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231209 Musicians Named Jim, Jimmy, Jill, and Jewel Plus Bingo and Fire Engine Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Jim Easter and the Artistics
This radio show's search for the first rock and roll song without considering commercial "hits" profoundly re-calibrates a listener's musical esthe...

Bought by KFCF FM, KSLU, KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
230107 Louisiana Music From The Atchafalaya Basin
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Big Chenier at His Restaurant
A Louisiana music show! but not from the Bayou Lafitte basin (where New Orleans looks up to sea level). Nah, we always do "music you've never hea...

Bought by KFCF FM, WYAP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WQCS, KPRG and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 8
230923 Overtime Free Form
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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After the regular show, the radio muse still beckons. She whispers, "Tickle the aether to fill the darkness and silence. Don't rely on a format, ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 1
Robbie Robertson-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Robbie Robertson
Tribute to lead guitarist, principal songwriter and one of the founders of The Band, Jamie Robbie Robertson with music from his long career, interv...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:22
  • Purchases: 1
230226 Searching for The First Rock and Roll Song is Finding Ourselves
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: The Sinders
It's the researcher dream thesis so there have been uncounted attempts but no one has credibly defined the first rock and roll song. The difficul...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 6
230128 The First Rock and Roll Song - When Guitars Met Outer Space
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Velventeens
What sound leads a rock and roll song? Group harmony is one of the most original and foundational identifying sounds of rock and roll because grou...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, KPRG, WQCS, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 6
Lungfish
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about one of the planet's most ancient species that's still around today: lungfish. Dr. Irene Salinas is...

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WUTC and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
20230116: Lungfish, 1/16/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about one of the planet's most ancient species that's still around today: lungfish. Dr. Irene Salinas is...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
221210 The First Rock and Roll Song - Early Canadian Instrumentals
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Gaylarks - a band Frank Zappa saw and swooned over while he was in high school.
The geographic assumption underlying the first rock and roll record was an origination in the Southern U.S. This assumption was superior to, and ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 04:22:10
  • Purchases: 6
619: Is War Ever Worth It? / 620: Is The Universe A Number?, 9/11/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Is War Ever Worth It?' - On the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, photographer James Nachtwey reflects on his life as a war photographer, a...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
S2:E19
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad

  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:56:42
S2:E18 The Literary Show
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:57
S2:E17
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:03
S2:E15 The Winter Shuffle
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:46
"After Election Day" UPDATED SAT NOV 7 ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What Just Happened. THIS VERSION REFLECTS BIDEN-HARRIS VICTORY Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)

Bought by Royalton Community Radio and KMUN


  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Petroglyphs
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We explore petroglyphs from a park ranger and an Acoma Pueblo tribal historian, and we find out about the Junior Ranger Program.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 16: Brahms
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:53:27
Around The World
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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Celebrating Andy Gill from Gang of Four, Steve Weber of The Holy Modal Rounders and Nancy Lewis Jones with Monty Python, and 20 Questions from The ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:52
Terry Jones & The Royal Family
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Jones Lewis Wedding
A tribute to one of the founders of Monty Python, Terry Jones and a Royal Scram from Prince Harry

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 57:18
Hal Blaine-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Hal Blaine
Celebration of one of greatest drummers of all-time, Hal Blaine with dozens of his classic contributions to thousands of sessions and a record num...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:37
Joe Frank & Julius Lester-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Julius Lester
Celebrating two radio legends who passed through Pacifica radio station WBAI in New York City in the seventies on their way to greater glory- I was...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:36
Matthew Fox: A Way to God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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In November I released an interview with activist, Matthew Fox. This is a rebroadcast of that episode.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
Shortcuts to Justice!
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: G-Men Under Fire!~
A musical trip to Washington, D.C. with Senate Intel leaders, former directors, acting politicians and Russian spies mixed into an exciting hour of...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:23
Boilermaker Classics
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Purdue Boilermakers, Credit: Purdue
We’ll hear music about trains, and learn some little known facts and myths about Purdue on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
A Shortcut Back to 1967-The Summer of Love
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: George Harrison & Patti Boyd 1967
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Summer of Love as we travel back to 1967 with LBJ, Mick Jagger, Frank Zappa, Julie Christie, John Cage, Timot...

Bought by KRZA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 30:36
  • Purchases: 2