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Full Moon Hacksaw # 1507 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/17/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Binary bop begins the journey of spins and needles, drummer Stockton Helbing sounds pristine alongside veterans Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie. D...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 5
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1500 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/29/2015
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Blues and swing precede post bop for openers, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock. Bop then and now, the Bird and Germany's ja...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 5
I Am - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Patrick Dorey sends us his Song Story about a time in his life when, with the loss of his Mom, he began to question who he was.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
10 Years Going (Hour 2)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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In our 2nd hour, Smith brings us into the soundtrack story of love, this time with a few indie artists who have experienced the journey with him li...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:04
Live from the Divide - Sturgill Simpson
From: Live From The Divide
Series: Live From the Divide
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Pure and uncompromising, devoid of gloss and fakery, Sturgill Simpson brings his Bonafide mountain hillbilly soul to the Live From The Divide stage.

Bought by KISU, Panhandle Community Radio, KSUT, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
With parole pending, an inmate reflects on lessons learned
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - San Quentin Prison Report
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Marcus Williams went to prison when he was just 17 years old. It was 1984, and “Miami Vice” and “The Cosby Show” were the hottest things on televis...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
Birth: A Rite of Passage or a Medical Event? A Mother's Day Special
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Baby Drew with her Mommy, Caitlin, and her Mamma, Monica, Credit: Giovanna Rossi
How does the process of birth impact new motherhood? Is it a rite of passage or a medical event? Next time on Well Woman Radio we’ll hear from Pam ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
Teenage Diaries Revisited: Josh
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries Revisited
Caption: Josh in 2013., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
In high school, Josh documented his life with Tourette’s Syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics and involuntary verbal o...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Boundaries of Love in the Holy Land
From: Bending Borders
Series: Love is Complicated
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It is rare for an Israeli and a Palestinian to fall in love. There are physical barriers, as Israelis can’t enter Palestinian areas, and Palestinia...

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2013
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 3
All Mixed Up-Stormy Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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This special program was produced during Hurricane Sandy's collision with the east coast, in my studio on the upper west side which luckily had po...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:47
Love the French Way 2 - The Dress and the Ladder
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A young man takes his girlfriend to a cherry orchard. They ascend a ladder together. Thus starts a magnificent love song about young love, writte...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
My Audio Universe Winter 2011
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: My Audio Universe - 59:00
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In this edition of My Audio Universe we feature four short stories selected from the spectrum of online literary publications and adapted to audio ...

Bought by KMXT and WNIJ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Homelessness Marathon Hour Two - Homeless in Kansas City
From: jessica lockhart
Series: The Homelessness Marathon
Caption: "Nobody" hosting the broadcast
Homeless in Kansas CIty

  • Added: Mar 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
A Shortcut Back Through The 20th Century
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A unique audio retrospective...A Shortcut Back through the 20th Century is an impressionistic glance back at the last one hundred years, featuring ...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:36
Sidney Barnes has a Stone Cold Feeling
From: Ayana Contreras
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Old record albums are plastic testaments to dreams: sometimes distant, forgotten dreams of their makers. Sidney Barnes wrote a song called "Stone ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
Zack the Retriever
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
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Zack loves the feeling of hurling through space :)

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
A Shortcut Through 2008
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A hour-long retrospective of the past year, including the historic election of Barack Obama* mixed with the sounds, music and major events of 2008.

Bought by KUT-HD, Marfa Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWIT, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2009
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 10
LiveHopeLove
From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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Writer and Poet Kwame Dawes explores HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, produced by Outer Voices, in association with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KBRP Community Radio, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 22
Barack Obama-The Remix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Barack Obama-The Campaign for President

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KUER, KUCB, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WMNF and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 54:17
  • Purchases: 25
Riot Boy
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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One boy's unlikely connection with the music of northwest feminists

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KFAI Minneapolis, WGDR, KUOW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 6
A Shortcut Back To Dallas (1963)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas. This pro...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KVMR, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2008
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 3
A Shortcut Through 2007
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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An hour-long retrospective of the year 2007

Bought by Remix Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Radio Catskill, Marfa Public Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2007
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 11
Taken: How Will They Be Remembered? by Charles Moster
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
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A radio musical drama commemorating 9/11.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, KUNM, KUT, and KUT-HD


  • Added: Sep 18, 2007
  • Length: 37:51
  • Purchases: 5
A Shortcut Through 2003
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Fight Them!
A look back at the year--2003

  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 59:44