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StoryCorps: Albert José Jones and Jay Haigler
From: StoryCorps
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In 1959, as a senior in college, Albert Jose Jones founded the first Black Scuba Diving Club in the U.S. Since then Albert and his fellow divers ha...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 02:51
It's All Happening - Common Disaster (IAH 012)
From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening
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Episode #12 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
Rabeca Issues CD Fueled by Pandemic Collaborations
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Rabeca photo, Credit: Marla Klein
Rabeca formed to play at a cabaret in 2019. Group members enjoyed the experience and decided to form a group. Though keeping a group together was n...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
TSSAAPR230712: 2023 Incoming Gems, mixed w/the Classics
From: Mike Canton
Series: The Soul Show (3 hours, with soft ending after Hour 2))
Caption: soulshowmike.org
Join Mike Canton for another eclectic brew of new and old soul, fusion, reggae and more. We unwrap albums from Douyé, Javier Nero and Australia's ...

Bought by WPVM 103.7, RADIOLEX, and KCHW


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 3
Cash Relief for Black Moms: The Success of Guaranteed Income
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit — but Guaranteed In...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK and more


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Where There's Smoke ...
From: melodically challenged
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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, so you’ll have to keep checking your radio during this week’s melodically challenged when we bring you an hour o...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:01
Women of Golden Era Tango Part 2: The Movie Stars
From: Classic107.3
Series: Tango with Cally
Caption: Tita Merello
Music from mega film stars Mercedes Simone, Tita Merello, and more.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Mar 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kristallnacht
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish commemorates the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Look Back
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
The next “Sounds Jewish” marks Tisha B’Av, a day for mourning the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people on that day in history.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Powering Down: Joey Pederson’s Recycled Home
From: WTIP
Series: Powering Down
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Powering Down is a series on WTIP focusing on off-grid life and alternative energy used by Cook County residents. In this piece, Will Moore talks t...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 08:25
Collective Real Estate: Land Without Landlords?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Decades of discrimination have left millions of African Americans shut out of the housing market and at risk of being targeted by predatory lenders...

Bought by KDNK, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Winona's Unique Healthcare Fair with Donna Kamann
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Did you know that Winona has many unique health practices? Today on Don't Cha Know, Donna Kamann from Tincture of Thyme joins Doug and Bill to talk...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 36:12
Larry Long Leads American Roots Revue Into The Dakota Friday Night April 8, 2022
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: American Roots Review , Credit: Raquel Mendez
The American Roots Revue next performance at…..Larry Long told Phil Nusbaum that The American Roots Revue grew from a project done with J.D. Steele...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
The Big Ponder #31: Winterreise
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the endless sunshine of Dubai, Bilal Qureshi revisits Franz Schubert’s acclaimed song cycle “Winterreise.” The lyrics of a heartbroken man’s jou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
S4 EP4: Sharing the Air
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Internal medicine physician Natasha Spottiswoode reflects on her flying days from Oxford while teaching a green intern how to recognize whether pat...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2022
  • Length: 35:42
DWFC-21-13: Beethovenfest Bonn: Big Orchestra for Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony, 12/27/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
Caption: The Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 is a force to reckon with. Known as the "Resurrection" symphony, it features both tender moments and apocalyptic one...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
Full Moon Hacksaw #1819 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/09/2021
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Veteran JJ Johnson leads from the trombone including Freddie Hubbard for openers, Jeff Rupert and George Garzone represent tandem tenor saxophones ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WOUB, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
DWFC-21-07: Beethovenfest - Prometheus Variations with star guest Cameron Carpenter , 11/15/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
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He was a rebel and a trickster, a thief with lofty intent, a champion of mankind against the gods: Prometheus. The Greek titan who stole fire from ...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:58
GN_4.03_Shakespeare Therapy
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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“Shakespeare with Veterans” is a counseling focused theatre troupe, run by Kentucky Shakespeare.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_6.43_ RubberRoad
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Change your focus, change your world.
What if roads could repair themselves before becoming a hazard for vehicles? And what if they were economical and environmentally friendly as well?

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
04 “Beautiful, Imperfect, and Incomplete” [Godfrey’s Story]
From: Gautam Gulati
Series: SUPERHUMANS
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
Has there ever been something you thought defined you, but maybe doesn’t have to? This SUPERHUMANS story demonstrates that living with a disease d...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 18:27
The Write Question - A Corner of Space and Time
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: Lee Nye's portrait of Joe Malatare
Jean Belangie-Nye, Aaron Teasdale, and Ben Ferencz discuss their book, "A Corner of Space and Time: Lee Nye's Eddie's Club Portraits."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Permission to Land
From: Israel Story
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In an ambitious “extra-planetary” project, six Israelis entered a small container in the middle of the Negev Desert, and pretended they were on Mar...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 21:07
Through the Narrows
From: Chris Griffith
Caption: 6-year old Chootch and 3,500 year-old Elli, Credit: Bruce Silcox
Award-winning puppetry artists Shari Aronson and Chris Griffith of Z Puppets Rosenschnoz share stories of two characters from their own ancestry: a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2020
  • Length: 51:51
Contiguous (episode 8)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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In the season one finale of Growing Old, travel forward to the year 2070, and explore the contiguous forest of Seattle’s future. Visit Eagle Villag...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 2