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An oral history of WGSP - a 5,000 watt daytime only AM radio station that, in early 1985, transformed itself from a dismally-rated "moldie oldies" ...
- Added: Dec 15, 2015
- Length: 02:20:10
A piece that explains how African-American students across the country are struggling to find stylists capable of doing their hair, and what length...
Bought by WORT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KLCC, 90.5 WSNC, and KRZA
- Added: Nov 13, 2015
- Length: 03:28
- Purchases: 5
“Sorry I passed out in the middle of your mother’s funeral. I’m sure it was a lovely service.”
- Added: Oct 13, 2015
- Length: 10:50
Congressman Brad Ashford reads from Rainbow Rowell's unlikely romance "Eleanor & Park". Kids from the Book Worm Girls book club discuss the book.
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 21:03
Off we go to the tree house in the sky full of jump rope songs, nursery rhymes, folk songs, tongue twisters, ring games, eefing, and lots more! So ...
- Added: Aug 25, 2015
- Length: 01:52:38
In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News we hear the latest from California, Washington state, Texas, Missouri and more … a rocking mix of words ...
Bought by KVMR
- Added: Aug 21, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!!
Featuring Singer Billy David, Grammy Winner Joanne Shenandoah, and New York Times bestsell...
- Added: Aug 20, 2015
- Length: 58:09
In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News, we hear several important stories from California, not to mention the latest from Oregon, Alaska, Rhode...
- Added: Aug 14, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
Jeanne Lutz grew up on a dairy farm in southern Minnesota and lives in St Paul now. She loves to write poetry because its something she can do anyw...
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 01:12
A few years ago Lisa Potts was looking behind her dresser when she saw a cassette tape. She’d forgotten about the tape--a recording of an interview...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Troy Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 5
Come usher in Part VII of Sometimes a Saint & Sometimes A Sinner. We’ll tread between the two worlds with a rich collection of old spirituals, murd...
- Added: May 13, 2015
- Length: 01:56:18
A kaleidoscope of French Language Songs Introduced to English Speakers. No need to understand French to enjoy the show.. The songs range from joyfu...
Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 27:46
- Purchases: 1
Visitors to Jerusalem's Old City can reasonably expect to bump into a missionary or two. Mishy Harman and Nava Winkler introduce us to a couple of ...
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 05:18
We hope you've never been in a store like this one! Chuckle with author Amanda Filipacchi, who writes with deceptive ease and here reads from her w...
- Added: Feb 19, 2015
- Length: 01:40
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 1
For a show about embarrassment, my co-anchor Molly and I interviewed UW Sociology Professor Edward Gross.
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 04:58
Republicans now control both houses for the first time since 2006. Paul Kane of the Washington Post joins us to talk about the attempted rebellion...
Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, KUER, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio
- Added: Jan 08, 2015
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 5
All programs produced during spring semester, 2014.
- Added: Dec 23, 2014
- Length: 02:35:12
Provincetown has long been known as a bastion of tolerance, but hate crimes in the late eighties and early nineties threatened the town's reputatio...
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 11:48
In Episode 18 of Behind The Thread, we look at wages around the world. Sokny Say of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2014
- Length: 40:07
Ever wondered what the *tattoos* covering that woman's arm mean? Author Isaac Fitzgerald reads from his new book, Pen & Ink: Tattoos and The Storie...
- Added: Nov 17, 2014
- Length: 01:40
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Cousins Juliana & Jacob explore hunting in this piece. Hunting seems to be a family tradition-stemming from their granddad who killed goats on his ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 07:52
Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...
- Added: Aug 13, 2014
- Length: 01:41
Larry Shug is the author of six books of poems. He's been a Minnesota book award finalist, a Midwest book award finalist and he was awarded a McKni...
- Added: Jul 17, 2014
- Length: 01:39
Hosts Tricia and Greta bring you the stories of muckraker Nellie Bly, painter Georgia O'Keeffe and jazz singer Nina Simone. We talk to authors, une...
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Jul 14, 2014
- Length: 27:00
- Purchases: 1
