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Coyote
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard about Coyotes and their howl.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Fence
From: Raymond Pang
Caption: A man and his fence, Credit: Ray Pang
"A good fence makes a good neighbor." - Robert Frost. This piece was produced by Race Ray Pang, Palace Shaw, Stepfanie Aguilar, and Emily Shaw as ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 04:40
Savannah Bustillo's Tongue Twisters in Graphite
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: "Enchilada" , Credit: Savannah Bustillo
In the world of audio recording, sound is visually represented in what’s called a wave form. They often look like tall ovals with vertical spikes. ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 06:42
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
Flashback (Vol.2)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Another reflection backward through life and time via the medium of bluegrass > jazz along the shapeshifting sonic superhighway in between.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Autumn Beatitudes
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Congratulations, you people! It is Fall. You made it. Might take another month or two, until you really notice, but summer is officially over. It'...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
21-41 Castlenuovo-Tedesco, Kile Smith’s “The Dawn’s Early Light,” Interview: Craig Hella Johnson
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Craig Hella Johnson, Credit: Craig Hella Johnson
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features Mario Castlenuovo-Tedesco’s rarely heard Guitar Concerto No. 2, “Concerto Sereno,” the wor...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 59
21-40 Zamboni, Rodrigo, Nico Muhly’s “How Little You Are,” Interviews: Craig Hella Johnson, John Dearman, Esteli Gomez
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: The Singing Guitar cd, Credit: Conspirare
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! features music by Rodrigo, Zamboni, and the world premiere recording of American Composer Nico Muhly...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 62
Desert Sojourn
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A sonic journey through the American Southwest via the medium of bluegrass, jazz and that rarefied musical space between.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Big Ponder #17: Listening
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Our ability to hear is fully formed after just four and a half months in the womb. From this early age, sound shapes our worldview. Jim McKee, a so...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 1
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
When Anti-Asian Hate Goes Viral
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this collaboration with the podcast Self Evident, we look at what happens when we ignore anti-Asian hate—and what happens when we mobilize again...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Laverne Cox, Sam Feder: Trans Lives Depend on Owning Our Stories
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director Sam Feder and producer Am...

Bought by WORT, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
#21-22 Rogue Valley Butterfly Lovers
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Butterfly Lovers Concerto from the Rogue Valley Symphony

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, KPOV, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
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
#21-20 PYP: Jeremiah Symphony
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Leonard Bernstein's Jeremiah Symphony, and the Portland Youth Philharmonic

Bought by KPOV, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, WCNY, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
Dispatch 382 - COVID Twitter Wave
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A "reminder" from India's Chamber of Commerce, Credit: Sandip Roy
As India’s second wave of COVID-19 batters India, Twitter is becoming the go to for communication.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Owens Valley and the Accidental Miracle
From: Desert Oracle
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What made the Owens Valley the way it is, in our time? An accident of history, of water grabs, of one group of humans using easy money to buy out a...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Special: Housing is A Human Right
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Before 2020, America was already in a housing crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic, high unemployment, and a recession have only made things worse. A reco...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
21-10 De Visee, Philip Glass, Schubert, Arvo Part, Saint-Saens, Pat Metheny and more
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Philip Glass, Credit: Philip Glass
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music by 21-10 De Visee, Philip Glass, Schubert, Arvo Part, Saint-Saens, Pat Metheny and Gna...

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, WHQR, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 60
The Big Ponder #3: Radio Wanderlust
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Bilal Qureshi explores the German-English idea of ‘Wanderlust’ through his personal audio archives and conversations with fellow travelers. Does th...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians' Memorial II
From: Wind & Rhythm
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On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we pay tribute to composers and other musicians who have passed away this last year including Ennio Morricone and...

Bought by WRTI, KWAX, WBAA, KMFA, WUAL and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 7
El mejor ‘Fidelio’ de Beethoven que RBG disfrutó en su vida
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: La producción teatral Fidelio de la Ópera Nacional de Washington, Credit: Courtesy of Washington National Opera
A Ruth Bader Ginsberg le encantaba la única ópera de Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:38
This Is The Best ‘Fidelio’ That RBG Ever Experienced
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Washington National Opera's production of "Fidelio", Credit: Courtesy of Washington National Opera
Beethoven wrote one opera, Fidelio. A 2003 production so captivated Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she wrote a letter to the director.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:11
An Outlier
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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This moment in time is teaching us to find ways to be alone. That's what it's always been like for James.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1

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