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SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Taking Us Higher (An Appreciation) [Optional Hour 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
An optional second hour with more of our celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from Sly and the Fam...

Bought by WUTC, KSJE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KUHF, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
City Creek At Folsom Trail
From: KRCL
Series: Ways of Water
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In another episode of Ways of Water, Radioactive's Connor Estes attended a design walk in Salt Lake City to see the proposed plans for the City Cre...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:31
Faith No More in the 1990s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a new book in the "Decades" series that documents the band Faith No More and thei...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:59
A Few Good Women -- in the French Pantheon At Last
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The French Pantheon was created in 1790 to honor those who have done great service to the country. The motto over the door reads "To great men, a g...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:58
The Big Sleep
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been doing this show for 17 years, and yet I haven’t talked about one of my favorite movies, The Big Sleep, u...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 03:25
AFTER "GET BACK" - THE LAST YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE BEATLES
From: Paul Ingles
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The year after The Beatles "Get Back" sessions and famous rooftop concert is explored chronologically by hosts Paul Ingles and Harry Norton who tak...

Bought by WWNO, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WRGY, KSJE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
619: Is War Ever Worth It? / 620: Is The Universe A Number?, 9/11/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Is War Ever Worth It?' - On the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, photographer James Nachtwey reflects on his life as a war photographer, a...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
613: Plants As People / 614: Guilt Tripping, 8/21/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should t...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
609: Living In Skin / 610: The Sound Of Silence, 8/7/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Living In Skin" - All over America, people have stopped touching faces and hugging friends. This hour, explore the inner life of your sk...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
F-Word: If the President Had HIV He Could Be in Prison
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"Could Donald Trump be charged with a crime for knowingly exposing others to an infectious disease? He could if that disease was hepatitis. If th...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
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
Selma Slights More than LBJ
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
There’s been a lot of controversy over the movie Selma and the Academy Awards. Selma is rightfully centered on Dr. King, and has been rightfully cr...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Right on Target, So Direct: Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" (2 hour and 1 hour NEWCAST FRIENDLY versions)
From: Paul Ingles
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A celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music writers, ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WYSO, NPR Illinois, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:52:55
  • Purchases: 9
Can U.S. Women Catch Up With Their Japanese Sisters?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
August 14 marks the day in 1945 when President Truman announced Japan’s surrender in World War II. The war was over, but now Japan had to be rebuil...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
The 1964 Civil Rights Act: Is the Joke on Women?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one-half minute commentary on the 1964 Civil Rights Act and its effect on women over the next 50 years.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" -by Stewart Van Cleve
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" by Stewart Van Cleve
Dan Sinykin provides a comprehensive of the historically illuminating new book "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" by Stewart Van ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Gems of Bluegrass # 1106 Bluegrass History and Bluegrass Culture
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil Nusbaum, Credit: Karen Van Norman
To folk music scholars, a style of folk music represents a specific group of people, but also has relationships with surrounding cultures. For a lo...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and WAMU


  • Added: Jan 23, 2011
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Beatles Greatest Single Ever: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane
From: Paul Ingles
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Musicians, writers and Beatle fans weigh in on what some critics call the best pop/rock single ever: Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix, KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 19:33
  • Purchases: 6
Two's Company...Jazz Sessions
From: Gano and Beverly Evans
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Jazz In The Mainstream : Straight-Ahead & 'Right Down the MIddle'

Bought by KUNR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
WNYC's Fishko Files: Bach Chaconne
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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The Fishko Files, produced by WNYC's Sara Fishko, are personal, essay-like radio pieces on music, art, culture and media.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, The WFMT Radio Network, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 3
WNYC's Fishko Files: Scat
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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The Fishko Files, produced by WNYC's Sara Fishko, are personal, essay-like radio pieces on music, art, culture and media.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 1
WNYC's Fishko Files: Jazz Companion
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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The Fishko Files, produced by WNYC's Sara Fishko, are personal, essay-like radio pieces on music, art, culture and media.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KTUH


  • Added: Apr 19, 2006
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 2
WNYC's Fishko Files: Film Noir
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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The Fishko Files, produced by WNYC's Sara Fishko, are personal, essay-like radio pieces on music, art, culture and media.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 4
Strobe Talbott Diplomacy In The Post Cold War Era
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Strobe Talbot compares pre and post-cold war diplomacy.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 28, 2004
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Attack on Black
From: Jessica Seigel
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Why basic black remains basic in fashion despite yearly marketing assaults.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2004
  • Length: 06:19