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Christmas Music and Memories (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by KSFR, WCNY, WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, KVNF and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 34
Making old traditions new again
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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How do you slow down your life to spend more quality time with your family? Can family traditions and religious beliefs help to ground you and your...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:54
Christmas Music and Memories (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, KRPS, KUAC, KNAU and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Classical Winter Travels
From: D. Christine
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A winter's journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic, with familiar works by Mozart, Prokofiev and Debussy along with surprises by newer composers f...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCQS, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
The Holiday Adventures of Amahl + Me
From: Liz Massey
Caption: Liz Massey, Credit: Photo courtesy of Liz Massey
Liz Massey's family only had 3 holiday record albums when she was growing up. In this story, she explains her role as an unlikely evangelist for on...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 08:22
Hanukkah: A Great Miracle Happened There
From: RadioArt(r)
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A conversation between Rabbi Ismar Schorsch and Host Larry Josephson about the history, rituals and meaning of Hanukkah--and its importance in our ...

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WHFR, Michigan Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 65
Radical Religion and Radical Politics
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Peter Onuf speaks with Harvard historian Anne Braude about the intersection of Spiritualism with 19th century social reform movements.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 2
Poet B.H. Fairchild
From: New Letters on the Air
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We celebrate the working man by revisiting B.H. Fairchild's poetry collection, THE ART OF THE LATHE. This book gives insight into the life and wor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Halloween :The North Side Witch Hunt
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: PM was one of the North Side witches., Credit: Catherine McGuigan
Witch-hunts are curious phenomena, and thoroughly reactionary in nature. They generally begin with an inexplicable event of one kind or other—cows ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 26:55
The American Connection (WWII)
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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It is no coincidence that three of Aaron Copland's most powerful works -- Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man, and A Lincoln Portrait --...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Mary Finch - Christmas Tree
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. In this piece, Finch explains the role of a Christmas t...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
'Tis the Season
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A poet, an ethnomusicologist, a conductor, and a vocalist share their favorite Christmas songs and why the music resonates with them this time of y...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WJCT, KMUD, KUAC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
'Tis the Season
From: With Good Reason
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From Leontyne Price to Kate and Anna McGarrigle, the Ronettes to Middle Eastern music…

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRPS, KRPS, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Gratitude
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Gratitude, Credit: Julia Meek
A world of blessings and thankfulness in this episode of gratitude--do hope you can spend an hour with us, just being grateful.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
04: Thankful for Sound
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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In honor of Thanksgiving, Craig, George, and a number of their guests share why they are thankful for sounds.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
The Winter Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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Winter may be the coldest season of the year, when days are shortest and the nights are longest. It also brings people indoors, to visit with fami...

Bought by WUAL and WKSU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
PATANG (THE KITE) -- Filmmaker Prashant Bhargava interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Prashant Bhargava, San Francisco, CA 5/29/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Prashant Bhargava talks family, favors, and firsts.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 22:48
A Mother's Day “Hangup” For Prisoners
From: Commonwealth News Service (Massachusetts)
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BOSTON - A Massachusetts prison inmate calling his or her mother on Mother's Day could pay as much as $.86 a minute. In some states, a collect call...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:30
Travis Ryder talks with Dianne Pittman about the annual New Year's Day Bike Ride taking place in Bemidji
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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They ride a mile for every degree above zero the temperature rises to on the day of the ride. Dianne talks to Travis about the ride, tips on winter...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 10:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Tuba Christmas
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Ron Keller, Director of the Naperville Municipal Band and the Naperville Tuba Christmas, talks tubas, the holidays, and his lifelong love of music.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
151: At the Fishhouses
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Abandoned Fish House January 2009, Credit: Carrie Whittier, Little_DogPhotography at Flickr
Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:13
Reclaiming the Holidays
From: Humankind
Caption: Annie Leonard - "The Story of Stuff'"
This special profiles people from different backgrounds who seek to get past the consumer frenzy of the December holidays, and to focus more on aut...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Nevada Public Radio, Prairie Public, WRIR, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 29
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/24/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE GREATEST RIDDLE OF ALL TIME ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 11, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Messiah Comes to Town
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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A behind-the-scenes look at how a community choral society in a small town prepares for its own grand holiday performance of Handel's Messiah.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 51:53
The Psychology of Teen Gratitude
From: Youth Radio
Caption: Students and staff eat a Thanksgiving dinner at Youth Radio., Credit: Youth Radio
The study of gratitude is a burgeoning field within positive psychology. Across the board, results show that people who are more thankful are less ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 3

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