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Old Time Fiddle Music is a highly developed form, but the world surrounding bluegrass and old time music don’t always treat it that way. Today’s Ge...
- Added: May 03, 2017
- Length: 06:29
Like many good things, Bobb Fantauzzo’s recent music is both new and old. Both the Native American flute and jazz have been around awhile, but putt...
- Added: May 03, 2017
- Length: 07:38
His main musical means of expression is improvising, but he also composes. As it turns out it’s not as crazy a combination as it might seem. Davu S...
- Added: Mar 08, 2017
- Length: 08:09
If you want to know about a creative spirit, take the case of Zack Baltich. Zack synthesizes his informal and formal music experiences to create so...
- Added: Feb 21, 2017
- Length: 08:20
Technology veteran and now author, Antonio García Martínez, discusses his new book, Chaos Monkeys. Imagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a datacen...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 01:00:01
- Purchases: 1
We talk about National Poetry Month with Nathan Bergstedt of the Uncommon Loons and the Grand Rapids Players. Nathan is a writer, poet, and teacher...
- Added: Apr 22, 2016
- Length: 14:23
With so many opinions, we may never reach a consensus in education. But keeping the dialogue open and considering all stakeholders – even those no...
Bought by WGZS
- Added: Mar 16, 2016
- Length: 02:20
- Purchases: 1
Together since 1971, Dick Titus and Zeek Taylor came to StoryCorps to discuss the lengths they went to while keeping their relationship secret.
Bought by WEZU and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2016
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 2
Tammy Bobrowsky reviews The Girl on the Train, and No Baggage: a minimalist tale of love & wandering. Listener-readers review The Boys in the Boat:...
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 06:06
What would Bluegrass music be like if its original home was New York City? It's a fun speculation that Phil Nusbaum provides.
For regular users, p...
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 06:31
Tammy Bobrowsky talks about The Witches: Salem, 1692; Reclaiming Conversation: The power of talk in a digital age; Church of Marvels; The Martian; ...
- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 06:15
With Akeisha Johnson, your show host, this episode of Making it Work, Christian will share his journey from being a homeless youth to becoming a ca...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 27:00
- Purchases: 1
This episode of Fresh Talk features Cathy Byrd in conversation with Janet Biggs, a video artist whose work takes her to the ends of the earth.
- Added: Mar 27, 2014
- Length: 30:14
A Minneapolis high school student tells us in verse about his decision to come off his medication.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 02:46
- Purchases: 1
You might say the piece is about the "dues" we pay. This rap-style piece from a high school student in Minneapolis is well-put.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 02:03
- Purchases: 1
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
These days, many teenagers live half their lives on social media sites, and they're writing the rules as they go. One online trend 16-year-old Radi...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 16, 2013
- Length: 08:24
- Purchases: 1
Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 13:10
A recent book critical of Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder has raised controversial questions about our founding father. Allison Quantz has the st...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 02:47
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 2
The growing field of music therapy found recent success in the treatment of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Her therapists sang or played...
Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Aug 06, 2012
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 3
Robert Holmes talks about his family being among the first to integrate a neighborhood in Edison, New Jersey.
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 02:01
- Purchases: 2
Kevin King is a painter. His paintings aren't controversial, but his medium is.
Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 04:44
- Purchases: 4
In the ‘60s and ‘70s, the Bay Area was a center for activism against the war in Vietnam. Some of those protestors happened to be returning veterans...
- Added: Jun 06, 2011
- Length: 06:39
Roy Goodman answers the age old question about the famous first four notes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :59
