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Magical Martinique: The Island of Flowers
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Anse Cafard Slave Memorial on Martinique., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Imagine paradise where your senses explode with a banquet of color, or scents and flavors exicte, or where you experience exotic tranquility. That...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Exploring Las Vegas, Jacksonville (FL), Wisconsin and the Czech Republic
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Prague, a UNESCO site and capital of the Czech Republic. , Credit: Courtesy of Czech Tourism
World Footprints will criss-cross the United States from Las Vegas, and Jacksonville, Florida to Wisconsin and we will put a spotlight on the rich ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
Blues America 20 - Bob Corritore
From: Drew Verbis
Series: Blues America
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Bob Corritore is an internationally renowned Chicago blues harmonica master and critically acclaimed producer.

Bought by WEAA, Public Radio East, GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, WEAA and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 54:13
  • Purchases: 7
Ian Caldwell's Vatican thriller, "The Fifth Gospel"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Taking place mostly in the Vatican and the tiny town that surrounds it, this fast moving, thoughtful novel features two brothers who are priests, t...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America
From: Alison Jones
Caption: German POW Otto Schwingel and Linda Anderson on Anderson's farm near Florence, S.C., Credit: courtesy of Ingebourg Schwingel
During World War II, some 400,000 captured German soldiers were shipped across the Atlantic to prison camps dotted across the U.S. Suddenly the ene...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBBI Alaska, WVTF and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 89
11: Microphone Museum (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
Author Amy Tan and “The Valley of Amazement”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This Chinese-American novelist, perhaps best known for her book, "Joy Luck Club," takes readers to Shanghai and its International Settlement where ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Korda and "Ike: An American Hero"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An author many times over and former editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, a major publishing company, Michael wrote this biography, “Ike: An Americ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author David McCullough and "1776"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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David writes both histories and biographies and has narrated many a broadcast program. His latest book is "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris....

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
A New View
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Word of Mouth is New Hampshire Public Radio's show about new ideas, emerging trends, and unexplored history. In this hour, "A New View" of Jane Au...

Bought by KPIP-LP, Spokane Public Radio, WCPN, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 4
Crime, Punishment, and the Search for Justice
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations about ideas and innovations in investigations and imprisonment, the search for justice, and the unexpected intersection of crime and ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
Irish Author Roddy Doyle and "The Last Republic"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Winner of the Booker Prize, former teacher and one of Ireland’s most famous authors, Roddy talks about his last book in a trilogy, "The Last Republ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2013
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Rich History of Black Women
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Avis Jones-Deweever, Executive Director of the National Council of Negro Women, the nation's oldest coalitio...

Bought by WMMT, WRIR, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 3
WNYC's Fishko Files: 20 Years After Glenn Gould
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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A one-hour program of music and interviews, examining the impact of Glenn Gould's Bach recordings, and those of other pianists since Gould's death.

Bought by KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KALW and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
This Week in Texas Music History: David Guion
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the third week of December (12/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who helped rewrite some of the country’...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Sunny Ozuna
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of September (9/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer whose musical oddity took him to pop s...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Kenny Dorham
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of August (8/30): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a little known musician who played a big role in re...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Emilio Navaira
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of August (8/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who blended conjunto and country to become ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Bob Wills
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of March (3/6): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a poor farm boy who became a king.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Michael Nesmith
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of December (12/30): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at folk songwriter who became a somewhat reluctant ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Sacred Harp Singing
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of April (4/28): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the oldest and most distinctive musical tradi...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Mollie Bailey
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of October (10/2): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering business woman whose life was a thre...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Mary Austin Holley
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of October (10/30): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who wrote the state’s first known English...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Little Joe Hernandez
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the third week of October (10/17): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who grew up as a sharecropper but went ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
This Week in Texas Music History: Tito Guizar
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of April (4/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a crooning cowboy who sang both English and Spanish.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40