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Bob Moog
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
The music of Toby Driver
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:19
The Big Three
From: melodically challenged
Series: The Best of melodically challenged Summer of 24
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged whe...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:06
2023-07-16 The Arts for All?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can art be broadly accessible without sacrificing quality? Can it be cognitively challenging without being elitist?

Bought by KMUN, KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2329: The Arts for All?, 7/18/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can art be broadly accessible without sacrificing quality? Can it be cognitively challenging without being elitist?

  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Devo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the book "Recombo DNA," an in-depth biography of the band Devo that focuses on th...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
The Power of One
From: melodically challenged
Series: The Best of melodically challenged Summer of 24
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Together we can change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time. Ron Hall Welcome to this week’s melodically challenged when we will ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:04
The Mandorla Letters
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Mr. Right, Mr. Wrong and Everyone In-between
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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Welcome to this week’s melodically challenged, when we’ll hear an hour of poetry and music about husbands: Mr. Right, Mr. Wrong and everyone in-bet...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:02
2322: Can Art Save Us?, 5/30/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can art help us fall in love with a wounded world?

  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Where There's Smoke ...
From: melodically challenged
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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, so you’ll have to keep checking your radio during this week’s melodically challenged when we bring you an hour o...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:01
Cupid's Arrow
From: melodically challenged
Series: WELCOME TO SPRING 2024!
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson famously wrote “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” All of Cupid’s victims might beg to diff...

  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:06
Full Moon Hacksaw #1890 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04/20/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We will NOT run out of radio coffee this show…Don’t spill any now, liquid gold ya know. Veteran alto saxophonist Bobby Watson opens music up, from ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WYAP, WEJP-LP 107.1, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1888 Hours 1 & 2 04-06-23
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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In a healthy stealthy frame of mind we present 21st Century charanga music from Senegal, Babacar y Sabor Internacional including traditional violin...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 9
The Paperclip
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Tune in to this special walk down memory lane as Haley looks back at over 300 episodes of The Rough Draft Diaries. We begin where the show began wi...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1852 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/28/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Chet Baker’s trumpet provides a “Tidal Breeze” for our sendoff, Michigan State University’s guitarist Randy Napoleon has the right addition of Aubr...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, KRZA, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw #1849 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/07/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The turntable must first be warmed up, so we start with saxophonist Paul Desmond, flutist Clifford Jordan and singer Dakota Staton. Next, New Moon ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WMOT, KHNS, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
There's Always Work Ahead
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Bradley Scherzer teaches art with Fremont Ross High School in Fremont, Ohio. Much of his recent work has been organizing/engaging communities and y...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Charmaine Wilkerson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Charmaine Wilkerson discusses her bestselling debut novel, "Black Cake."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Frozen River Film Fest '22 Guest Curator Sharon Mansur
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we're talking with Sharon Mansur, the first ever guest curator for the Frozen River Film Festival 2022. She shared more about thi...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 26:41
Poetry Walk Reception 2021
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Poems were written, submitted, read and even etched in concrete! Today on Art Beat we get a taste of the 2021 Winona Poetry Walk. A reception for t...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 27:08
The Write Question - Jos A Charles
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Jos A Charles discusses their brand new collection, "a Year & other poems."

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Poet Tony Barnstone
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Tony Barnstone
The son of a poet and visual artist, Tony Barnstone was surrounded by great works of art, literature, and philosophy as a child and like his sister...

Bought by WETS and WJCU


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Robert Wrigley
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Robert Wrigley talks about his new essay collection, "Nemerov's Door" and reads from his upcoming collection of poetry, "The True Account of Myself...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Laura Kolbe
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Doctor and writer Laura Kolbe talks about her new collection of poems, "Little Pharma."

Bought by WETS, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5