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The Granite City Radio Theatre, Episode 1 Part 1
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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KVSC presents the Granite City Radio Theatre in partnership with the Pioneer Place Theatre Company in St. Cloud. The Granite City Radio Theatre is ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 54:40
  • Purchases: 1
Happy Anniversary!
From: nancy udell
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Hey podcast listeners, Santa Fe Stories is one year old! This week's show is some pieces of our favorites from the last year.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:39
Wumbers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
This is 1DERFUL!: Wumbers. The new children's book by Amy Kruse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. The idea is to take words that contain numbers, an...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 22:19
Women in Sports
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Guido on women in sports.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
Las Hermanitas Garza
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
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The story of one family and many generations of women in Conjunto music. Produced by Stories Summer Institute youth reporters Arlette Flores, Jenni...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KALW, PRX Remix, and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 4
Obscurity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s dancers
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
The Beat Goes On
From: Valerie Hamilton
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Profile of Durham, NC jazz drummer Stephen Coffman. Produced at the summer audio institute of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
From: Obama for America
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Volunteers and supporters in Virginia wish President Obama a happy 51st birthday

  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
Muggsy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Muggsy Spanier, Credit: photo by Charles Peterson
The origin of his nickname is disputed. Regardless of the reasons, Francis Joseph Julian Spanier was simply known as Muggsy. Before Bix Beiderbeck...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Fisherman Friends and Sea Shanties
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Fisherman's Friends , Credit: Courtesy of Fisherman's Friends
For more than 15 years, the Fisherman’s Friends, a group of 10 men who grew up together in the same little village, have been singing sea shanties ...

Bought by KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 3
Watch Your Language-Playing at the Library
From: jessica lockhart
Series: Watch Your Language
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The word game show contestants perform in form of a live audience at the Portland Public Library.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/June 2012 Week 3
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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An hour of mostly covers, but very strong ones. Includes tracks from Keith Richards & the X-Pensive Winos, Chuck Leavell's Back To The Woods, Ivan...

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KRPS, KMXT, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 4
Episode # 7 - Castaway: Derry Rundlett
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On the third episode of "Desert Island Discs" aired on May 7, 2012 noted Portland, Maine attorney, Derry Rundlett journeyed with us to the Island. ...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:20:34
The K-I-D Who Dropped Out
From: Justin Huang
Series: What I Did
Caption: Tony Levine, K-I-D
From college to hip hop

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
Tales from the South 080: Tin Roof Project with Chef Roland Mesnier
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Chef Roland Mesnier
In this special 2-part Tin Roof Project, White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier tells stories of his White House years.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
A Conversation with Jazz Master, Benny Golson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Benny Golson's life is a who's who in jazz! [40:38]

Bought by KMUW and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 40:39
  • Purchases: 2
Satchmo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
What is Hip?: Emilio Castillo & the Tower of Power Vol. III
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Tower of Power , Credit: Amazon.com
The story of the great horn band THE TOWER OF POWER. A special interview with founder Emilio Castillo about the history of this legendary band.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Tragedian of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ted Lewis & his ubiquitous silk hat
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Pop-up shop revives Jewish American music
From: KALW
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In San Francisco, the idea of "pop up" is ubiquitous. Pop-ups are temporary businesses, venues, or events that happen suddenly, in unexpected locat...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 03/03/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PERHAPS AN ANCIENT CALLING CARD...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Say Yes to Unicycle
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The extraordinary education of a Maine family

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


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/Love Songs Rolling Stones Style
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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With a nod to Valentine's Day, this hour includes Rolling Stones love songs with a twist. Lots of fun, laughs and surprises. Angie and Wild Horse...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
Rabbit-Jumping
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Europe has popularized a new, much smaller rendition of equestrian show jumping.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 3
Sid & Josephine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Josephine Baker
Sidney Bechet and Josephine Baker were the most recognizable expatriates on the Parisian seen in the 1920s. If you've seen the movie "Midnight in P...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:59

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