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New collaborations from Thundercat x Tame Impala & The National x Taylor Swift plus checking out music out of FBX this week and chatting with FBX m...
Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, and Raven Radio
- Added: May 01, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
A look at stats and stories to help us better understand the value of art in everyday life--from the National Endowment for the Arts
- Added: Mar 28, 2022
- Length: 08:08
A conversation with former NFL Films producer David Plaut about his history there from 1976 to 2018.
- Added: Dec 27, 2021
- Length: 59:30
A look at stats and stories to help us better understand the value of art in everyday life--from the National Endowment for the Arts
- Added: Dec 20, 2021
- Length: 05:44
With the recent controversy surrounding Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special, The Closer, and his jokes about trans women and their genitalia, freelance...
- Added: Nov 15, 2021
- Length: 02:59
Quick Study, the monthly podcast from the National Endowment for the Arts. This is where we’ll share stats and stories to help us better understand...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Sep 15, 2021
- Length: 06:13
- Purchases: 1
This episode, we explore a new study that contributes to growing empirical evidence about the value of an arts education.
- Added: Aug 19, 2021
- Length: 07:32
There's a long tradition of Japanese folklore around the possible relationship between large mushroom harvests and lightning. Researchers decided t...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 14, 2021
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 2
The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks have transitioned thousands of acres of farmland back into the prairie habitat, reconstructing parts o...
- Added: Apr 19, 2021
- Length: 05:39
Matt Vogel is a principal Muppet performer who took over the roles of Sesame Street’s Big Bird and The Count as well as the most recognizable puppe...
- Added: Aug 25, 2020
- Length: 01:01:54
The Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky is the world’s only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. I speak with Vent Haven’s curato...
- Added: Aug 25, 2020
- Length: 31:42
Dryers do use a lot of energy. If you were to rank your household appliances by how much energy they use, your dryer would probably come in 3rd, ri...
Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and PRX Remix
- Added: May 29, 2020
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 2
Methane is a gas that’s created when something organic decomposes in a location that doesn’t have oxygen. The largest human-caused source of metha...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: May 27, 2020
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 2
Explore what the Northwest looked like pre-contact, with Native nutritionist and food sovereignty expert Valerie Segrest of the Muckleshoot Tribe. ...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 29:46
- Purchases: 4
Tracey Wingold has worked as a counselor for well over a decade, and she had a sort of head start on the COVID-19 crisis.
- Added: Apr 07, 2020
- Length: 08:01
Living From Happiness - deep, thoughtful, provocative public radio
- Added: Aug 23, 2019
- Length: 28:57
No president has used social media quite like President Trump. Twitter is his instrument of choice, and more often than not, he uses the popular pl...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 15, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Citizens of ancient Rome willingly sacrificed their freedom for autocracy. When people are convince they have a lot to fear, it’s easier for a powe...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 27, 2018
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
"The truth behind the legend from the voices of the Lakota.
The 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, or "Custer's last stand," as it is also known, ...
- Added: Dec 26, 2018
- Length: 06:40:27
Want a bike lane? Then go out and paint one on the road. Citizens in Macon redesigned downtown streets to show their city what the future can be....
Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Dec 10, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 5
This time, we profile the March 1932 recording sessions held by Vocalion in New York City, as the nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.
- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Rocket 88,” by Jackie Brenston — widely considered to be one of the archetypal records of rock ‘n’ roll.
- Added: Aug 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Baby Scratch My Back” by Slim Harpo — the only number one hit on the Excello label during its 23 year run.
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Key to the Highway” — one of the enduring classics of the blues, first recorded by pianist Charlie Segar in 1940.
Bought by KLCC
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 1
This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.
- Added: Aug 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
