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Greg Mitchell, author of "The Tunnels"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Greg Mitchell, author of "The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films that the JFK White House Tri...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
Blues Unlimited #314 - Uncle Sam Called Me: The Blues and War
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join us as we dig into a collection of blues songs all dealing with the topic of war. Featuring commentary, insight, and criticism on Vietnam, Kore...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #313 - Mr. Estes' Neighborhood: The Blues in Brownsville, Part 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Brownsville mandolin man, James "Yank" Rachell (in his later years).
Join us for part two of our look at the blues traditions in Brownsville, Tennessee. This time, we’ll focus primarily on the Decca label, and hear s...

  • Added: May 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Marc Levinson, author of "An Extraordinary Time"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Marc Levinson,, author of “An Extraordinary Time: The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy.”

  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
Blues Unlimited #312 - Goin' To Brownsville: Sleepy John Estes & Friends, Part 1
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Image by R. Crumb.
Join us as we get into our time machine, and go back to the 1920s and ’30s, to examine the blues traditions in Brownsville, Tennessee. At the epice...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #311 - Hits That Missed: The Biggest Number Two R&B Records of the 1940s
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: During the 1940s, Louis Jordan was king of the charts, racking up an unbroken string of almost 40 top ten R&B hits between 1942 and 1948.
Join us for another installment of “hits that missed,” as we count our way down through some of the biggest recordings of the 1940s. We’ll hear mus...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #310 - Hits That Missed: The Biggest Number Two R&B Records of the Early 1950s
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Illustration of Smiley Lewis by William Stout. His recording of “I Hear You Knocking” was one of the biggest number two hits of the early 1950s.
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, join us as we pay tribute to a remarkable collection of records that all have one thing in common — they were a...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #309 - The Blues is a Feeling: Stories, Songs and Conversation from Son House & Lightnin' Hopkins
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Illustration of Son House by R. Crumb; Lightnin’ Hopkins by William Stout.
On this special edition of Blues Unlimited, join us as two legendary musicians, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Son House, tell us about their lives in story...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
RDD: A Conversation with Pete Culp
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on the RDD, Haley meets with Pete Culp, a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors. Baldemar Velasquez nominat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #308 - Hot Wax & Down Home Classics from Checker Records (1952-1953)
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Recorded in May 1952, “Juke” became a huge number one hit for Little Walter, when it climbed to the top of the R&B charts later that year.
Join us as we put the Checker label in the spotlight. Started by Phil and Leonard Chess as a subsidiary imprint in 1952, Checker issued some specta...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
GPV17 Book Review - The Arsenal of Democracy
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War by A. J. Baime

  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:31
Blues Unlimited #307 - The Blues Unlimited 3rd Annual Year In Review Special: Best of 2016
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Third & Beale: According to some, the epicenter of the Blues Universe.
Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2016. In a year filled with highlights, great blues, and a bunch of good music,...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #306 - Blue Horizon Records Presents the Giants of Country Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Blue Horizon often featured striking and distinctive album covers, such as this one for Bukka White’s “Memphis Hot Shots” LP.
Join us as we dig into some of the great recordings made by Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label during the 1960s. This time we’ll be focusing on some ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
James Rollins discusses "The Seventh Plague"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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James Rollins is a prolific novelist who lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 09:17
Constitution Day in Maryland
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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This week's show comes from a recording made by WAMD 970 in Abingdon, Maryland for the Harford County Library Foundation. The program was recorded ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Optimistic Revolution
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Special guest host Joe L. Lovell of Amarillo, Texas returns to speak with President Thomas Jefferson about revolution, public education and the nee...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KRDP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
WorldCanvass: Higher Education in the Age of Internationalization (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer interviews Howard Kerr, 2016 recipient of the University of Iowa International Impact Award, about his national and international c...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 23:55
Blues Unlimited #305 - Rare Paramount 78s from the Collection of John Tefteller
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: One of the rare 78s from the collection of John Tefteller. Courtesy of Blues Images.
Join us as we explore some of the rarest of the rare — John Tefteller's legendary collection of Paramount 78s. One of the most important blues labe...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:59
Trial by Jury
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Guest host Joe L. Lovell of Amarillo, Texas speaks with President Thomas Jefferson about the workings of America’s legal system and the importance ...

Bought by KTXK, KALH, KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
We Have Voted
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Prompted by requests from many Jefferson Hour listeners, the creator of The Thomas Jefferson Hour, Clay S. Jenkinson, discusses the outcome of the ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRDP, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
American side of Niagara Falls to go silent
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park., Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park.
New York State plans to shut off the American Falls, a major attraction for tourists who flock to Niagara Falls. It's part of a project to replace...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 7
Save the Republic (Part Two)
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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This week, part two of a discussion of suggestions sent in by listeners in response to Clay S. Jenkinson’s request as to their ideas on how to impr...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WYAP, RadioFreePalmer, KRDP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Save the Republic (Part One)
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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On episode #1200 Our Republic, President Thomas Jefferson spoke about the differences between a true democracy and a republic. In the podcast intro...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRDP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Minimum
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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In episode #1196 Jefferson 113, Clay S. Jenkinson asked listeners to write in with their thoughts and personal experiences about living on the mini...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KRDP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Benjamin Franklin's Visit
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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President Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson, is joined in conversation by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin is portr...

Bought by KALH, RadioFreePalmer, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3