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The Big Ponder #38: Cartoons
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Have you ever heard of the cartoonist Oliver Harrington? Probably not, but the artist played an instrumental role in German-American history. From ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sondheim-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Stephen Sondheim, Credit: Richard Avedon
A celebration of composer Stephen Sondheim with interviews, music and performances from his entire career

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 56:57
  • Purchases: 1
The heat is on
From: Brian Bahouth
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Jessica Schimpf’s job is part weightlifting, part meditation, part sunburn. And that’s only half of what it takes to be a successful glass artist.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2021
  • Length: 16:01
8 : ALiEN
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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The final episode of this series. Spoon and Matthew perform an excerpt from a play by Spoon. Spoon and his brother Abe talk about their dad, Matthe...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
4 : STAR TREK
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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Spoon talks about his love for Star Trek and the day his TV was taken from him. Matthew visits a Star Trek fan club.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
Shortcuts 2019-Tributes
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Still Hope, Credit: Daniel Johnston
Celebrating more of those that we lost in the past year with tributes remixed from the cutting room floor of 2019

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:33
Hal Prince-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Hal Prince & Stephen Sondheim
A short tribute to the late Prince of Broadway with music from many of the shows he produced and directed with interview clips and memories of a tr...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:15
Who Gets To Tell Our Stories? Charles Burnett and the Responsibility of the Artist
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: A still from Killer of Sheep
"[Charles Burnett's] filmmaking is so quiet. It’s a deeply reflective cinema; it’s cinema that focuses on characterization, that really gives chara...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
Joe Frank & Julius Lester-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Julius Lester
Celebrating two radio legends who passed through Pacifica radio station WBAI in New York City in the seventies on their way to greater glory- I was...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:36
A Shortcut Tribute Mix- 2016 (Part Two)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Scotty Moore with Elivis
This special mix features another gathering of the many artists, actors, musicians, comedians and celebrities who left us in 2016--from Muhammad Al...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
1920's
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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Likely the most historic decade in launching the Musical Comedy as an American art form; Showboat; The Gershwins & Cole Porter

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUPR low power FM, and WRR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Matthew Logan Vasquez (of Delta Spirit)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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After fronting Delta Spirit for the last decade, Matthew Logan Vasquez decided it was finally time to try out his solo side. Not that he has any p...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Shakespeare is a Black Woman
From: Richard Paul - with Folger Library
Series: Shakespeare in American Life with Sam Waterston
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Shakespeare in American Politics

Bought by WCPN, WSKG, KCPW Salt Lake City, WVPE, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 8
The Father of the Man In America
From: Richard Paul - with Folger Library
Series: Shakespeare in American Life with Sam Waterston
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Shakespeare in American Civic Life and Education

Bought by WCPN, WSKG, KCPW Salt Lake City, WHYY, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 9
John Coltrane’s “Offering: Live at Temple University”
From: Mark Gunnery
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Marc Steiner Show producer Mark Gunnery shares an appreciation and review of the latest John Coltrane release, Offering: Live at Temple University....

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4 ~ Online Gaming Communities
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
You Are An Authority
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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This episode covers a variety of topics including medicine, music, an unconventional road trip and summer camp for grownups. Program Directors: ple...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Mar 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Culture Shock 1913
From: WNYC
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What a year was 1913! Many have called it the true beginning of 20th century culture. From New York, where the first large-scale show of modern ar...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KPIK-LP, WFMT Station Account, WGBH Radio Boston, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 33
Washington Square - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actress Annette Bening breathes new life into this classic by the prolific Henry James. Commentary from a diverse range of cultural figures - Colin...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 5
Taco Land
From: Big Shed Audio
Series: Place + Memory
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San Antonio is home to underground music mecca--an understated cinderblock shrine on the banks of the San Antonio river--Taco Land.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 2
Poetry Bus
From: Jake Warga
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A short ride on the "poetry bus"

Bought by KSFR, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZSC, and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 28, 2007
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 5
RN Documentary: "Copyists, Collectors and Curators" (Rembrandt's 21st century legacy)
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Interviews with people whose lives are in some way tied up with Rembrandt today.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
RN Documentary: For Every Atom Belonging to Me?
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham invokes the spirit of Walt Whitman in his latest book ?Specimen Days? ? part of a wave of post 9/1...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 06, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Donald Justice: In Pursuit of the Ideal
From: Iowa Public Radio
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An intimate look at the life and work of poet Donald Justice, as told through the memories of friends, family, and fellow poets.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 58:15
RN Documentary: The Winged Muse
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The swan as an inspiration for art, mythology, music and poetry, and its private life off-stage as a bird in nature.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, and WHQR


  • Added: Sep 21, 2004
  • Length: 29:26
  • Purchases: 3