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CSO 17-48: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a French Festival, 11/24/2017
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts
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This week Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts an entire program of music by Ravel and Debussy.

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:58:27
Husband & Wife Writers Geoffrey Brock & Padma Viswanathan
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Padma Viswanathan
Novelist Padma Viswanathan, a 2017 recipient of the Porter Fund Literary Prize, and poet Geoffrey Brock, discuss how they balance their writing car...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
A Quiet Place To Listen To Music
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: John Louis and Brianna Lane, founders of The Warming House., Credit: Nanci Olesen
Inspired by the intimacy of house concerts, a pair of Minneapolis musicians have opened a quiet place to listen to music. Unlike bars and coffee sh...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
Ladies' Next Choice (vol. 2)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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The women of JazzGrass, volume 2.

Bought by Bandon Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:55:18
  • Purchases: 1
Coccyx: Please Don't Sit on the Cuckoo
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
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Coccyx is a small triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and other apes. Representing a vestigial tail and most commonly c...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
Object of My Affection
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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Not all true love gets a holiday.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 15:20
The Christmas Gift That's Been in the Workshop for Three Years Too Many
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: Anne Berardi says a lot has changed after the storm as she overlooks her neighborhood from her balcony., Credit: Colleen Callander
Hurricane Sandy did more than just destroy this family's home -- it swept away three years worth of holly jolly Christmases. Since October 29, 2012...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
Wheat Belly / Cold Cases! / Secret Shopper / Medicine Now! / Dream Big!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Dr. William Davis/Wheat Belly Segment 2:Deborah Halber/internet detectives Segment 3:David Lipton/mystery shopper Segment 4:Ralph Webe...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
Ann Druyan and the Breakthrough Initiatives for SETI
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Green Bank Telescope is the world's largest, fully-steerable telescope. It will be used in the Breakthrough Listen SETI initiative over the next 10 years., Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF
The Breakthrough Initiatives will pump $100 million into the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the next 10 years, vastly expanding humani...

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


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Summer Song Part II
From: tenali hrenak
Series: Muddy Boots
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Summer is here again. . . Let’s celebrate the commencement of the hot and sweaty season with a batch of lovely sun soaked tunes. Join Winding River...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:49:41
Buckminster Fuller on The Geodesic Life
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper" - Buckminster Fuller as told to Studs Terkel during int...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
Untethered Histories
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Writing from History
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Historical fiction is an ongoing balance between fact and fiction, but what if the story takes place outside of reality? Author Sarah Shun-Lien Byn...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 15:12
The Bear King at the Window
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Margi Preus reading an excerpt from her book "West of the Moon."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Jackson on Godliness
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"My singing… I’ll just say it simple as possible: it’s just godly." - Michael Jackson at 21. We uncovered a rare interview MJ gave in 1980 before h...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 2
Place + Memory: Remembering Dreamland
From: Jesse Dukes
Caption: The high dive at Dreamland., Credit: Courtesy Dr. Reginal Shareef.
Memories of an African-American swimming pool and dance club in the Jim Crow south.

Bought by KALW and WABE


  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
Stand My Ground III
From: Littleglobe
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Singer/songwriter, Willa Snow, learned about standing her ground when her musical passion was compromised.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
The Beat: Carol Ann Russell - "Italian Men and Gold"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 200
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: NPR's White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
ARTHUR BRADFORD - Documentarian ARI SHAPIRO - NPR's White House Correspondent THOMAS LAUDERDALE - Pianist for Pink Martini SARAH JACKSON-HOLMAN ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Rhythm & News Service, KWMR, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Nova Devonie on writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
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Songwriter Nova Devonie discusses writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Written and performed for the monthly showcase Th...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: MoZo on H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: MoZo, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe of MoZo discuss writing songs inspired by H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, written and performed for the mont...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 169 - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Indie Rock Band Viva Voce, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHRIS GILLEBEAU -World traveler & author of The Art of Non-Comformity. ROLLIN SOLES - Award-winning chief winemaker for Argyle Wines. VIVA VOCE ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 1
Lady T: Remembering Teena Marie (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Teena Marie , Credit: Gordy Records
A discussion with the late TEENA MARIE (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010). She discusses her long career and her rich musical history. This interv...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:22
Floy Bradford
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What's For Breakfast
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We talk with KAXE member Floy Bradford. Her kids decide what she eats, so she had the delicious combination of toast with cream cheese, sausage an...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 06:51
Violinist Anna Schaad's Dream Within a Dream
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Violinist Anna Schaad’s music is steeped in fantasy and inspired by her Navy pilot husband. Though heavily Celtic influenced, she takes an electro...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Time Banking -A Community's Route Around Poverty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One East Oakland neighborhood decided to try a different economic model in their community. Time Banking.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1