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130228 Tool Noise Songs and Discarded Americana Music From the 50s to the 70s
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Tonight's music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of include: Songs made of tool noises and songs with musical instruments imita...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 03:59:13
Hype Machine Radio - February 2013
From: Dev Sherlock
Series: Hype Machine Radio
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode we look at the most-blogged music of the month, including new tracks from...

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 1
First World War poetry with Dr Kate Macdonald
From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium
Caption: Dr Kate Macdonald, Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Gent, Belgium
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, talked to Dr Kate Macdonald ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Education Not For Sale
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Around the world, students have been taking to the streets. They’re opposed to rising tuition fees and cuts to education. On this edition, we’ll ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Life, Death, and Rebirth of ACORN
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It took 40 years to build ACORN, but just a few months to bring it down. Local organizers are trying to rebuild, but how is ACORN’s absence affect...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Avstry Trim 2 - Alan Brown
From: J.R. Warmkessel
Series: Aviation Trim
Caption: Alan Brown, Credit: J.R. Warmkessel
Alan Brown explains how does a Symetrical wing produce lift?

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:26
WNYC's Fishko Files: 20 Years After Glenn Gould
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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A one-hour program of music and interviews, examining the impact of Glenn Gould's Bach recordings, and those of other pianists since Gould's death.

Bought by KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KALW and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Marion Kane: Bon Appetit, Julia Child Series, Part 1
From: Marion Kane
Caption: Julia and Marion in Marion's Kitchen
This is the first part of my Bon Appetit series celebrating the life and legacy of my friend and mentor Julia Child whose 100th birthday would have...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 22:13
Latitude News Podcast #2 - Two Nations, Under Cod
From: Latitude News
Caption: You bet this story is about fish.
American cod fishermen are broke. Norwegian cod fishermen make $100,000/year. What's up with that?

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 2
Latitude News Podcast #1 - Uganda, U.S. Exporting Anti-Gay Pressure
From: Latitude News
Caption: Ugandan activists holds placards and chant slogans during an anti-homosexuality protest rally in the industrial city of Jinja, Uganda, February 15, 2010., Credit: (REUTERS/James Akena)
Meet the American pastor being sued for persecuting gay Ugandans.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 16:57
  • Purchases: 1
Maasai warrior elephant hunt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
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I'm sitting in a landrover with 46 year old Soila Sayialel - the car is surrounded by over 50 docile elephants grazing in Amboseli National Park. I...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 14:44
The Blue Revolution
From: Chrys Bocast
Series: Aquaculture and You
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The history of aquaculture from the mid-20th century to the present.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 16:26
Seeking Justice and Police Accountability in Jamaica (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jason Smith Candlelight Vigil, Credit: Madeleine Bair
On the second anniversary of the 2010 uprisings, this special documentary looks at police violence in Jamaica. In May 2010 a government crackdown l...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Paul Simon Graceland
From: Joyride Media
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Paul Simon recalls the creative sparks and controversies surrounding his landmark album, "Graceland"

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUKY and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 14
Joey Ramone...ya know?
From: Joyride Media
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Joey Ramone's close friends and family salute him by rocking out and finishing the tracks Joey left behind when he died.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, WSKG, WTJU, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Food Sleuth Radio, Ariane Lotti Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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How does the Farm Bill influence the food on our plates? Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Ariane Lotti, Legislative Specialis...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America' , Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WZEN.org


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America', Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Ron Carter: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Ron Carter is an icon of jazz. He has played his bass on more than 2000 albums. His name, however, is most vividly linked with Miles Davis. Carte...

Bought by KMUW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 2
Equal Time: The Networks and the Civil Rights Movement
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How the evening news shaped attitudes about race relations during the Civil Rights Movement.

Bought by KALW, WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WJAB and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
The Fight of the Century: Ali - Frazier I
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Two undefeated heavyweight boxing champions capture the imagination of a polarized America on March 8, 1971.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Inside the Syrian Uprising
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As the popular uprising against the Syrian government continues, reporter Reese Erlich is one of the few foreign reporters who got into Syria to in...

Bought by WRIR and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Silent and Unseen: Secret Agent in the Warsaw Uprising
From: Dave McGuire
Caption: Stefan Baluk during WWII, Credit: Stefan Baluk
A 97 year-old veteran of the Warsaw Uprising recounts parachuting into occupied Poland and fighting in a last-ditch attempt to re-take his home fro...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:19
  • Purchases: 2
U2: Achtung Baby
From: Joyride Media
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Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr look back on the year they almost broke up but decided put out a little album called "Achtung Bab...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUKY and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's (hour special)
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Caption: Bernice Osborne Pollard and her 74-year-old mother, Mary Osborne, who is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease, Credit: Deb Becker/WBUR
Alzheimer’s is the incurable disease that destroys memory, speech and function. Scientists say the number of Americans with Alzheimer's may triple...

Bought by KOSU, WNYC, KQED, KZYX, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5

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