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Full Moon Hacksaw # 1523 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04/07/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Directed intensity from Buddy Rich sounds more like a lift than a jolt, but Horace Silver's loping tempo tells the truth. Mongo Santamaria's Afro-C...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
Slippery Nonfiction
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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How well does any nonfiction writer capture "The Truth?" Essayist Edward McPherson explores truth and memory in nonfiction.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 14:17
A Room of One's Own
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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Publisher and fiction writer, Danielle Dutton, discusses the poetics of suburbia and the roadblocks of women in publishing. In the second half Prof...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:51
Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz, singers, songwriters, and activists
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Sharon Abreu & Mike Hurwicz
Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz, singers, songwriters, and activists Interview by Gary Kanter: Sharon and Mike, two passionate and harmonious voi...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:14
Allan Wolper talks to Kim Friedman
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Kim Friedman,one of Hollywood's most successful woman television directors, is the Instagram sensation known as Crazy Jewish Mom. Her credits inclu...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas - Reflection on an Idyllic Christmas Picture
From: Ethical Programs Distribution, LLC
Series: A Question of Ethics - Christmas
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Before wishing one another a blessed Christmas, perhaps we should first think about what this means for all living beings on the Earth. The sum of ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 1
A Few Dollars Can Help Girls Stay in School. Here's How.
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global
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One Ethiopian woman works to remove obstacles for women pursuing an education.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
Susan Alan, Interim Director of the National Farm Worker Ministry, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Susan Alan, NFWM
Interview: Susan gives the history, mission, and actions of the National Farm Worker Ministry, a faith-based organization committed to justice for...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
Wine Talk
From: Matt Miller
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A new approach at discussing wine by treating it as a movie or book review. Talking about why it is what it is in hope of taking away the stigma of...

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 07:25
Mark McDermott, a Union Activist, Community Organizer, and Historian
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Mark McDermott
Mark McDermott, a Union Activist, Community Organizer, and Historian Interview: Mark tells us how we can and must work together to protect victori...

  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 27:39
Sean Solomon on the Climactic End of the MESSENGER Mercury Mission
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A depiction of the MESSENGER spacecraft is shown flying over Mercury's surface displayed in enhanced color., Credit: NASA/JHU APL/Carnegie Institution of Washington
We open with the countdown to destruction--the MESSENGER spacecraft’s impact on Mercury ended its spectacularly successful mission. Principal Inve...

Bought by KRZA, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR and more


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
Members of ILWU Local 25 Port of Anacortes Workers
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: ILWU Local 25 Port Worker
Interview: Members of ILWU Local 25 Port Workers discuss the recent successful organizing drive in Anacortes, WA. Information about the ILWU, go t...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 27:43
  • Purchases: 1
George Gershwin and The Art of America
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
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Rebecca McInroy and Rabbi Neil Blumofe discuss Gerwin's music and legacy.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:26:08
Discover COSTA RICA
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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COSTA RICA is perhaps Central America's most progressive country. It is ranked as the "greenest" country on earth. 6% of its land mass in fact is f...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:04:38
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Dedric Clark & the Social Animals
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Dedric Clark & the Social Animals
In this Centerstage Minnesota Feature Charlie Pulkrabek brings us up to date on this band with one foot in Duluth, and one in Portland, formerly kn...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
2014: The Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orion spacecraft is recovered by the USS Anchorage, Credit: NASA
Our annual review of the greatest events and accomplishments over the last year features analysis and commentary by Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily...

Bought by KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Cassini is Safe! Mission Update From Project Scientist Linda Spilker
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mighty Saturn and its rings, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft., Credit: JPL/NASA
Project scientist Linda Spilker returns with a regular update on Saturn, its moons and rings not long after learning that the mission is funded thr...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1450 11-13-2014 (Hours 1 & 2)
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Blues old and blues new, what new ground was cut in the '80s and '90s? How might "Nu Brasil" of the 2000s stand up to German fusion of the '70s by ...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
World Heritage Belongs to Us All
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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Heritage is our past, present and future. For forty years The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been i...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2014
  • Length: 56:50
Jay Barbree on "Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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In his 55 years as NBC’s space correspondent, Jay Barbree has won the respect and friendship of many astronauts. Neil Armstrong stands above them a...

Bought by KVSC and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Why The Road Ahead For Psychology is Narrow
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Jean Piaget was born in 1896 in Switzerland, and he died in 1980. His background was in biology and he became especially fascinated with studying ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
A Starlight Festival Cassini Mission Update
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker joins us at the first Starlight Festival in Big Bear Lake, California. The science leader of the ongoing Sa...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Shame and Guilt
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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What happens when we feel guilt and shame? Our hearts may pound, we may feel sad, we might even want to cry. Physiologically our response to both s...

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Two Guys on Your Head: The Persistence of False Beliefs
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Our world these days is laden with a constant flow of information. It’s unavoidable. But how do we determine what information to believe? Once we...

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Microbes in Orbit--Cheryl Nickerson's Pioneering Biomedical Research
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cheryl Nickerson in her ASU lab, Credit: NASA
You may have heard that the sometimes deadly Salmonella bacterium becomes stronger in microgravity. That was just one of the promising results of e...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1