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Keter Betts: In his own words
From: David Schulman
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An unsung hero of the jazz bass describes how he learned to tailor his sound to singers like Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald. Includes Betts's...

Bought by KGLT, KNAU, and WETA


  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
David Byrne: In his own words ... on 'Grown Backwards'
From: David Schulman
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Opera singer -- qu'est-ce que c'est?

Bought by Public Interactive, KMHD, WNCW, and KNAU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 4
Show #16: Expressing Ourselves
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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It?s our last podcast of the summer, and we?re going out with two pieces about self-expression. DaeDae Williams shares a powerful poem about the c...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:52
Jerry Douglas: In his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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He's a dobro player, folks. Who said anything about Jimi Hendrix?

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, KMHD, WCMU Michigan, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 9
Del McCoury in his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
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Bluegrass veteran Del McCoury talks about the choreography of playing bluegrass — in front of just one or two mics.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Troy Chapman
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Tending a stray cat helped convicted murderer Troy Chapman realize that everyone wants to be needed.

Bought by WSLR, WEZU, WEZU, KUOW, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
This I Believe - Kij Johnson
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Writer Kij Johnson believes rock climbing helped her reject thoughts of suicide and embrace life.

Bought by WEZU, XRAY.fm, WEZU, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
Your Own Anti-Drug
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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An artful PSA for an anti-drug campaign

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:10
NFCB 1st Amendment Piece..Criminalizing Youth
From: KUNM
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Jonathan Guzman of KUNM's Youth Radio produced a commentary about the Criminalization of Youth.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2008
  • Length: 08:57
  • Purchases: 1
Sisters by Camea Osborn
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her first year in the competition, Camea says this piece is about encouraging young women to love themselves and succeed beyond adversity. Camea O...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Journal by KeeKey Itson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her fifth year in the competition, KeeKey says this piece is about the love of writing, from the perspective of a multi-racial girl (note: in Engli...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:34
Paradoxical Mess by Team Kuumba Lynx
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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This is the group piece (4 poets) performed in-studio by Kuumba Lynx, which was the winner of the 2008 Louder Than a Bomb Competition. They will n...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
This I Believe - Jimmy Liao
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Ichthyologist Jimmy Liao believes fish can teach us a lot about navigating the difficulties of life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
Women Rising XIII: Enterprising Women
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In this program we profile four women entrepreneurs leading a worldwide grassroots movement to create micro-enterprise.

Bought by KHNS, KFAI Minneapolis, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Me and George W (No good deed goes unpunished)
From: Richard Frohlich
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Storyteller De Cee Cornish tells a tale of two boys from very different worlds who met one day in Houston, TX

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2007
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Car Sex
From: Rachel Bonham Carter
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The secret to feeling young and sensual...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
"Kill the Editor" by Kim Truong
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:26
B-Side: Food
From: B-Side Radio
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B-Side's Tamara Keith cooks up a pot of her mom's vegetarian lentil soup and explores food and our relationship to food.

Bought by KVNF and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Radio - Show #1
From: Littleglobe
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Introduction to Meet Radio producers

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 23, 2006
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Frederic Reamer
From: This I Believe
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Frederic Reamer tests his belief in justice every time he goes to work for his state parole board.

Bought by WMPG and KWCW


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 2
Thembi's AIDS Diary
From: Radio Diaries
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A year in the life of a South African teenager.

Bought by WUTC, Remix Radio, PRX to iTunes, WRNC-LP, KPFA and more


  • Added: May 30, 2006
  • Length: 27:09
  • Purchases: 17
Southwest Side Stories: Dodging Violence
From: Eddie Robles
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When you feel like a coward just for walking home.

Bought by PRX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Southwest Side Stories: Escaping City Racket
From: Givan Carrero
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A Chicago girl finds peace behind the chain link fence.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:23
Painted Lady: Part Two
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Elizabeth once worked the strolls in Calgary and Vancouver as a heroin addicted prostitute. She tells us how she went from sex trade worker to socc...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Painted Lady: Part One
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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There are not many women who can tell the stories Elizabeth Hudson has to tell -- she used to work the strolls in Calgary and Vancouver as a heroin...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1