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It’s generally agreed that the silent film era lasted from 1894 to 1929; however, the history of projected images is much longer. Beginning in the ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
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Private investigator Ron Brown walks hosts Brian Balogh and Ed Ayers through the process of tracking people down, how technology has dramatically r...

Bought by Radio Newark, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 4
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Irving Berlin
Composer and lyricist Jerome Kern summed up the life and work of Israel Baline (Irving Berlin) when he said, “Irving Berlin has no place in America...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jason MacLean joined us to discuss this Hebbian plasticity and the past, present, and future of research on neuronal networks.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Missourians
They were known as the big band of the 1920s who sounded a little “country.” Not because they were from Nashville, nor did they have a twang in th...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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outLoud Radio producer Mykel takes us inside the world of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of fabulous queer San Francisco community or...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KSFR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Frankie Teschmacher
When Kansas City born Frankie Teschmacher joined the Austin High Gang in the mid-1920s, his instrument of choice was alto saxophone. But, in his yo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Harry Warren
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prod...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
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On this episode of "Don't Cha Know" we venture back to Prairie Island Campground in Winona, Minnesota, and partake in a lesson on fur trading. The ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 18:01
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Today on Don't Cha Know - we continue our adventure back in time to the Fur Trading Era. During our visit at the Big Muddy River Rendezvous at Prai...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Today on "Don't Cha Know" we get to know more about Larry Peterson of Red Wing MN. Larry is an avid collector of Red Wing Stoneware - and is quite ...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 27:34
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Only 120 copies of John Audubon’s Birds of America are known to exist and one complete set is stored in a climate controlled vault at the Minneapol...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
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Dan Morgenstern, recipient of the 2007 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy, discusses the 2011 class of NEA Jazz Masters.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...

Bought by KHEN-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:33:41
  • Purchases: 2