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Now is the Month of Maying
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Now is the month of Maying, and English madrigalists weren’t the only ones singing about it! This week on Harmonia, we’ve got music for that marvel...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
When Jazz Was Immoral
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lil Armstrong
the 1920s the watchful eye of a moralist group of private citizens known as the Chicago Vigilance Committee delivered an urgent message to the pub...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
February became Black History Month in 1976. It was about time.
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
February is Black History Month, officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976. It was about time. The 1960s had seen crucial economic gai...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
NL 24-04: Four And More: The Year In Jazz 1964, 1/22/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Lee Morgan's hardbop hit "The Sidewinder," the avant-garde October Revolution movement, and the impact of the Beatles are some of the highlights we...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
Drive the Cold Winter Away: Music for the Winter Solstice
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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The longest and darkest of nights, the Winter Solstice has been observed across cultures with rituals and feasts celebrating the warmth of communit...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
A Medieval Christmas
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Tired of jingle bells yet? This time of year, we are surrounded by Christmas music. On this special holiday edition of Harmonia, join us for someth...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WILL, KRPS, North State Public Radio, WVIA and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Ebony Classics - Welcoming Spring
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
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"Welcoming Spring" is a classical music program featuring vocal classical music, piano classical music, and symphony orchestra music by musicians, ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 1
Intersection of Black and Indigenous Resistance & Justice in the U.S. with Kyle T. Mays - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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In his book “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States,” Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the United States are rooted in Anti-Bla...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
WoodSongs 856: The Earls of Leicester
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Earls of Leicester on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates the legacy of Flatt & Scuggs with the Grammy winning bluegras...

Bought by KENW, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, Radio Bristol, KEDT, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 35
Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Francis Johnson 1792 - 1844, Credit: University Archives University of Pennsylvania
"Ebony Classics - A Musical Movement," is a chapter in the important history of people of African descent in classical music. This segment include...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Lisa Show Presidents Day Special - Washington's Legacy, Lessons from the Founding Fathers, Talking to Kids about Politics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Topic 1 - Washington's Legacy; Topic 2 - Morning Buzz - Lessons from the Founding Fathers; Topic 3 - Talking to Kids about Politics

Bought by KTXK


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 52:48
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 777: A Country Tribute to Buddy Holly featuring David Frizell and Helen Cornelius
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
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On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, it's tribute to Buddy Holly featuring country music legacy artists David Frizell and Helen Cornelius.

Bought by KENW, High Plains Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 24
Black in Miami—Then and Now
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fall 2020 Student Edition
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In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami students Ben Vinarski and Reese McMichael venture to an abandoned hot...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 10:59
WRM23 - Will the Everyman
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers was known internationally, but he made his reputation by treating everyone with the same respect

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
Monte Rio & Villa Grande
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
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Historian Rick Coates talks about the history of railroads in the region and how the The Russian River Resort Area exists today only because once t...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
Masonic Theatre Drop Restoration with Kim Lawler
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Masonic Theatre Drops, Credit: Bill Stoneberg
On this episode of Art Beat we talk to Kim Lawler, a scenic artist who has been hired to lead the restoration of 13 historic backdrops at the Mason...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 18:27
Women in Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lillian Armstrong
This program is devoted to the creative composers, vocalists and musicians who were so important in the early years of jazz.

Bought by KMUN, KVNF, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
James Ellroy / Margaret Atwood
From: Colleen Nelson
Series: Overheard with Evan Smith
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On this episode of Overheard, two best-selling authors known for dark page-turners. First James Ellroy followed by Margaret Atwood.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Alternative Early Days (hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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This week we are looking back at music from the past to find where many of the current indie music styles originated. It's an exploration of the ea...

Bought by WICR and WSLR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Born in Chicago - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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It can be surprising meeting one of your musical heroes at a liquor store on the rough streets of West Chicago

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
Tribute to BB King
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we pay tribute to the legend who recently passed away.

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Kremlin to Kremlin
From: With Good Reason
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In the 1930’s, many African-American artists and intellectuals traveled to the Soviet Union, seeking a society free of class and racism. Joseph Roa...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:24
Preview of the Tom Tom Founders Festival
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Charlottesville is gearing up for the fourth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival, a celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship. Kelley Libby repor...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Madam Next Door
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until 1...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KUNV, KKRN, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
MONTANA 1864
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Ken Egan Jr. talks about the book he wrote to celebrate Montana Territory's sesquicentennial (150-year anniversary).

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 3