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Violence
From: Wind & Rhythm
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As much as some hate to admit it, violence has been part of the shared human heritage from the beginning of recorded time. Even today, in some part...

Bought by KTXK, WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
Futurecast Encore
From: Wind & Rhythm
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New Year’s resolutions are a tool for “futurecasting”, to look forward and consider what could happen. Musicians know if they don’t practice they c...

Bought by KMFA and WUAL


  • Added: Dec 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Holiday Duel (Hour 1): Presented by The Appetizer Radio Show
From: D. Grant Smith
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This season is filled with music that has been around for years and years, to the degree that most Christmas albums or collections all contain some...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Holiday Duel (Hour 2): Presented by The Appetizer Radio Show
From: D. Grant Smith
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Our special continues with a historic and introspective look at other holiday classics including one of the most historic Christmas songs of all-ti...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ayden
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Some people on the sidewalk said they saw what happened, and they called security and the police. And I remember one woman telling me, ‘You can rep...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Golden Record
From: Dominique Johnson
Series: Come As You Are
Caption: NASA's Golden Record, Credit: NASA
We wanted to know what's out there. We wanted to tell our stories, too. So we sent a message in a bottle out into interstellar space. The NASA Voya...

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:47:58
  • Purchases: 1
#798- Artifacts or Idiots
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Should we deface or remove artifacts based on political or religious beliefs of the day? Destroy statues or remnants of societies how may not belie...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:56
The late Puerto Rican Poet & Fiction Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a look at Puerto Rico’s culture and stories through the eyes of the late Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
My Vietnam War - During, After, and Way After
From: WGCU
Caption: Michael Hirsh tells his story of being an Army Combat Correspondent in Vietnam.
Punta Gorda resident and WGCU reporter Michael Hirsh shares a first-hand account of his Vietnam War experiences, including audio recordings he made...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Land of the Lost and Tales of Topographic Oceans
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Sound clips from the 2009 comedic movie starring Will Ferrell and Danny McBride... and the full Tales of Topographic Oceans played for your underwa...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:51:09
More with Georgia Poet and Novelist Judson Mitcham
From: New Letters on the Air
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Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham, whose work will appear in THE BEST AMERICAN POETRTY 2017, is also a gifted fiction writer. In this sho...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Storytelling Showcase
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On Friday, June 9, the Great River Shakespeare Festival and the Winona Public Library held a Storytelling Showcase. To prep for the showcase, Great...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 38:53
Tarah Flanagan on Acting
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with Tarah Flanagan, who has been with Great River Shakespeare Festival for 11 seasons. Tarah fills us in on ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2017
  • Length: 31:54
"A Conversation with Raoul Peck"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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The Cutting Edge presents a conversation on the making of the film "I Am Not Your Negro" with film maker Raoul Peck.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:44
Crossing East: Relations
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
Caption: Ellen Choy-Asians4BlackLives, Credit: Brooke Anderson Photography
Crossing East: Relations is one-hour documentary special produced by Dmae Roberts, executive producer of MediaRites’ Crossing East series with Roby...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 5
Folktale of Liberty
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Liberty, Credit: Julia Meek
It's independence this Folktale salutes, with a look at freedom, and its pursuit, around the musical globe. A powerful tour de force? Hear for your...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WFIU, WCPN, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 12
Cure Violence with Founder Gary Slutkin MD. Epidimiologist with a Health based Vision to end the Epidemic of Violence
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Cure Violence is guided by clear understandings that violence is a health issue, that individuals and communities can change for the better, that c...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Savannah Music Festival LIVE - 901 - Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
From: Savannah Music Festival LIVE
Series: Savannah Music Festival LIVE - Season Nine
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Highlights from a 2016 lunchtime concert at the Charles H. Morris Center, the day after Hayes and Cahill performed at the Lucas Theatre for the Art...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
#780- Government's neat tricks
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Governments have an art when it comes to getting things done, including convincing their constituents what they are doing is right and deserved. Na...

  • Added: May 21, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a time of military memorials in our world, and that's the hallowed path we walk on this week's edition, with musical reflections on battles--a...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WVIA, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 18
170429 The South - New Orleans Removes It's Confederacy Statues
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Chess Records' first release was a disastrous Tibbs Brother song expressing displeasure with the then recently deceased racist Mississippi Governor...

  • Added: May 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:08:20
170429 Short Version Sound Alikes - Bo Diddley, Indo Rock and Surf
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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This is the short segment focusing only on Bo Diddley, Indo Rock and Surf musics' similar sounds. Taken from the 170429 show.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:20:55
Shades of Gray
From: Ahri Golden
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From award-winning producers Ahri Golden + Jonathan Mitchell, Shades of Gray, is an hourlong audio mosaic and stark portrayal of our relationship t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 51:10
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Motherhood
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktales, Credit: Julia Meek
A mother's work is never done--and this week's Folktale celebrates the love, spirit and dedication of mothers, daughters & grandmothers around the ...

Bought by WFIU, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 15
Music & Mans Self Discovery with Paul Miller aka Dj Spooky That Subliminal Kid
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Music & Mans Self Discovery with Dj Spooky aka That Subliminal Kid aka Paul Miller explores the ways in which music documents, inspires, heals and ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 27:41

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