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Nowadays we’re very accustomed to recording and hearing the sound of our own voices. But in the 1930s many people were doing it for the first time....

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: David Grisman & Jerry Garcia circa 1973
Celebrating the life & music of the late 'grate' Jerry Garcia.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:40
Caption: On The AIr at Goddard College Community Radio, Plainfield, VT, Credit: Brian Aust
For my father, Herb Aust, who introduced me to jazz of the west coast cool flavor at a very impressionable age.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 01:56:30
Caption: Football fans in a Kolkata market, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy takes in the World Cup festivities and reflects on Russia’s influence on Calcutta.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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Dhows were the UAE’s lifeline. Salah Bin ouq explains that everyone in the UAE used to work on dhows, their entire lives were on boats. Because wit...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2018
  • Length: 07:48
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This a bonus podcast sharing piece of the interview that didn't make it into the Architecture and Tile podcast.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:39
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At the begining, we were skeptical about choosing Pottery as our topic, as there did not seem to be many things to say about the topic. However, th...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:46

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:55
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Jewelry is a huge part of the UAE’s history, and is very prevalent in modern age. Traditional jewelry used to have an incredibly specific purpose a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:38
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Initially we assumed that it wouldn’t be difficult to find people interested in speaking to us about the architecture in the UAE. We were wrong. Fi...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 07:11
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Hand crafted over centuries, Arabic calligraphy has not only withstood the test of time, it has also preserved it. Just a glimpse of the richness o...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 10:09
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Listen to the art and craft in perfume making in a soundscape. Audio was captured during a field investigation with a master craftspersons in the U...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: :44
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE our host, Steve Rashid, becomes drunk with power as he takes over his own show ... with a tribute to one of his pers...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Kenyatta Rogers distracts himself with writing during an uncomfortable flight from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Mary Cisper, poet
Mary Cisper mediates on loss and grief after the death of her former husband.

Bought by KHSU, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Film Artwork, Credit: She's Angry When Beautiful
For this edition of Making Contact, we’ll present the documentary, “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,” a reflection on the rise of the women’s libe...

Bought by WVAS, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: May 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: John Lennox, poet
John Lennox summons the presence of a friend who died suddenly and at a young age.

Bought by KHSU, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: May 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Feliz Lucia Molina, poet
Feliz Lucia Molina remembers her life as a child while growing up in the San Fernando Valley.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KENW, and KALW


  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Eunice Blanchard Poethig at her 80th birthday celebration in 2010.
A documentary about a family hymn-singing tradition

  • Added: Apr 14, 2018
  • Length: 22:58
Caption: Rodney Koeneke, poet
Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
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"Freshwater bluegrass" band Black River Revue hails from Duluth/Superior--they stopped by The Roadhouse recently before they head to Texas for SXSW...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 34:13
  • Purchases: 1
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How do you feel about the future? Do you feel hopeful? Do you feel scared? Can we move forward together as a country? In our Season 1 finale, Carve...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 30:48
  • Purchases: 1
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How do you stand against evil, but not the evildoer? How do you go to war for what's right with love for the people you're fighting? Carvell Wallac...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 38:36
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Do you love America? No, seriously, Carvell Wallace wants to know: do you love America? Today, he talks with Van Jones and Rabia Chaudry about love...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 39:18
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It's like visiting a small town...but it's also like visiting the remaining survivors of an apocalypse. Carvell Wallace goes to his hometown of McK...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 32:01