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FST 14-51: The “Other” Joaquín Rodrigo, 3/22/2015
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Fiesta!
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The tremendous popularity of “Concierto de Aranjuez” has made of Joaquín Rodrigo almost a “one piece composer” or a “composer for the guitar,” whic...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:29
FST 14-49: A Mexican Concert, 3/8/2015
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Fiesta!
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Close your eyes and imagine you’re attending a concert at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. A delightful overture by Ricardo Castro, Jorge F...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:30
FST 14-48: Don Quixote in Music, 3/1/2015
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Fiesta!
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The monumental book by Miguel de Cervantes, the first novel in European literature, has captured the imagination of composers from different period...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:29
FST 14-47: The Carlevaro Brothers, 2/22/2015
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Fiesta!
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Abel Carlevaro is known worldwide as one of the top masters of the guitar in the second part of the 20th century. However, few people outside Rio d...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:29
FST 14-46: Music from Cuba, 2/15/2015
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Fiesta!
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As one of the jewels of the Spanish empire, the island of Cuba developed strong cultural traditions. Havana and other towns boasted of a very rich ...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:29
How The Bard Meant It (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Searching for the way Shakespeare really sounded. And more...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, KREV-LP, and KKRN


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
In Search of Shakespeare's Accent
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Off the coast of Virginia, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, lies a shrinking island called Tangier. Here, an unlikely adventurer docked his sai...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 4
FST 14-45: Fiesta of the Guitar, 2/8/2015
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Fiesta!
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This week, Elbio invites you to a Fiesta of the Guitar, celebrating a wide range of Latin-American guitar music. We explore the thriving crossover...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:30
FST 14-44: Gypsy Music and Gypsy Influences, 2/1/2015
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Fiesta!
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Several thousand years ago the forebears of the present day Gypsy people left India. Their descendents have spread throughout the world and their c...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:29
Green Fashion Designers
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Aarti with a dress by Chrissy Wai-Ching
In Seattle, some in the fashion industry are going green. Aarti Chandorkar finds out how two young designers - Chrissy Wai-Ching and Renee Corrick ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 2
A City Park With a Purpose
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
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Molly Freed learned there was a new park going up in her neighborhood, West Seattle. When she investigated, she learned the park was going to be bu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
Bringing Back the Chestnut (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Most of the chestnuts roasting on open fires this winter are from Europe or Asia, not America. In the early 1900s, American chestnut trees from Mai...

Bought by WJCT, KWMR, KKRN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Bringing Back the Chestnut (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Most of the chestnuts roasting on open fires this winter are from Europe or Asia, not America. In the early 1900s, American chestnut trees from Mai...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, and WLIW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Next Weekend is the Harvest Jam, the Twin Cities' Annual Fall Bluegrass Festival
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Earl Jarosh, Credit: Jeremie
Twin Cities Weekend is a five minute feature that keeps listeners up to date on what's happening the following weekend. Artist interviews and music...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Cafe Accordion First Time Performance at Mattie's on Main in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Dan Newton, leader of Cae Accordion, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Cafe Accordion leader Dan Newton discusses the directions for Cafe Accordion. Established in 1995, variety is the key to the group's success.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Aw Shucks...Oysters!
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Captain John Smith sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, he said oysters were as big as dinner plates. This show is our ode to oysters.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
World Musician Robert Everest plays at Maria's in Minneapolis every Sunday. Program for week of April 12, 2014.
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Robert Everest with some of his instruments, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Robert Everest plays it all. The accent is on Latin when he plays his regular show at Maria's, Sundays 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at 1113 Franklin Avenue ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Musician, Daisy Castro
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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16 year-old Daisy Castro gets to the heart of gypsy jazz. [28:00]

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Pedal Power (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Bicycling is on the rise in cities, and it's no longer limited to those who are highly trained, extremely fit, and daring enough to battle traffic ...

Bought by WJCT, WMNR, KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Pedal Power (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Bicycling in cities is on the rise, and it's no longer limited to those who are highly trained, extremely fit, and daring enough to battle traffic ...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Rise of the Roller Coaster
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Roller coasters are the workhorse of the modern theme park, but their rise to popularity has been long and strange.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
Behind Bars (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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From Tolstoy to Lermontov, the program that’s putting the Russian classics to work—in a juvenile detention center.

Bought by WCNY, KPIP-LP, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 3
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
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
Cyber Teachers
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Writers of science fiction have long predicted a time when computers could engage humans in two-way communication, from R2D2 to the sinister Hal 90...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Sound of Early America
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: Towns in the southern colonies had many residents who were slaves or free blacks., Credit: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln stirred up a lot of talk about what history sounded like. Spielberg even recorded one of President Lincoln’s...

Bought by KENW and Radio Newark


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2