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Ma Rainey-a Celebration of the Blues and African American Performance
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Using "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" film now out on Netflix, we look at how she influenced the blues with selections from her, Sterling Brown, Bessie...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 56:40
Pianist Joyce Yang Sees Colors When She Plays Music
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Joyce Yang, Credit: KT Kim
Synesthete Joyce Yang describes the colors of Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 31 as she plays.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:37
The Two Beethoven Chords That Stopped Me In My Tracks
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: The New York Philharmonic performs at Bravo! Vail in 2019., Credit: Chris Lee
In Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony No. 3, his intention was to shock his audience.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
The Pianos Of Beethoven’s Time Weren’t Enough For Him
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Dr. David Korevaar, Credit: Manfred Fuss
He wanted larger and louder. The stage was set for Beethoven, but being on the cusp of change had its challenges.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
A los sucesores de Beethoven les fue difícil vivir en la sombra del mejor compositor de la historia
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
Cómo Ludwig van Beethoven proyectó una gran sombra sobre Haydn y Brahms, dos gigantes de la música que vinieron antes y después de él.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:14
Beethoven’s Successors Found It Hard To Live In The Shadow Of Classical’s GOAT
From: Colorado Public Radio
Series: Beethoven 250
Caption: Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
Beethoven’s teacher, Franz Josef Haydn, was eclipsed by the genius of his young student. Later, a young Johannes Brahms spent decades writing his f...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Voices of Vietnam: A Lost Homeland (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The Fall of Saigon marked the bitter end of the American War in Vietnam and the loss of a homeland for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. ...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
1619, Past and Present (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-- Cassandra Newby-Alexander explores how we should commemorate 1619 and what’s at stake when we ignore it. -- Richard Chew explains how a Britis...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 10
1619, Past and Present (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nearly 400 years ago, in 1619, the first Africans arrived in English-speaking North America. Cassandra Newby-Alexander explores how we should comme...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), WFHB, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
Day the Earth Stood Still
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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The entire 1951 movie is narrated -- and commented on -- in this sound-rich radio show...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:36:58
James the Sixth Becomes James the First
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:25:25
Life of the Law #42 – In The Name Of The Father
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The Scottsboro Boys are infamous — nine black teenagers falsely accused and convicted of raping two white women. Last year, the state of Alabama f...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 23:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Sound of India Changed
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy reflects on the meaning, and sound, of India old and new.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Blood On the Tracks: A musical train trip up Highway 61 in honor of Bob Dylan’s 71st birthday.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Producer - Amy Clark
Producer Amy Clark presents a musical train trip up Highway 61 in honor of Bob Dylan’s 71st birthday

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 2
One Giant Leap
From: WHRV
Series: How We Saw It
Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed ...

Bought by KWIT, KCNP, Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WVPE and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 12
Chronicles of William Hone (week of December 30, 2007)
From: Vince Hancock
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Look both ways before crossing into January. This week: how to greet the New Year.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2007
  • Length: 08:30
#6: Igor Stravinsky: The End of the End
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Igor Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles, from the beginning to the end

  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 17:29