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Join us as we aim the spotlight on Memphis Minnie — a guitar picking and blues singing force of nature whose influence is still being felt today. W...
- Added: Mar 30, 2019
- Length: 01:58:59
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
Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2018. We’ve picked out some highlights from the past year — here’s a hint: the ...
- Added: Jan 25, 2019
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we dive into a collection of songs that all deal with magic, hoodoo, voodoo, Gypsy ladies, fortune tellers, jinxes, black cat bones, goo...
- Added: Jan 05, 2019
- Length: 01:58:59
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...
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- 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
A North Shore Suburb of Chicago skirts fair housing laws that require affordable housing and struggles to come to terms with segregation and a trou...
- Added: Dec 26, 2018
- Length: 14:55
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
With changes in schooling to add more bilingual education and the fact that the United States is getting more diverse, American future is bilingual.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 05, 2018
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 2
This episode of A New York Minute In History explores the Women’s Rights Movement from the Seneca Falls Convention in Central New York in 1848 to e...
Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WYAP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUAF Public Radio, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Oct 24, 2018
- Length: 59:29
- Purchases: 5
Join us as we wrap up our ongoing series devoted to Bluesville Records. This time we’re in the Windy City of Chicago, as we enjoy vintage classics ...
- Added: Sep 23, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
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
This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.
- Added: Aug 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.
- Added: Jul 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.
- Added: Jul 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Little Walter, “Honeyboy” Edwards, Muddy Waters, and J....
- Added: Jul 14, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Join us as we wrap up our tribute to the late, great Elmore James — legend of the slide of the guitar. From his early days in Mississippi to his la...
- Added: Jul 09, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
Umm Bader’s story reflects that of the current state of traditional craft in the UAE. One cannot expect craft to exist today in the same manner as ...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 08:45
Greg Pierotti and members of New York City’s Tectonic Theater Project spent months in the small town of Laramie, Wyoming conducting interviews with...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Jun 23, 2018
- Length: 26:08
- Purchases: 1
Join us for part three of our look at slide guitar legend, Elmore James. This time, we’ll focus on the remaining singles from his career — for such...
- Added: Jun 16, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
