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This week, what Simon Joyner does, makes, says, and thinks.
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR, Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio and more
- Added: Sep 23, 2009
- Length: 57:05
- Purchases: 6
When Gustav Holst wrote what would become his most famous work, "The Planets," he did not include Pluto in the seven movement suite. Coincidently,...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :23
- Purchases: 1
The name of the piece is "Mirror in Mirror." It's a seven minute work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers describes it as...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :26
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton believe in forgiveness, but from different perspectives.
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 03:37
- Purchases: 4
Cuban guitarist Manuel Barrueco has been playing guitar and making music for more than 40 years. His love affair with the guitar began almost inno...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :22
Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...
- Added: Mar 12, 2009
- Length: 11:27
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
This month we are in San Francisco, California exploring what it means to be American through those involved in the struggle for same-sex marriage ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2009
- Length: 09:49
Law professor Peter Keane believes even the worst criminals deserve to have someone on their side.
- Added: Jan 05, 2009
- Length: 04:12
- Purchases: 2
From: Melissa Townsend
In 2006 Mayor Lou Barletta cracked down on Latino residents new to the predominantly white working class town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Many new L...
- Added: Oct 30, 2008
- Length: 11:46
Can gender be a do-it-yourself project?
- Added: Jun 27, 2008
- Length: 28:07
- Purchases: 5
When the soloist and orchestra are playing a concerto, who's in charge? Is it the soloist, the conductor - the orchestra? Someone has to make sur...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :20
Will Shade, founder of the popular Memphis Jug Band, buried in a pauper's grave had no headstone, until 2008.
- Added: May 08, 2008
- Length: 03:26
His seventh year in the competition, Marvin says this piece is about his love of graffiti. Marvin Gutierrez is 16 years old and a member of Kuumba...
- Added: Apr 02, 2008
- Length: 02:56
Anti-war activist, Medea Benjamin takes her pro-democracy and pro-environment activism to new heights with CODEPINK. And Burmese activist Saw Mya...
- Added: Feb 22, 2008
- Length: 29:00
Commentator Natasha Watts asks listeners to consider the real costs of the prescription drug addiction epidemic in communities across the country.
Bought by WITF and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 14, 2008
- Length: 02:10
- Purchases: 2
A prominent feminist from the 60s and her grown-up daughter have an intimate conversation about family, work, politics, and the very different choi...
Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Nov 05, 2007
- Length: 06:31
- Purchases: 1
If you're a well established performer, writer or artist of any kind, you're likely to have your fans tell you they like your early work the best. ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :20
As talented and exceptionally skilled as today's orchestra musicians may be, there are plenty of living composers whose music still presents a chal...
Bought by WETS
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
6 minute thought provoking piece on local musician...
- Added: Jan 13, 2007
- Length: 06:00
First-time voter Autumn Campbell from Jeremiah, Kentucky hopes that her vote really counts this year, because she has a list of issues that she wan...
Bought by WSCS-FM
- Added: Nov 06, 2006
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
A reporter's personal and ethical journey through Kolkata's red light districts.
- Added: Aug 12, 2006
- Length: 08:44
- Added: Jul 10, 2006
- Length: 07:12
- Purchases: 1
A young Massachusetts family lives off the land -- in the middle of a crime-ridden inner-city.
Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, KTNA, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Nature Podcast and more
- Added: May 26, 2006
- Length: 05:38
- Purchases: 6
Young People Share Their Stories About Growing up with AIDS
- Added: Apr 22, 2006
- Length: 05:51
- Purchases: 2
