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Caption: Last Words of the Executed by Robert K. Elder
Elder collected the final words of American serial killers, psychopaths and more. The book has an introduction by the late journalist Studs Terkel.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:53
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It's the beginning of another fiscal year and the Central Minnesota Arts Board has been very, very busy. KVSC's Jeff Carmack sits down with CMAB E...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:02
Caption: Anna Netrebko, Credit: Annie Leibovitz
In soprano Anna Netrebko’s recording of Russian Romances, she introduces us to the not-as-well-known sides of two well-known composers – Rimsky-Kor...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: :26
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski champions two composers from his country – Frederic Chopin and Karol Szymanowski. Like Chopin, Szymanowski’s mus...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: :22
Caption: Carol Wincenc, Credit: Cori Wells Braun
Call it precocious or simply amazing, Mozart wrote some remarkable music when he was 8-years old. Flutist Carol Wincenc says age is truly relative...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: :24
Caption: Herbert Blomstedt
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is subtitled the “Ode to Joy.” His Symphony No. 8 doesn’t have a subtitle or nickname, but conductor Herbert Blomstedt ...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Thomas Stacy, Credit: Chris Lee
Thomas Stacy was the long time English horn and Oboe D'amore player with the New York Philharmonic. The Oboe D'amore is a longer, deeper sounding ...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Vladimir Spivakov, Credit: Valery Plotnikov
What's the key to a successful and highly creative performing career? Violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov explodes one myth and reveals his ...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :19
  • Purchases: 1
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Keeping the doctor away, with a little help from our friends.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Why some people willingly eat painful food.

Bought by Raven Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 3
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The most amazing structure in nature.

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Corigliano
If you ever enter into a friendly competition over which art form is the most powerful, or holds the greatest potential, you might want to consider...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :27
Caption: Leif Ove Andsnes, Credit: Simon Fowler
One of composer Edvard Grieg's best known works is his Piano Concerto. While Grieg speaks on a mostly grand scale in the concerto, Leif Ove Andsne...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :22
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Democracy-Anglo/American Style-Nationbuilding from the days of the Divine Rights of Kings to Lincoln's Immortal Words at Gettysburg.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:12:47
Caption: Helene Grimaud
Bach's music for organ, harpsichord and violin is among the most frequently transcribed and re-adapted music of our time. On pianist Helene Grimau...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :27
Caption: Helene Grimaud
What are the secrets of Bach and his music's ability to reach a wide variety of musical tastes? He had all the skills, technique and other musical...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :23
Caption: Vadim Repin
Even though online access has brought different parts of the world closer together, there are still distinct continental approaches to playing spec...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :24
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
There's your driver's license, your passport, and if you're clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, your clarinet sound is another proof of I-D. Use this 2...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :26
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
Among the many colors, sounds or inflections a clarinetist can draw from their instrument is a sense of nostalgia. That makes the Autumn Song by T...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: :32
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It's a long road to establish a career in music, much less going on to become a major player. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma offers these guidelines for what mu...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :27
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Scientist constructs remote wireless network for environmenal researchers.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
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Studying cities ecological footprint in order to design more sustainable communities.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 08:09
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Swedish company designs clean coal powereed plant

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
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"And the rest is silence" is the famous, much-praised last line of Hamlet - it applies to the cut to sudden-black at the end of The Sopranos, doesn...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:55
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we're all closure-junkies - craving resolutions in the endings of the stories we encounter - can we break the habit long enough to appreciate the e...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 07:09