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687.U: ANYTIME CLASSICAL, 5/20/2024 8:00 PM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL
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6 works, including DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy.

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
687.C: ANYTIME CLASSICAL EXTENDED, 5/20/2024 2:00 AM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL Extended Pieces
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4 works, including RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Corelli in D Minor, Op. 42; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano.

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 56:59
681.M: ANYTIME CLASSICAL, 5/10/2024 12:00 PM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL
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6 works, including GRIFFES: Japanese Melodies (3) (3) . Perspectives Ensemble.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
Last Witness: The Kerner Commission
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
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Decades before our current debate over critical race theory, the 1968 Kerner Commission pointed the finger at structural racism for creating the co...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot and Military Voices Initiative: Alvy Powell and Yvonne Powell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Alvy Powell and Yvonne Powell at their StoryCorps Interview in Norfolk, Virginia on July 14th, 2021.
Master Sgt. Alvy Powell Jr. talks with his sister, Yvonne Powell, about being the oldest enlisted soldier in the Army, and the role Yvonne played i...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WHRV, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
The Mint 400
From: Black Mountain Radio
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In 1971, Hunter S. Thompson chronicled his drug-fueled haze during an off-road-desert race, the Mint 400, in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Veg...

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:17
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
The Untold Story of the Jump In Resource Fair at Promise Neighborhood
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack heads over to the Promise Neighborhood in St. Cloud on...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:09
#20-25 The Talk
From: All Classical Public Media
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Damien Geter’s The Talk: Instructions for Black Children When They Interact with the Police

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Antonio McDuffy
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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You have to command your area. This is my area. This is where I make a living.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Moments with Saxophonist Archie Shepp
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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As a composer and a horn player, Archie Shepp is a consummate innovator, never ceasing to push music forward.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 12
Megabus Tells Story of New Orleans' Katrina Diaspora
From: Eve Abrams
Caption: The most popular destinations for Megabus routes out of New Orleans are Atlanta and Houston., Credit: Eve Abrams
Ten years after New Orleans flooded following Hurricane Katrina, the city has changed. New Orleans is now home to far fewer Black people and far fe...

Bought by KZYX and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
John Coltrane (Ep. 10)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Sax titan John Coltrane
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
Caption: Satchmo in 1960.
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
Nina Simone (Ep. 2)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Nina Simone, the "High Priestess of Soul"
In this hour, it's the life and music of Nina Simone—from her roots as a gospel and classical musician to her place as one of jazz's fiercest voice...

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


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 38
PPW 12: Lomax’s and Prison Poetry
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts
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Alan Lomax traveled the south visiting prisons and recording songs and interviews. Lomax was a great collector of folk music of the 20th century an...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 09:21
  • Purchases: 3
The Beat: Sean Hill - "Postcard To My Third Crush Today"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sean Hill is a poet who grew up in Georgia and lives in Bemidji, Minnesota. His first book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor has been compared to first ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:24
The Beat: Sean Hill - "Postcard To Wrong Address"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sean Hill is a poet who grew up in Georgia and lives in Bemidji, Minnesota. His first book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor has been compared to first ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
The Beat: Sean Hill - "Postcard To Anna"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sean Hill is a poet who grew up in Georgia and lives in Bemidji, Minnesota. His first book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor has been compared to first ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:13
The Beat: Sean Hill - "Postcard To Nostalgia"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Sean Hill is a poet who grew up in Georgia and lives in Bemidji, Minnesota. His first book "Blood Ties and Brown Liquor has been compared to first ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
Blues City 1: Memphis
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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Come to Memphis, the launching pad for music of the Delta, listening to artists ranging from WC Handy to BB King.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRZA, KHNS, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Blues City 3: Chicago II
From: Gary Pitts
Series: Blues City
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It's a layover in the Windy City with legendary guitarists like Buddy Guy and Magic Sam, and powerful voices like Koko Taylor and Mavis Staples.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRZA, KHNS, WJSU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Gil Noble: A Tribute
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge looks at the life of the Emmy award-winning journalist, Gil Noble- considered as America's best known and most influential African...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:11