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Around The Bend E43

From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Around The Bend

Includes an exclusive interview with HIRIE where we discuss her recording plans and the struggles of women in the recording industry. We also enjoy...

Added: Sep 17, 2015
Length: 01:00:07

A Progressive Environmentalist

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Jack London is known for his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North. But, that’s overlooking the real story. London was a reporter who made n...

Bought by KVSC, KPVL, and KCBX

Added: Sep 10, 2015
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 3

Around The Bend E41

From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Around The Bend

Includes updates on the upcoming interview schedule as well as music from Tribal Seeds, Sola Rosa, and The Expendables.

Added: Sep 04, 2015
Length: 56:24

Around The Bend E39

From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Around The Bend

We sit down with Devin Morrison of The Expanders to discuss rebel reggae and the legacy of the music. Also featuring tracks from Third World, Matis...

Added: Aug 18, 2015
Length: 59:29

Around The Bend E30

From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Around The Bend

Providing commentary and historical background, this episode includes new material from Slightly Stoopid, as well as music from Steel Pulse, The Mo...

Added: Jun 08, 2015
Length: 59:58

Dr Robert Jensen “Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialog,”

From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media

Dr Robert Jensen on his latest book “Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialog,”

Added: Jun 05, 2015
Length: 28:07

Beyond Stonewall: The Push for LGBT Civil Rights

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On today’s show we’ll hear about the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WRIR, KQED and more

Added: May 30, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 15

Our Worst War

From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Seymour Hersh, Noam Chomsky, and Christian Appy on the legacy of Vietnam.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KZYX

Added: May 10, 2015
Length: 58:37
Purchases: 2

Forbearance and Fighting: Parsing Jihad and Martyrdom

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Host Doug Storm is joined by Asma Afsaruddin to discuss her bookStriving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom in Islamic Thought

Added: Mar 17, 2015
Length: 58:39

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Ep. 12)

From: Jeff Haas

His unrivaled ability for playing many instruments at once made him one of the most unique jazz musicians of all time. But Rahsaan Roland Kirk's ba...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, KHNS, WCPN and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 30

John Coltrane (Ep. 10)

From: Jeff Haas

In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 34

Jazz and the Visual Arts (Ep. 9)

From: Jeff Haas

Caption: "Out Chorus" by jazz painter Romare Bearden, 1979-1980.

You can't listen to a painting or see a song. But that doesn't mean there aren't really interesting places where the worlds of jazz and art overlap...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, KHNS and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 27

Louis Armstrong (Ep. 4)

From: Jeff Haas

In this hour, it's a look at the life and music of Louis Armstrong with the good people of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, located in Louis' form...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KMUN, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 40

Artie Shaw (Ep. 16)

From: Jeff Haas

Caption: The swing era's reluctant hero: Artie Shaw

In the 1930s, clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw reigned as one of the great kings of the swing era. But just 20 years later, he mysteriously le...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WNMU-FM, WCPN and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 33

Charlie Parker (Ep. 19)

From: Jeff Haas

Caption: Charlie Parker, the king of bebop

In this hour, it's the legendary story of how a Kansas City kid who didn’t like to practice became the king of bebop.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM, KHNS and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 30

Thelonious Monk (Ep. 24)

From: Jeff Haas

Thelonious Monk was one of the most original voices to emerge from the world of mid-century jazz. But it took decades for the world to realize it.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCQS, KMUW and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 32

Remembering Dave Brubeck (Ep. 14)

From: Jeff Haas

In this hour, we remember the great Dave Brubeck—from his roots growing up on a California ranch, to his smash hit 1959 recording "Time Out," to hi...

Bought by KMUW, WCPN, KHNS, WVPE, KCPW Salt Lake City and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 30

Jazz Abroad (Ep. 23)

From: Jeff Haas

Caption: Anat Cohen is one of a growing number of Israeli jazz stars

Jazz may be an American-grown art form, but there are few places on the globe where the music hasn't found a home. This week, we go in search of th...

Bought by WCPN, KHNS, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KMUN, KCPW Salt Lake City and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 24

Chet Baker (Ep. 22)

From: Jeff Haas

Chet Baker's James Dean-like good looks and emotional trumpet playing represented everything that was cool about "cool jazz." But his life was the ...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WFAE, KPIP-LP, WCPN and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 31

Alan Lomax (Ep. 18)

From: Jeff Haas

In this hour, it's the life and legacy of American folklorist Alan Lomax and how his calling to record the world changed the course of twentieth ce...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KHNS, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: Feb 09, 2015
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 29

Evangelical vs. Ecumenical: The Protestant Two-Party System

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Religion & Politics

Historian David Hollinger discusses the split between the Evangelical and Ecumenical branches of the Protestant church.

Added: Dec 18, 2014
Length: 12:13

The Transcendentalists Are Coming!

From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon

We're revisiting the birthplace of the American mind. Five houses on three streets within a period of five years in Concord, Massachusetts launche...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRPI, and KFOK-LPFM

Added: Mar 28, 2014
Length: 58:34
Purchases: 3

Sugar Loaf: Winona's Historic Landmark

From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique

On this episode of Culture Clique, we learn about the history of Winona's famous landmark, Sugar Loaf. Winona County History Center's Archivist Wal...

Bought by KSRQ