

Swashbucklers go public in Bemidji

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology

A secret society of swordsmen revealed their talents and charitable aspirations to their home community of Bemidji at the Swashbucklers' Guild Equi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio

Added: Oct 28, 2010
Length: 09:34
Purchases: 1

“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”

From: Dred-Scott Keyes

IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

Added: Mar 09, 2009
Length: 54:15

Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue

From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials

One-hour special explores the creation and impact of Miles Davis' album "Kind Of Blue."

Bought by WDCB, WVTF, 90.5 WESA, WJCT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more

Added: Feb 04, 2009
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 57

Wayne C. Henderson: How Guitar Making Saved His Life

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Wayne C. Henderson, Credit: http://www.waynehenderson.org/

In this edition, we travel to the homeland of American bluegrass to visit the workshop of guitar builder Wayne C. Henderson. His instruments are co...

Bought by KHNS