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Wind Bands Around The World
From: Wind & Rhythm
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This week on Wind & Rhythm, we take a tour of wind bands from around the globe. Join us for this Tour de Forte, here at the gathering place for pe...

Bought by KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO, and KMFA


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
Wunderbar Together - Two German songs that went around the world
From: Arndt Peltner
Series: Wunderbar Together
Caption: Peat Bog Soldiers / Moorsoldaten
During the Third Reich two German songs were written and became world famous: The Peat Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten) and Lili Marleen. This show tell...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
Monday Music Special Montana Folk Festival Part Two
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Highlights of music and conversation from artists featured at the Montana Folk Festival 2019 continued.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
PE 1907
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Days (and years) of Future Passed

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KWMR, KRZA, KEOS and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
PE 1902
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Never too old to rock 'n' roll.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KWMR, KKWE Niijii Radio, KEOS, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Alba Triana on Experimenting with Sound and Light
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Alba Triana, a Colombian-born composer and sound artist based in Miami, Florida, introduces three of her exquisite sound and light installations: M...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 11:19
PE 1827
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Some observations on the 4th of July (parts one through four)

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KWMR, KKWE Niijii Radio, Goat Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 11
EP78 Danielle Nicole
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
Caption: Danielle Nicole
Danielle Nicole moving forward with her second solo album!

  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 58:08
Dayton Indy Garment Makers Band Together
From: renee wilde
Series: Culture Couch
Caption: Tracy McElfresh and Lawanda Stonerock, Credit: Renee Wilde
Dayton has an eclectic population of independent fashion designers and craftspeople. Today on Culture Couch, Renee Wilde introduces listeners two l...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 05:59
WS855E: Celebration of the Hammered Dulcimer
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The hammered duclimer: a unique instrument with a unique sound.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates the hammered dulcimer with three master musicians Joshua Mess...

Bought by WETS, WLPR , RadioFreePalmer, WPCA-LP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
On deck with the Rainbow Warrior
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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The RW comes home to Vancouver. Is this ship iconic in the city where Greenpeace began?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 1
The Oldest Greenhorn - 1 Hour Radio Program
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Oldest Greenhorn
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Experience the adventure, joys and perils in a greenhorn wrangler's account of the 40th annual Sombrero Ranches "Great American Horse Drive". Eight...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
Radio Retrospective: The Woman Behind "Let's Pretend"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Nila Mack
There weren’t a lot of female directors during the Golden Age of Radio. Nila Mack was one of the few who earned herself an office on the 14th floo...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 4
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Dedric Clark & the Social Animals
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Dedric Clark & the Social Animals
In this Centerstage Minnesota Feature Charlie Pulkrabek brings us up to date on this band with one foot in Duluth, and one in Portland, formerly kn...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Retrospective: Rod Serling
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Rod Serling, Credit: Wikipedia
Rod Serling is know for his television series "The Twilight Zone," but he got his start writing radio dramas at WNYC in the summer of 1946. Listen ...

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


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 5
The People vs. Syngenta: Jackson County, OR bans GMO crops
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Outspent 3 to 1 by multinational seed companies, the citizens of Jackson County, Oregon successfully campaigned to ban GMO crops.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 07:42
"Changi Concert Party"
From: Margaret Evans
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In a Japanese P.O.W. camp during World War II, a group of Australian prisoners created performances that sustained them and their “captive” audienc...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:03
Bix & Tram
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bix Beiderbecke & Frankie Trumbauer
The dynamic duo work of cornet Bix Beiderbecke and saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer was one of the greatest in early jazz. Their first recording dates...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:53
Secretive residents of southern Illinois
From: Kevin Boucher
Caption: A summer trail in the deep woods beckons, Credit: Kevin Boucher
Mountain Lions were once common in southern Illinois. Recent first hand sightings suggest that they may be back.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 1
Three Blocks of Figuerola
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Walter Murch acceptance Speech, Credit: Connie Angland
Three blocks of South Figuerola Street show us three faces of California

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 11:42
Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound
From: AIR
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“Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound” is a one-hour broadcast special from AIR hosted by Katie Davis celebrating tales from some of public...

Bought by KUER, KPIK-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, KCUR and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
The Great Migration that Changed America - Isabel Wilkerson
From: Open Source
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Isabel Wilkerson is the epic tale teller of the Great Migration of Southern black people that remade America — sound, substance and spirit — in the...

Bought by KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.5 WSNC, WSKG, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
Turning Farm Workers into Farm Owners
From: Making Contact
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It’s well known that the people picking food all across the US are predominantly low-paid Latino migrant workers. It’s ironic that the workers car...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
A Waste-Free Dairy of the Future?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: cheese maker at Fiscalini, Credit: Rita Daniels
It’s estimated that dairy products make up a full 20% of our daily food intake here in North America. But with increased focus on cattle waste met...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:42
Dry Farming-a Technique for a Water Scarce Future
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Farmers in California's central valley are getting a sneak preview of what much of the country, and the world, can expect to see in the next few de...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1