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Jazz People Reshape Familiar Melodies
From: KCSM
Series: The Annals of Jazz
Caption: Richard Hadlock
Exploring the art of reshaping and reforming familiar song melodies...A common practice done by jazz instrumentalists.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
NEA Jazz Moments with KEITH JARRETT
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Keith Jarrett. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 15
209: Canals
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: The Göta Canal, Credit: Insightguides.com
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will take us on a tour of the canals of the world.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
Mmm...first-ever food exhibit opens at National Museum of American History
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted the day after Thanksgiving with Paula Johnson, curator at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 18:39
  • Purchases: 1
Lost Landmarks: Time traveling in San Francisco's Tenderloin district
From: KALW
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The Uptown Tenderloin Historic District is trying to preserve its history with funding from SF Grants for the Arts and the city’s Neighborhood Arts...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 08:51
Culturology: Lyric Center for the Arts - Virginia, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Lyric Center for the Arts - Virginia, MN
As the 100th Anniversary of the Lyric Center for the Arts passes the Lyric Center celebrates new life and a bright future. Maddi Frick recently tou...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 1
Our History: Kaleva Hall - A history
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Kaleva Hall
Aila Ivonen talks with Scott Hall about the history of Kaleva Hall, a temperance hall in Virginia built in 1906.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Lonely Crawlers
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The pair of crawler-transporters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have been delivering shuttles to their launch pad since the Apollo missions...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Brian Miller: Minnesota Lumberjack Songs
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Brian Miller
Brian Miller talks with Travis Ryder about getting how his interest in Irish music led him to Minnesota lumberjack songs.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 2
Oliver and Gertie Juntenen and the History of Suomi.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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It’s not a town or township, but when Finnish-American families moved there 95 years ago it became a vibrant community that exists to this day. Ol...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 23:36
  • Purchases: 2
The Life and Music of Thomas Talbert with Richard Hammergren, Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this edition of Don't Cha Know, Richard Hammergren WSU jazz WSU professor and professional musician stops by to update us on The Black Tie Jazz ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
Baseball: Great American Pastime
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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“Whoever would understand the heart and mind of America had better learn the game of baseball...” As this quotation sums up our attitude toward the...

Bought by KZYX and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 58:48
  • Purchases: 2
The Historic Choate Building
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: The Historic Choate Building
Hannibal Choate was a pioneer in retail and was referred to as The Merchant Prince of South Eastern Minnesota. He founded a department store in his...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 24:03
He Loved Me Truly: Abraham Lincoln
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Chronicle
Caption: Abraham Lincoln, Credit: Matt Lemmon
Much has been written about the life, times and experiences of Abraham Lincoln, but perhaps the nicest part of the truth is the story of Lincoln an...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Jan 12, 2011
  • Length: 50:47
  • Purchases: 1
The Hubbell House in Mantorville
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this edition of Don’t Cha Know, we visit a restaurant that has had many famous visitors, including Horace Greely, Senator Alexander Ramsey, Mick...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 09:33
Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town
From: Marfa Public Radio
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The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and ...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Bill Monroe Special
From: WAMU
Series: Special Programming
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Featuring Del McCoury [http://www.delmccouryband.com/], David Peterson of David Peterson and 1946 [http://www.1946band.com/], Phil Nusbaum [http://...

Bought by KHNS and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2009
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 2
Pollopel Island
From: Tom Niemisto
Caption: Bannerman's Castle, Credit: Shaun O'Boyle
Pollopel Island is host to Bannerman's Castle. But its curious history goes back centuries

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Snake River Outlaws Retrospective
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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A look at one of the hottest cowboy bands in the west in the 1950s and the times in which they lived.

Bought by KISU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Prairie Public, Marfa Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 6
The Legend of Dead Horse Point
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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The story of how this Utah State Park got its name

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
Banducci's Memorial Day
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
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Another San Franciscan Entertainment Icon, gone. This is his memorial party, and some of the characters recalling who he was, and what he stood for.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2007
  • Length: 10:34
WWOZ Street Talk - an Elegy for Willie Tee
From: David Kunian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
6 minute radio piece with interviews and music about the New Orleans keyboadist, singer, and producer Willie Tee

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:57
A FAMILY'S JOURNEY
From: J. Ozoria
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An exploration into the events that sparked a journey.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Aug 05, 2007
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 1
Womemories -- Susan McDougal
From: Bernadette Cahill
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Susan McDougal, imprisoned during the Whitewater investigation, tells why she refused to talk

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 10:00
Trams for the Memories
From: Drew Leifheit
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Piece of olde Budapest reaches end of the line

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 08:24