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Drummer and founding member of the all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band Zepparella chats with Brian Bahouth … a rocking mix of words and music prod...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2014
  • Length: 12:35
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Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.

Bought by WDBM, WMUU-LP, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Go Go Gadget, Credit: Mike Dennis
By day, Alberto Denis is a quiet, unassuming man who dances professionally and works with computers. By night, he transforms into his alter-ego, Go...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:28
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Maybe you know this place. Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above-average. Perhaps best know...

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


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Dawn Burke talks to her husband, Don, about the rat sanctuary they’ve run out of their home for the past five years.

Bought by WEZU and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
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A show about songs and stories about songs. There is brave singing. There is blood and guitar solos. It’s an hour of music you’re sure to love and ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 30:40
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Loog Guitars are children's guitars done differently.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Musician Frankie Hernandez.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
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Diane... is an audio documentary that explores the world of Twin Peaks-fandom.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
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John Curtis talks to his son John Wikiera, who he adopted as a baby from Vietnam.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The 'Shimmer Wall'
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
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A profile on Ryan Bowers, a winner of Yale University's Last Comic Standing, and an opener for John Mulaney at the Yale Fall Show.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
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A documentary on Adrian Chi Tenney, a female professional driver in Los Angeles, CA.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
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For the third week of August (8/19): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering female of tejano music

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the second week of December (12/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped build a gospel music empire.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Cody Wilson (Corduroi) talks about using kids' toys for insp...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. Hailing from Denton, Texas, Juicy the Emissary is as much a ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:06
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Part of a series called The Loop, which examines Austin's burgeoning electronic scene. On this episode, the Vegetable Kingdom talks about illegal d...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
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Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: girl eating the Togolese staple food "pâte", Credit: Carla Seidl
Dessert? Some people have never even heard of it. This piece examines the cultural relativity of this sweet, after-meal food practice by contrastin...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:12
Caption: Leah Thomas with the Splinters
June is National Accordion Awareness Month...who knew? Grand Marais accordionist and singer Leah Thomas stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse June 22 to ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 18:55
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It's happened again. Your favorite TV show is beginning to lose its appeal. Now the shark has been jumped, and there's no going back. Now what?

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
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92-year-old Martin Levin tells his granddaughters Jennifer Goebel and Zoe Crowe about a college classmate he didn't like.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WVBI-LP, WEZU, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 6
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Scott Wall and his wife, Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall, talk about their long-distance courtship that began on New Year's Eve.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUER, WEZU, KRZA, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 10