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#950 - Ramifications of another shutdown- SHORT NEWS PIECE
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Is another shutdown wise? What are the views and opposing views of further restrictions? Arguments for and against from KVMR TOP REVENUE SHOW all c...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 04:56
Dispatch 360 - Goodbye Soumitra
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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A fond remembrance of Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who died Sunday Nov. 15th after battling the COVID-19 virus.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
The Second Coming Turns 100 (Part I): A Discussion of W.B. Yeats’ Classic Poem of Polarization with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Paul Muldoon (Princeton University)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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How does a century-old poem written in Ireland as European civil wars erupted in the aftermath of World War I still resonate in our own partisan er...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2020
  • Length: 22:36
And the Word Was Gaia
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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It looks like we sort of infuriated Good Ol' Mother Gaia to the point that Gaia is feeling the need to perhaps wipe us off the face of the Earth, t...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Valzhyna Mort Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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Today's classic NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features poet Valzhyna Mort, whose work gives insight into her native country, Belarus. She shares poetry fr...

Bought by WRKF, WNJR, and WJCU


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
When Beethoven Ruined Beethoven
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That - Shortcuts
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In addition to being a great composer, Beethoven was a world-class pianist. But his last performance did not go at all well, as Dale McGowan explains.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 05:48
Gevalt
From: Israel Story
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A lot has been said about the Ultra-Orthodox community during the pandemic. But little has been heard from its members themselves. Yochai Maital an...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 15:34
My Heart is Broken
From: Israel Story
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Normally, Rachel Gemara is an oncology nurse at Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. But back in March, she was one of a handful of nurses tr...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 06:35
#20-31 VSO New World
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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The Vancouver Symphony plays Dvorak 9

Bought by WNIJ, KPOV, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
This is the Border Radio
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Thanks to the Time Loop we all seem to be stuck in, our 99th episode is here . . . . directly following our 100th. The border used to be a lot of f...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jul 24, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Radio 586 AZ Roots 07-22 to 07-28-20 show 361
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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We are dealing with Arizona musicians filed under A and B, Rex Allen Sr. and Jr. for starters. Which brings us to one of the most important horn pl...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 57:59
Folktale of Doom & Gloom
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Doom & Gloom, Credit: Julia Meek
Woe is me! And that's what this week's Folktale is all about.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and KLCC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
Full Moon Hacksaw #1745 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07-09-2020
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Practicing the tradition…while we clean up and refile much vinyl and vintage, Facebook Live did not happen on this broadcast as we were not wearing...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KHNS, GCR (Global Community Radio), WYAP, WMOT and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 10
StoryCorps: Tyrone Hampton and Frank de Jesus
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: New York City MTA bus operators Tyrone Hampton (left) and Frank de Jesus spoke last week about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected their work. They talked during a remote StoryCorps conversation., Credit: Tyrone Hampton and Frank de Jesus.
New York City bus operators Tyrone Hampton and Frank de Jesus talk about how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted their calling.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1737 (Hour 1 & 2) - 05-14-20120
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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In mourning but also gratitude we feel during this episode. Grieving the effects of the virus once it hits well-known musicians we’ve been musicall...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WVBI-LP, KHNS, WYAP, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 11
The Untold Story of GREAT Theatre Programming at the Onset of the COVID-19 Outbreak with Denny Smith
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, just as precautions within the community concerning the COVID-19 virus are beginning to have an effec...

  • Added: May 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:55
All Mixed Up In Dreamland
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Entering Dreamland
Traveling down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams with sixty minutes of songs for sleepless nights (and days)

  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:58
Stories From My Grandma
From: Elias Schutzman
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My Grandma Jody, who recently passed away, sharing her life story...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 22:23
Primal Surprise
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Let’s go rambling with Ambrose Bierce on this new episode of Desert Oracle Radio. We shall get a few travel tips, too, in case we want to stop off ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
National Book Award-Winning Poet Mark Doty
From: New Letters on the Air
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We celebrate National Poetry Month with Mark Doty as he discusses his work, including FIRE TO FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, winner of the 2008 Nati...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
How Lydia Liza Emerged from Addiction, Songs Intact
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Minneapolis singer songwriter Lydia Liza, Credit: Sheila Regan
After bursting on the Twin Cities music scene as a teenager, singer songwriter Lydia Liza got a crash course in growing up. By her early 20s, she s...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 3
Full Moon Hacksaw #1728 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/12/20120
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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A few new releases to open on the spot, brand spankin’ new is a prime recent live date from the late pianist Harold Mabern. Tributes continue with ...

Bought by KHNS, KJZX-Austin, WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Radio 586 AZ Roots 02-19 to 02-25-20 show 339
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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Felix Sainz concert part one hosted by Hacksaw Tom and Jerry Donato. Felix Sainz has been a bassist in Arizona since the 1970s, specializing in, bu...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
In Memoriam 2019
From: WBJB
Series: In Memoriam
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the musicians we lost in 2019.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 57:44
Christmas Stress
From: Cam Marston
Series: Keepin' It Real with Cam Marston
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I succumb to it every year but I should know better.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:40

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