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A Big Band Fourth of July
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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The rise of big bands in the 1930s and 40s played a key role in the popularization of jazz, and provided a soundtrack for Americans navigating a ch...

  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
Kali and Diwali
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chinna Masta Kali, Credit: Sandip Roy
While the festival of Diwali is well known across the world as the festival of light another festival at the same time, the festival of the Goddess...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
UpFront Soul #2023.36 September 4-11, 2023
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We'll celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with music from Mahalia Jackson, the SNCC Freedom Singers...

Bought by KMUN, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Prairie Public, KAAD-LP, KZUM and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
Independence
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip's mother Reba Roy who saw India become independent reads Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novel Independence set in those years., Credit: Sandip Roy
India celebrated its 77th Independence Day this week. Sandip talks to novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about the turbulent and traumatic years o...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
17th Anniversary Extravaganza (JazzGrass Is Old Enough for a Driver's License)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Seventeen years on the air, now reaching 18 terrestrial stations and also globalcommunityradio.org, this is a celebration of what it means to be Ja...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:56
The Ballad of Jaswant Singh Rawat
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Statue to fallen soldier Jaswant Singh Rawat up in the Himalaya, Credit: Sandip Roy
October marks the 60th anniversary of the Indo-China war fought in the upper reaches of the Himalaya in 1962. It's not a war that ended in glory fo...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
The Monkeys of Ramayan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: War of the monkey kings Bali (Abhishek Sharma) and Sugreev (Dinesh Rao), Credit: Kyle Adler
The  Bay Area Indian American theatre group Naatak became famous as "techies doing theatre."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Symbols of Freedom
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Enamelled Figures from British India, Credit: Sandip Roy
India celebrates 75 years of Independence from Britain in a new exhibit called March to Freedom.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Not even a Sandesh
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip considers the underwhelming response to Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in India.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
EP201 Reflecting Back
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at the past 200 episodes of "Cruising the Blues With Mr. Jack".

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 1
Yom Hashoah
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Just after Passover, we mark Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for songs of sadness and resolve.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Voices of the Past Cemetery Walk 2021: Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we went to the Winona County History Center to hear the 22nd annual voices from the past cemetery walk. They talked all abo...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 38:58
Voices of the Past Cemetery Walk 2021: Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we went to the Winona County History Center to hear the 22nd annual voices from the past cemetery walk. They talked all abo...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 30:24
Druid Stories To Ward Off St. Patrick
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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In tribute to the Druids who were canceled by Saint Patrick, we will tell some stories. Ghost stories. From those ancient Celtic lands that gave us...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
20 Years Falling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The view from Robert Clark's studio in Brooklyn, Credit: Robert Clark
After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Chomolungma Day
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Mount Everest, Credit: Stephen Alter
Every May 29th is Mt. Everest Day.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
The Diamond Kingdom
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A film poster for Satyajit Ray's "The Diamond Kingdom."
One of Satyajit Ray’s most political movies was actually a children’s movie written for his son. But it resonates with adults as well.

  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
FM 91 Turns 45!
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's FM 91's 45th birthday! WGTE FM first broadcast aired May 2, 1976 and since then has continued to deliver the highest quality arts, entertainme...

  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Brubeck's 100th; Take Jazz
From: Wind & Rhythm
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On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate Dave Brubeck’s 100th birthday with a show all about jazz. Join us as we listen to Frank Tichelli, A...

Bought by WUAL, KWAX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMFA, WBAA and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 7
Recent Releases #27
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A WoodWarbler's JazzGrass thank you to all of the phenomenal musicians who play bluegrass, jazz and that shapeshifting sonic fusion of these styles...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
Holocaust Memories (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Everyone remembers things differently. With Good Reason takes you to Washington D.C., Poland and Jerusalem to reveal the different ways people in ...

Bought by KECG, KWIT, WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KOSU and KVSC


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
UpFront Soul #2020.03 - January 20-26, 2020 - Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From: WERU
Series: UpFront Soul with Sanguine Fromage
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This week, we honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll hear excerpts of his sermons, speeches, and interviews, along with funk,...

Bought by Prairie Public, KHNS, WOUB, WLPR , Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 8
#19-41 NSO Katherine Evans
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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The Newport Symphony plays Ravel, Schubert, Hovhaness and more.

Bought by WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
Gandhi at 150
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Gandhi statue at the Ferry Building, San Francisco, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip considers the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, 150 years after his birth.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2019
  • Length: 06:00