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Caption: My Father
The swirls of the radio muse continue to enchant after the highly planned regular three hour radio show. Turn over the aether to the unfeeling rob...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:21:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Jim Von Stein talks with his son, Jason, about his love of songwriting, and the 8,000 songs that almost nobody has ever heard.

Bought by WYAP and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 2
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Learning to listen to others with different beliefs and following your faith where it takes you.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
Caption: Loretta Berning at her StoryCorps interview in Mandeville, LA on May 11th, 2022., Credit: Katie Fernelius for StoryCorps
Loretta Berning’s father, Major Harold Martin, was an Air Force pilot during World War II. Loretta came to StoryCorps to remember her father and a ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 02:50
Caption: Gerald Alston, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Gerald Alston is an American R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five a...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 02:50
Caption: Sunni, Credit: Shefik
Strength - Mathew Knowles found phenomenal success grooming and managing the mega group Destiny's Child. He is now handing out mics to Blush, a har...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:30
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Carmencristina Moreno and her sister, Rosemary Selzer, remember their father, songwriter Luis M. Moreno, and the bittersweet legacy he left behind.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Making sense of my father and our estranged relationship with the music he left me.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 04:43
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History of the Slatkin Family

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:55:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Two Italian women living in San Francisco compare their experiences during the pandemic.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Wendell Brunious at the French Quarter Festival, April 2019, Credit: Scott Threlkeld
Trumpeter Wendell Brunious hails from one of New Orleans’ storied musical families -- with more than a half-dozen trumpet-playing siblings, and fat...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 52:02
Caption: The White Dove Review
This week, we meet a rock star on our paper route.

Bought by KGOU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and KOSU


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Tito Puente Jr., Credit: Shefik
Happiness - Tito Puente Jr. is a bandleader. He is the son of legendary mambo musician Tito Puente and the brother of local New York City meteorolo...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:13
Caption: Tru Blu at Altapass
The Orchard at Altapass on the Blue Ridge Parkway is committed to "Saving the Good Stuff," which is more than simply Appalachian culture and tradit...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Aug 26, 2019
  • Length: 11:31
  • Purchases: 1
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I recorded various conversations with my brothers and my mother about music and put in other parts of the conversation that were unrelated.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 06:23
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At StoryCorps in Laramie, Wyoming, Rodger McDaniel came into the booth to remember his father and how finding a family treasure helped him see his ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 05:58
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Lucille Chung and Alessio Bax, Credit: courtesy of the artists
Pianists Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung make beautiful music together!

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KWAX, WETS and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
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A capella sensations Pentatonix offer unique versions of their favorite Christmas music.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and WCRI


  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jim Falbo, Credit: Gilliane Mansfeldt
Jim Falbo is a talented classical-based guitarist. He has a command of many music styles makes him a wedding guitarist who is in demand.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2016
  • Length: 08:48
Caption: Bobby Osborne on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne.

Bought by KBRW, WOUB, WLIW, WLPR , RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 6
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Ben Kweller sits down with his neighbors, a local middle school student and her parents, to talk about his own family and life path.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
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The child of two Longhorn Band veterans digs into the unseen world of the band's strangest traditions, from "hupping" to the secret "10 til 2" saying.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 05:06
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Tune in tonight as Tent Show host and author Michael Perry welcomes our very own Blue Canvas Orchestra in the first set followed by bluegrass outfi...

Bought by KFCF FM, KMXT, KALH, KPIP-LP, KSJE and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2016
  • Length: 59:19
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Solomon Parham, Credit: Andrea Canter
Playing music is more than a technical skill. It is often a spiritual experience for those who play it. But while performing can be a personal thin...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:39