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HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...
- Added: Mar 04, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
Dean Karnazes said, “The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.” Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged, when thi...
- Added: Oct 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00:06
Andre Maurois said, “We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.” Welcome to this week’s melodica...
- Added: Oct 12, 2021
- Length: 01:00:06
Stanley Horowitz wrote, ”Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.” Welcome to another e...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Oct 04, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
- Purchases: 1
At melodically challenged, we are proud of our show’s sound, and for that we thank Rettward von Doernberg, who generously lets us use his music, B...
- Added: Sep 09, 2021
- Length: 01:00:07
Poetry about music and it's relationship to life events.
- Added: Feb 20, 2021
- Length: 59:01
The waltz figures prominently in these pieces about the human experience.
- Added: Jan 30, 2021
- Length: 54:04
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 03:14
A celebration of Johannes Brahms with poetry and his music. (In celebration of his birthday, May 7)
Bought by Royalton Community Radio
- Added: May 09, 2020
- Length: 01:04:24
- Purchases: 1
Welcome to this week’s melodically challenged, when we will shop till we drop in shops, stores, malls, and every possible place to blow your payche...
- Added: Feb 04, 2020
- Length: 01:07:16
- Added: Oct 05, 2019
- Length: 59:24
-Uncovering the epic musical crossover of the 19th century: a John Philip Sousa arrangement of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore.
-Stephen Vi...
Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, KXCV, WCMU Michigan and more
- Added: Sep 19, 2019
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 10
When writer and radio producer Lulu Miller (Invisibilia) discovered she’d have to leave Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state-- ...
Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WFHB, WTJU, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN and more
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 12
Christy Stillwell discusses her novel, "The Wolf Tone," winner of the 2017 Elixir Fiction Award. She also reads a short passage from an article she...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: May 06, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Apr 06, 2019
- Length: 58:25
Looking through old photos elicits a myriad of feelings.
- Added: Mar 10, 2019
- Length: 59:21
Concepts and choices we make as a new year begins.
- Added: Jan 05, 2019
- Length: 01:00:00
Poetry about sleep and dreams, actual and metaphorical.
- Added: Dec 08, 2018
- Length: 59:57
-A musical Indiana Jones is pursuing the Holy Grail of American symphonic music: long-lost works by master composers that are housed in the Library...
- Added: May 11, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Humorous and ironic examinations of the human condition.
- Added: Apr 14, 2018
- Length: 59:09
An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...
Bought by WNMU-FM, KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 11
Random poems and music for the season-ending program.
- Added: Jun 23, 2017
- Length: 52:16
- Added: Jun 16, 2017
- Length: 54:30
- Added: May 05, 2017
- Length: 58:16
Poetry and music that explores the spiritual dimensions of being alive.
- Added: Apr 14, 2017
- Length: 53:46
