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Bernstein Encore
From: Wind & Rhythm
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When Leonard Bernstein hosted the Young People’s Concerts in 1958, he started with the William Tell Overture and the black and white video captured...

Bought by 'The Sea', KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMFA


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
U.F.O.nium
From: Wind & Rhythm
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Coined in 1953, the phrase Unidentified Flying Object, and its natural acronym UFO, came into our lexicon as a means to describe various inexplaina...

Bought by KTXK, KMFA, and WUAL


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
Takacs Quartet plays Mozart’s Spring Quartet #18-06
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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The Takacs Quartet play Mozart’s “Spring” quartet number 14, from a concert last month in Portland.

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
Ashe Bhosle's onions
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ashe Bhosle in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Once Asha effortlessly brought India to my kitchen in California. Now she transported me from a balmy night in a park in Kolkata to a foggy evening...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
PN 17-13 "Toy Boat" by Ocean Vuong
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong remembers Tamir Rice, the 12-year old boy killed by police in Cleveland, OH in 2014.

Bought by KALW, KVNO, KENW, PRX Remix, KALW and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
51 Tragic and Star-Crossed Lovers
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
From Romeo and Juliet to Jack and Rose, Dinner and a Movie explores films featuring star-crossed and tragic lovers whose relationships do not end i...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 2
Summit Sessions 191 with M.A.N.D.Y. (Philipp Jung)
From: Brian Bacchus
Series: Summit Sessions
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M.A.N.D.Y. (Philipp Jung) joins Brian Bacchus on the guestmix in the 2nd hour with a mix showcasing tracks off their new album "Double Fantasy"

Bought by KBBI Alaska and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Mahisasur Mardini of Durga Puja
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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I don’t know how many shoes this old radio program sells. But it can never feel the same as hearing those voices, most of them long dead, bring a c...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
Bonjour Chanson Series 22, Episode 106
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 22
Caption: By Courtesy of Alice Hejna, Credit: Denis Moron
An intriguing and engaging selection of French Language songs are introduced in English. No French language skills are required to enjoy the show.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 26:42
  • Purchases: 1
Dipa Karmar, India's Pride and Shame
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dipa Karmakar in Rio
On Sunday night, much of India was watching television with bated breath. All for one young woman at the Rio Olympics. Her name is Dipa Karmakar an...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Poet Dennis Finnell
From: New Letters on the Air
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Winner of the 2012 Bellday Poetry Prize for his fourth book, PIE 8, Dennis Finnell discusses his unique approach to composing this work and how it ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Homecoming
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: San Francisco skyline
Sometimes when I return to San Francisco from Calcutta it feels like I have two homes, the best of both worlds. But sometimes at night, jet-lagged ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:57
Goodbye Mr. Universe
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Manohar Aich, Credit: Bishan Samaddar
While the world was marking the passing of Muhammad Ali, another giant in the world of sports in India died in Kolkata to far less notice.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Poet and Chinese Translator Jonathan Stalling
From: New Letters on the Air
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As part of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, we hear from Jonathan Stalling, the first westerner chosen as Beijing University's Poet-in-Reside...

Bought by KQED and XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 2
Classic Pop Standards Show #1
From: David Mager
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“Classic-Pop Standards” is a one-hour program inspired by the Great American Songbook. This new series of podcasts features the singers, the lyrici...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:46
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Leon Bridges
From: RadioMilwaukee
Series: 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 06:07
Monica's Story
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Monica Liu
Most people who come to her restaurant and wash down golden fried prawn with cold beer have no inkling about her back story.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Folktale of the Afterlife
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of the Afterlife, Credit: Julia Meek
Let's face it--that 'final passage' is the most difficult stage of life for 'the departed' AND the loved ones left behind--and it's that road we tr...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KCMJ Community Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
Too Late for Suzette
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Suzette Jordan
Justice has finally come for Suzette Jordan.Though she was not there to witness it. In 2013 she became the face of rape in Kolkata, India. Her att...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
What's that poking at your conscience?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Aylan and Galib Kurdi
We are inundated by a circus of gratuitous and salacious images in our media everyday, but one recent photograph has cut through the clutter.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Short Guide to a Long Life / A Boomer's Second Act / Believe It or Not! / Nunsense! / Undertaking and Playboy Posing!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Dr. Agus/Long Life Segment 2: Kevin Briggs/Bridge Patrol Segment 3: Ed Meyers/Ripley's Segment 4: Jane Christmas/Nun's Story Segment ...

  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 52:01
Memorial: WW1
From: Wind & Rhythm
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The number of American military deaths in World War 1 was more than 116,500 and as we think about that huge war that went on for 4 years, we grieve...

Bought by WVTF and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Live Feed Presents: "Dr. Dan Barr and the Gate City Jazz Band"
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of “The Live Feed” we visit with Dr. Dan Barr, the longest standing member of the Gate City Jazz Band. Dr. Barr visits with us abou...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 37:04
Carolyn Kizer: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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Women's History Month continues with a tribute to the late Carolyn Kizer, the influential poet who died in October 2014. An unmistakable feminist, ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 25, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mark Strand: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We honor the life of poet Mark Strand, who passed away on November 29, 2014 at the age of 80. This archive recording features the former U.S. Poet ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1