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Jane Goodwin Austin
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Jane Goodwin Austin became known as “Calamity Jane,” with the Mexican government placing a $1000 bounty on her head.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
Florynce Kennedy
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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After she became a lawyer, Kennedy missed no opportunity to push every envelope she could related to either race or gender.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:18
Dolores Huerta
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Dolores Huerta left her teaching job as a young woman to commit herself to working in the struggle for equal rights

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
Anne Hutchinson
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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A profile of Anne Hutchinson - a maverick spiritual leader in Massachusetts during the early 1600's.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:08
KUT's Views and Brews: Billie Holiday and The Art of Persona
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews f...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WJSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Needle Drop: 09-08-12
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Dustin Wong, Cat Power, and Jens Lekman.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 5
Irena Sendler, May 12, 2008
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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She was a small, dark-haired Polish Catholic who somehow managed to save 2500 Jewish children from the Nazis. How? Here's the tale. Also available...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
The Lion
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Willie "the Lion" Smith
He was a master ”Tickler”. Stride piano is the term attached later to a specific rhythmic style where the left hand follows the pattern of the rig...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
The Needle Drop: 08-25-12
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Wild Nothing, Parquet Courts, Flying Lotus and more.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 5
Chicago Noodles
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sterling Clarinet, Credit: http://www.clarinetpages.net
Among the many names adopted for the clarinet during the early years of jazz, the “noodle” is possible the most catchy. Feature are Johnny Dodds, B...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 1
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
Red & the Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
The duet of Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman "The Bean" Hawkins, 1933.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:52
Sophisticated Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bessie Smith
The blues melded with jazz long before the first recordings in the late teens. Although the music was, at least at first, structured on the 8 and 1...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 58:54
The Needle Drop: 06-23-12
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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NEW MUSIC FROM IAMAMIWHOAMI, FIONA APPLE, AND MORE.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 6
Two Hands, A Guitar & Genius = Wes Montgomery
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968)
TWO HANDS, A GUITAR & GENIUS = WES MONTGOMERY is a one hour program that looks at the musical life of Jazz guitarist WES MONTGOMERY. The ten record...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 52:35
  • Purchases: 3
Food Sleuth Radio, Mark Winne Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Mark Winne, food activist and author of “Closing the Food Gap” and “ “Food Rebels, Guerrill...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Raphaël Krafft - "Le Journaliste à Vélo"
From: Kieron Yates
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A profile of Raphaël Krafft "Le Journaliste à Vélo" who, over the course of a decade, has documented his travels on a bicycle for French public radio.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 27:00
The Needle Drop: 12-10-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Nujabes, Jacaszek, and Cormorant.

Bought by WSLR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WTIP, KEOS and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 57:07
  • Purchases: 9
The Needle Drop: 12-03-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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Music from Oneohtrix Point Never, the Spits, and Comet Gain.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KEOS, WSLR and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 9
The Needle Drop: 10-15-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Rustie, La Dispute and more.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KHNS, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 6
All Available Boats: Harbor Voices From 9/11
From: David Tarnow
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The response of the New York maritime community to the events of September 11, 2001.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY, KHNS, WLRN and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Needle Drop: 06-10-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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New music from Black Lips, Snake Oil, Battles, and more.

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 4
The Needle Drop: 04-16-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Crystal Stilts, Timber Timbre, and more.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 6
The Needle Drop: 04-09-11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Panda Bear, Holy Ghost, and Apollo Brown.

Bought by KISU, KPVL, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 6
JazzStories: Billy Taylor
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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Billy Taylor played with the best in the business. But his contributions to jazz went far beyond the bandstand.

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:46
  • Purchases: 8

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