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Footsteps #2 Winter NYC

From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog

The sounds of: Walking on packed snow, on a city sidewalk in January 2017. Cold: 19 degrees: Prospect Ave & Terrace PL: Brooklyn, NY. Early evening...

Added: Jan 23, 2017
Length: :48

Peace Greats (Part 2)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

Memorable moments from Peace Talks Radio programs spotlighting Nobel Prize winners Mairead Maguire, Ralph Bunche, Muhammad Yunus, Jody Williams, Ma...

Bought by KCNP, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM

Added: Nov 22, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

Political Junkie Special - Great Moments in Presidential Debates

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)

Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin for a review of many great moments from the history of televised presidential debates, with commentary from several...

Bought by WVPE, KGOU, KSUT, WJSU, WRVO Public Media and more

Added: Sep 15, 2016
Length: 53:58
Purchases: 16

Political Junkie Special - Great Moments in Convention History

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)

Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin on a journey through political history as we revisit memorable and historic moments from national party conventions...

Bought by WFAE, MPR News Stations, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm and more

Added: Jul 14, 2016
Length: 53:58
Purchases: 11

Enchantment at Chimayo

From: Paul Ingles

On Good Friday, thousands of pilgrims walk from across New Mexico to the little church El Santuario de Chimayo. Hear the story of this legendary s...

Added: Mar 28, 2016
Length: 01:34:59

The Master Algorithm

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Data is the new science. Big data holds the answers. It’s a simple thought that acknowledges the power of data in our lives.

Bought by KVSC, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KCBX

Added: Nov 30, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

Studs Terkel in Conversation with Oliver Sacks

From: The WFMT Radio Network

On December 4, 1985 Studs sat down with famed neurologist and author Oliver Sacks. Although the interview was supposed to center on his newest publ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPIP-LP, KVNF and more

Added: Aug 31, 2015
Length: 01:22:29
Purchases: 6

The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

From: History Talk from Origins
Series: History Talk Shorts

Listen to how Pope Francis - the "people's pope" - fits into the longer history of the papacy.

Added: Aug 27, 2015
Length: 05:00

A Long View of Policing in America

From: History Talk from Origins
Series: History Talk Shorts

How modern policing problems are connected to a wide range of historical issues.

Added: Aug 24, 2015
Length: 05:00

Radio Retrospective: Radio at War

From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective

Caption: Frank Sinatra being interview during World War II, Credit: Wikipedia

Radio reached its height of popularity during World War II. But the war also ushered in its greatest competitor - television.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMMT, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Added: Dec 01, 2014
Length: 04:59
Purchases: 3

Radio Retrospective: The First Woman of Sound Effects

From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective

Caption: Ora Nichols (left) and the CBS Sound Effects Team, Credit: Wikipedia

Ora Nichols lead the sound effects team that brought "War of the Worlds" to life on the radio. That doesn't mean she got along with Orson Wells. Me...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and Troy Public Radio

Added: Dec 01, 2014
Length: 04:41
Purchases: 3

Making Contact’s 20th Anniversary

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

A 20th anniversary edition of Making Contact. We hear the story of the program’s creation by volunteers, and how this little radio show became part...

Bought by WNJR

Added: Nov 21, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Oliver Naylor’s Seven Aces

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Pianist and bandleader Oliver Naylor formed his own band in 1923, and a year later entered the Gennett Studios to record his first session.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Nov 10, 2014
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Finding Their Way

From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue

This week, we’re talking to people trying to find their place. Whether it be an independent artist in saturated music industry, a person struggling...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Sep 08, 2014
Length: 28:05
Purchases: 1

Alchemy's Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Caption: An Alchemist in his Studio, Thomas Wijck. , Credit: CHF Collections

This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...

Bought by WTJU

Added: Jul 22, 2014
Length: 30:34
Purchases: 1

The Southwest

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Overlooked as a gathering place for hot jazz in the 1920s, the Southwest sported some excellent musicians. Many went on to successful careers in th...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX

Added: May 07, 2014
Length: 58:56
Purchases: 2

This Week in History: Jack Kemp Announces Bid for President in 1988

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

This week in history looks back to April 1987 and the Republican race to succeed Ronald Reagan. This week, Jack Kemp, a longtime Congressman and fo...

Added: Mar 31, 2014
Length: 04:40

This Week in History: Kennedy v. Carter in the New York Presidential Primary, 1980

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

This week in history (March 23-March 29) takes a look back at Senator Ted Kennedy's landslide victory over Jimmy Carter in New York's primary on Ma...

Added: Mar 23, 2014
Length: 04:40

Hot Club: Reinhardt & Grappelli

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

You could not find two more opposite musicians forming a partnership: Stephane Grappelli and Django Rienhardt. In the early ‘30s they created the h...

Bought by KMUW and KCBX

Added: Feb 07, 2014
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 2

Gems of Gennett

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

The Starr Piano Company opened the doors to their new recording studio in Richmond, Indiana in 1916. The first few years they waxed the standard fa...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jan 16, 2014
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

24 Life in the City

From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History

David Hendy on the comforts and irritations of next-door's noise. Episode twenty-four of Noise: A Human History, ‘Life in the City'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Nov 20, 2013
Length: 14:45
Purchases: 1

25 Capturing Sound

From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History

How recording technology made it possible to catch the fugitive moment. Episode twenty-five of Noise: A Human History, Capturing Sound'

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix

Added: Nov 20, 2013
Length: 14:47
Purchases: 2

Joe Robichaux & his New Orleans Boys

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

On the one had, you can say that pianist and arranger Joe Robichaux was a New Orleans musician, on the other, his unique sound set him apart from h...

Bought by KCBX