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SITPE # 1146
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Playing it by year (mostly).

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KEOS, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Step Right Up!
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Big Apple and Ringling Bros. are two of the few remaining travelling circuses left in the country. Elliot Majerczyk spoke with a man who teache...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: Godspeed, Tevatron
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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We remember the legacy of the Tevatron, the particle collider that was shut down in September of 2011.

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 2
Squeezebox Stories
From: Julie Caine
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Squeezebox Stories, a sound-rich, narrative-driven public radio documentary hosted by Marco Werman of PRI's The World, explores the rich musical wo...

Bought by WCNY, WWNO, KZUM, KLCC, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 5
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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Includes a few demo recordings, a musical pair from 1974, and a thematic set of Beatles/solo music in which the only two Beatles on record are Paul...

Bought by WFSU and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 4
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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ELT 4 includes a "Songs Within Songs" set (songs with references to other Beatles songs in the lyrics,) plus a two-fer from a John Lennon collectio...

Bought by WFSU and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 3
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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ELT 3 includes a Beatles "Home"-themed set, and Ringo Starr discussing songs from his 2010 album "Y Not."

Bought by WFSU, KUT, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 2
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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This show includes a sampling of the Beatles' work with Eric Clapton, and a few songs from 2010 remasters from John and Paul.

Bought by KSRQ, WFSU, KUT, and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 1
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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Our debut show includes a Beatles/solo Peace music set, we'll get Anthologized, and hear a Beatles cover from the Smithereens.

Bought by KRPS, WFSU, KUT, KGLT, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:06
  • Purchases: 5
Show # 1122
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?

Bought by KEOS, KMXT, KWMR, KPVL, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:57:00
  • Purchases: 6
Distillations Episode 122: Our Chemical Landscape - The City
From: Distillations
Caption: Philadelphia skyline., Credit: Image courtesy of Flickr user Kevin Burkett.
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, today we begin the four-part series Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has sh...

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 14:35
Samuel Huntington, January 5, 1796
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The first President of the United States, Samuel Huntington, died today. Wait, I know what you're thinking: "What happened to George Washington?" W...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
I Didn't Know That (A Short People's History of the United States)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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A young rendering of an old story. All contributors between the ages of five and eight.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Casa Rico
From: The Recollective
Series: Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
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Lenny Rico and wife Cindy talk about inheriting the longest running Italian-American radio show from Lenny’s parents, Emelino and Mary Rico. Their...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
On Walden
From: Katie Hargrave
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When will I get over my obsession with Walden Pond? As a 20something interested in connecting to nature, is Thoreau the best example?

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 1
On The Margins of Music - Alan Lomax & Anthony Burgess
From: Open Source
Caption: Anthony Burgess by David Levine, from The New York Review of Books
First, we join biographer John Szwed in thanking the eccentric musical anthropologist Alan Lomax for his rare recordings of early twentieth century...

Bought by KRVS, KPIP-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KXOT Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Fort Meade: Behind the Gates
From: Emily Berman
Caption: The NSA Headquarters on Fort Meade, Anne Arundel County, MD, Credit: National Security Agency Website
What's really going on at Fort Meade?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Tom McCall, January 8, 1983
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The true story of the first state to sponsor a rock concert ... nicknamed "the Governor's Pot Party"... and what became of that governor.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: Playing With Fire
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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What better symbol of human mastery over the power of nature than fire? Countless years of evolution have written fire into our DNA…No wonder kids ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piano Red - Dr. Feelgood: The Music Makes You Feel Good
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Piano Red
Piano Red's music makes you tap your feet and smile.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:01
Castle in the Wilderness
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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The history of Hibbing High School with local historian Dan Bergen and photographer Larry Ryan.

Bought by KVSC and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 19:10
  • Purchases: 2
The Myths And Mysteries Of Curious George(town)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Georgetown is one of Washington, D.C.'s most storied neighborhoods - but not all of those stories are true...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 92: Scientific Collaborations
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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In honor of National Poetry Month, Distillations looks at Lord Byron and his classic Don Juan. Also, opium and The Age of Wonder.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 11:41
Distillations Episode 83: Fellows in Action
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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What do Isaac Newton, yeast, and Harold Urey have in common?

  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 12:28
Distillations Episode 91: Marvels and Ciphers
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Rudolph Pariser in front of a blackboard with quantum calculations, contemplating molecular model, 1950s. , Credit: Courtesy of The Hagley Museum and Library.
In this episode, host Meir Rinde and guest co-host Gigi Naglak give us a tour of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's new exhibit Marvels and Ciphers.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 10:30
  • Purchases: 1

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