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Discovery Now - LCROSS
From: WHRV
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Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite

  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Over the Top)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Before Madonna, Brittany and Paris, there was Godowsky. Leopold Godowsky was a piano virtuoso who dazzled audiences around the world in the early ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :35
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Martin Pearlman (What Kind of Man?)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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What makes Handel and Handel's Messiah so powerful and magnificent? That may seem like a question with no complete answer or a long list of answer...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 3
Indigenous People's Music
From: KSUT
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Interview with Michael Kickingbear Johnson, creator of Indigenous People's Music.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Aug 10, 2006
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Taking Liberties
From: Matt Ehling
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Documentary on national security policy and civil liberties

Bought by WMPG and WKSU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 2
On the Market
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the War in Iraq

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Active Voice Radio Interview Remix: Tamara Draut- STRAPPED!
From: Chris Goldstein
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Find out " Why America's 20-30 Somethings Can't Get Ahead" with Tamara Draut author of Strapped mixed with music

  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 07:11
Black Classical Masters series: William Grant Still
From: David Person
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Profile of William Grant Still, the dean of black classical composers, with excerpts of an interview with his daughter Judy.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 19:57
Black Classical Masters series: Bobby McFerrin
From: David Person
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Profile of classical and jazz artist Bobby McFerrin, with interview excerpts

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 3
Black Classical Masters series: Denyce Graves
From: David Person
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Four-part series that profiles opera star Denyce Graves, with interview excerpts

Bought by WNMU-FM and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 2
Mavis Staples
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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Gospel and Soul singer David Dye reports on Mavis Staples and her family's beginnings and artistic evolution.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Northwest Public Broadcasting, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 09, 2006
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 5
Al Green
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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Host David Dye reports on soulman Al Green, the musical legend who has learned to balance the spiritual and secular in his music and his life.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., 90.5 WSNC, KCUR and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 6
Linton Kwesi Johnson
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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England's Linton Kwesi Johnson is the inventor of dub poetry. He's also been making reggae music about the Black experience in Great Britain since...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
Shemekia Copland
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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David Dye reports on Shemekia Copland, a young blues singer who's been compared to Koko Taylor and Tina Turner

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 6
Richie Havens
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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Folk artist Richie Havens is best known for his marathon performance at Woodstock. In this profile--hosted by David Dye--Richie Havens talks about...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WUMB, KEOS, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 4
Michael Franti
From: WXPN
Series: Black History Month: Profiles in Music
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This profile of rapper Michael Franti offers insight into the evolution of an artist. Hosted by World Cafe's David Dye

Bought by KPIP-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUSP, Musicians' Radio, and KWCW


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 5
Owens Delivers Final State of the State Address
From: KRCC-FM
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Lame duck gov says he's still relevant

  • Added: Jan 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:01
Looking for Democracy: Ukraine: People's Democracy
From: BBC
Series: Looking For Democracy
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Examining democracy in Ukraine

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFAI Minneapolis, and KUHB


  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 22:31
  • Purchases: 3
Looking for Democracy: Bahrain: Islamic Democracy
From: BBC
Series: Looking For Democracy
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Examining democracy in Bahrain

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR) and KUHB


  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 22:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Wire Episode 2: The Change of the Sound
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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Episode two of The Wire, this show explores how the manipulation of recorded audio with magnetic recording tape changed music.

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, KALW, KRUA, WMNF and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:55
  • Purchases: 13
The Wire Episode 1: Hallo, Hallo
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Wire
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First episode of The Wire, discussing the experience of music as it was affected by the invention of electricity.

Bought by KUOW, The WFMT Radio Network, KALW, KRUA, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 15
Until the Fat Lady Sings
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The expression "the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings" gained national attention in 1978.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUAL


  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2
Leotard
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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Jules Leotard is the eponym of the costume worn by dancers, gymnasts and acrobats.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Full Monty
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The Full Monty means "the entire amount, the whole enchilada." Why?

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Dressed to the Nines
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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"Dressed to the nines," like so many English idioms, is a mysterious expression.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:02

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