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Seattle Historian and author Andrew Ward on his personal connection to the spiritual "Steal Away" KRAK
- Added: Jul 29, 2008
- Length: 09:30
Erik Lindbergh is the grandson of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh. But growing up, Erik was told that he should avoid flying at all costs.
- Added: Jul 16, 2008
- Length: 18:25
You've heard the saying "you can't judge a book by its cover." When it comes to Bach, Emerson String Quartet violinist, Eugene Drucker likes to as...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :26
A chaconne is series of melodic variations played over a repeated sequence of notes and harmonies. One of the most famous chaconnes is heard in th...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :24
Guitarist David Russell has a thing for French music. He likes the freedom. Use this 20 second clip to introduce guitarist David Russell playing ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :20
A Seattle woman walks an almost 500-mile pilgrimage trail to mark being cancer-free. KRAK
- Added: Jun 24, 2008
- Length: 18:21
Jordi Colonques talks about his research and art over the phone from Valencia (Spain).
- Added: Jun 13, 2008
- Length: 03:52
Dr Liisa Kauppi explains how she came to New York to study sex cells
- Added: Jun 10, 2008
- Length: 02:22
- Added: May 29, 2008
- Length: 07:00
To get kids off a path of drugs and gangs, sometimes it takes a mentor who's been there
Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: May 29, 2008
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 3
AAA Music show featuring songs that express a more meaningful side of life. This hour features songs from Van Morrison, Keb Mo, Avril Lavigne and m...
- Added: May 21, 2008
- Length: 59:01
Watching his autistic son helped Dr. Donald Rosenstein learn to embrace the possibilities in life.
- Added: May 07, 2008
- Length: 04:12
- Purchases: 3
When pianist Orli Shaham walks on stage to perform, she always says the same two words to her musical partner before playing the first note: "Have...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :21
The trouble with cliches is that they tend to lose meaning after the 15th hearing. So instead of saying Mozart brilliantly practiced the art of "l...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :25
Pianist Orli Shaham says Dvorak's music is like a beautiful onion - every time you peel off a layer, or look beyond the surface of the music, you a...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :25
One matriarch tells the story of preparing the same elaborate feast for Passover that her family's been making for over 80 years.
Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, and The Neighborhood
- Added: Apr 22, 2008
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 5
Her first year in the competition, Camea says this piece is about encouraging young women to love themselves and succeed beyond adversity. Camea O...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
His sixth year in the competition, Nate says this piece is about poetry, the Slam, and the positive impact it can have on youth. Nate Marshall is ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:26
His fourth year in the competition, Q says this piece is about contradiction in American society. Q Cole is 19 years old and a member of WordPlay,...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:38
Her fifth year in the competition, KeeKey says this piece is about the love of writing, from the perspective of a multi-racial girl (note: in Engli...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 01:34
This is the group piece (4 poets) performed in-studio by Kuumba Lynx, which was the winner of the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb Competition. They will n...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 03:04
Before becoming the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop held leadership positions with the Long...
- Added: Apr 01, 2008
- Length: :24
As one builds and then maintains a career, there's the hope we'll maintain enough of the passion that initially inspired our career choice. It's n...
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: :22
- Added: Mar 25, 2008
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
Looking back at Earth from space, astronaut Dan Tani is optimistic about the future of the planet.
- Added: Feb 29, 2008
- Length: 03:53
- Purchases: 2
