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Thoughts In Sound Episode #4 Keith Jarrett: Piano Primitive
From: John Diliberto
Series: Thoughts in Sound
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A piano iconoclast reveals a music vision based in the inner vibrations of sound

  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
Virtuoso Voices - John Adams (Feelings)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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What makes a composer's music resonate with the audience? Composer John Adams offers a starting point to this ultimately unanswerable question. U...

Bought by WETS and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Bernard Haitink (Don't Mess Around)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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"Back Seat Drivers" are bad for those of us in the driver's seat, and they can be just as distracting for composers. Conductor Bernard Haitink tal...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :29
Electronic Voting: A Danger to Democracy
From: Kellia Ramares
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Interview with Pokey Anderson

  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
Gloria Estefan: 90 Millas
From: Joyride Media
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New one-hour radio special dedicated to Cuba's musical diaspora, and its rich heritage that continues through its most prominent exiled artists.

Bought by KMUW, Harford Community Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
The End of Homework
From: Deb Krumholz
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Discussion with author and educator Etta Kravolec about her research on the effects of homework on children

  • Added: Aug 16, 2007
  • Length: 26:32
Peace Talks Radio: Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams (29:00 Version)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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From the 2007 "Building a Culture of Peace Conference" in Santa Fe, Peace Talks Radio presents highlights from an address by, and a one-on-one inte...

Bought by KUNM and KDUR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Brooke Gladstone on - The Media, 5 minutes
From: Carrie Kaufman
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Interview with Brooke Gladstone

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 05:21
Iraq, Iran...What?s In A Name?
From: Voices of Our World
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Could those who refuse to admit that our policy on Iraq was ill-conceived and who have missed opportunities for correction be seriously pushing for...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
NPR's All Songs Considered: Summer Look-Ahead Show, Pt. 2
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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Part 2 of our Summer Look-Ahead Series featuring Linda Thompson, Paul McCartney and Spoon.

Bought by KTRL, WUKY, WQUB 90.3 FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WFSU


  • Added: Jun 13, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
NPR's All Songs Considered: Summer Look-Ahead Show, Pt. 1
From: NPR Music
Series: All Songs Considered from NPR Music
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Part 1 of our Summer Look-Ahead Series featuring Linda Thompson, Paul McCartney, Spoon and more.

Bought by KTRL, WQUB 90.3 FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WUKY, WFSU and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
You Are The Guest
From: Bill Grady
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Presidential hopefuls and the Internet. Who's doing it well, and who still doesn't "get it".

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:23
Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Debilitating Liszt)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Huge. Blockbuster. Larger than life. Those are just a few of the ways you could describe the Piano Sonata in B minor by Franz Liszt. Awadagin P...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Cho-Liang Lin (Who's on First)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Performers like to put their individual stamp on a piece of music, especially in a concerto, where the solo part is the star of the show. Violinis...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Vibrato is Verboten)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Richard Stoltzman is one of the most recognized solo clarinetists in the world, but he's never been officially welcomed into the Clarinet Fraternit...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Moonlit Night)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 is a joyful ride through all of the melodies and pianistic prizes you associate with Chopin. Its Second Movement, pi...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - Garrick Ohlsson (Chopin for Last)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The "People's Favorite": pianist Garrick Ohlsson talks about the universal popularity and mood altering music by Chopin. It's like "dessert" -- wh...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
Viva La Controversy!
From: Voices of Our World
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As one of the most outspoken critics of the war in Iraq and the Bush administration, British Parliament member George Galloway has made a name for ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 28:01
Scott Ritter Interview
From: Burton Cohen
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Iran and Iraq

  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 18:46
PRI's Michael Arnold on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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PRI's Michael Arnold: the 12th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Jan 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
UK Bishop Tackles US Conservative Christians on Global Warming
From: Claudia Cragg
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Climate Change as a "Moral" Issue

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Dec 14, 2006
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Joshua Bell (What's Crossover?)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Violinist Joshua Bell was excited when his record label asked him to record music by two "great melody writers," Leonard Bernstein and George Gersh...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :36
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - David Russell (Dowland in the Dumps)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Certain pieces of classical music are known to be soothing and even healing for the listener, but it can have similar effects on the composer who a...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
Going Nuclear, Going Nowhere
From: Voices of Our World
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Today we talk with Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr. Helen Caldicott whose latest book is "Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer."

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
NPR's Jay Kernis on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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Jay Kernis, the senior VP of programming at NPR: the 6th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:27

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