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Ashford & Simpson: The Real Thing
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special delves into the history and music of songwriting and singing team Ashford & Simpson.

Bought by WFUV, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPIP-LP, WSGE and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
"Burn, Baby, Burn: The Magnificent Montague"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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An interview with pioneering African-American radio disk jockey,The Magnificent Montague"

Bought by WJSU and KSJD


  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 57:53
  • Purchases: 2
Wayne C. Henderson: How Guitar Making Saved His Life
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Wayne C. Henderson, Credit: http://www.waynehenderson.org/
In this edition, we travel to the homeland of American bluegrass to visit the workshop of guitar builder Wayne C. Henderson. His instruments are co...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
No Rules: The Life & Music of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan
From: KUT
Caption: Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, Credit: www.estebanjordan.com
Music-Rich Hour-long Radio Documentary on Latino Accordion Legend Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KMUN, WNMU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
Tony Schwartz: 30,000 Recordings Later
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Lost & Found Sound
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A profile of Tony Schwartz, an innovative and inspired sound gatherer, recording the sounds of America since 1945.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, KFAI Minneapolis, The Story and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 20:42
  • Purchases: 10
Creative Time: 33 Years of Public Art in NYC, John Kelly
From: Megan Martin
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John Kelly & Love of a Poet: an audio stop on a tour of Creative Time's 33 Years of Public Art series

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 02:20
THE COLOR OF NIGHT
From: Phillip Martin
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Race and the Sexual Politics of Nightlife in Chicago

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
The Last Butcher in Little Italy
From: Laura Terruso
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Unlike most Italian Americans, Moe Albanese never left Little Italy. Born on Elizabeth Street in 1925, Moe grew up on this street and helped his p...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2007
  • Length: 15:57
Elvis: Viva Las Vegas
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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After 8 years away from live performance, Elvis Presley made up for lost time.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Raven Radio, WGZS, KPIK-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Elvis: The Early Years
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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An inside look at the rise of Elvis Presley from a young boy to an American Icon.

Bought by Prairie Public, KZUM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSRQ, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
Singing Legend Bea Wain
From: KUOW
Series: Swing Ladies Swing
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An interview with 1930's singing star Bea Wain charts her career through her music.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 50:03
Last Chance for Oysters
From: Lawrence Lanahan
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From Weekend America, a day on the river with one of southern Maryland's last working oystermen

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Flipside
From: KUT
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KUT`s Texas Music Matters - in cooperation with Texas Monthly magazine - presents The Flipside: An hour at the crossroads of music and memory.

Bought by KGLT, WCPN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Home Again
From: SCAD Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Student returns to hurricane ravaged hometown

  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:52
It's King Biscuit Time
From: WKNO
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In an era when media monopolies dominate the airwaves, there still are independent voices and programs. King Biscuit Time is the longest running d...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 08:06
Episode 5 - Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
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Episode 5 features former poet laureates Anthony Hecht, Maxine Kumin, Reed Whittemore, and newly appointed laureate Donald Hall.

Bought by WCPN, WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KRUA and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:04:05
  • Purchases: 8
Louis Romanos - New Orleans Musician Afloat after Katrina
From: Andrew Reissiger
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Mainstay New Orleans drummer/producer/teacher - a personal story of hurricane parties, performing at Jazzfest, teaching, and evacuating New Orleans...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 1
Boxcar Poet
From: Adam Allington
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93-year-old Clive Haswell is a poet who spent his youth riding the rails and playing poker

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Zuni Running
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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Long distance running has long held symbolic meaning for many Native Americans, particularly Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. And as Hal Cannon of ...

Bought by WXDU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCC-FM, The Nature Podcast, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 28, 2006
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 5
Out of The Ashes
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Mastin's store was once the heart of the community where you could buy a bag of flour, a pair of boots, a side of beef and a flannel nightgown all ...

Bought by WTIP and KSUT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 2
He Looked Like the Devil
From: angie blake
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Gay men, aged 50-86, talk about the beginnings of butch "leather" and SM culture from 1950s to 1970s.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
Bob Dylan: No Direction Home
From: Joyride Media
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The "official bootleg" radio companion to the PBS special "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home"

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KPIK-LP, Prairie Public, Radio New Zealand, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 01:58:10
  • Purchases: 27
RN: Documentary: A Hiroshima Story
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Sixty years after the bombing of Hiroshima, a 67 year old survivor relates his story of that day in a class of students who are the same age now as...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUER, KFAI Minneapolis, KSFR, and WCQS


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 5
RN Documentary: Pride and Prejudice
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Comparing the lives of gay men over two centuries.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1