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Alan Lomax was one who documented many styles and genres of music for the Library of Congress. This show examines Lomax's interview and recordings ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
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Roy Adams is a beast of a drummer with excellent taste across a wide variety of styles. It's tricky to list all the bands Roy currently plays with....

  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel help us celebrate our 800th broadcast!
On this week's encore WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the legendary Austin based 9-time Grammy winning band Asleep at th...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KEDT, KHNS, WETS and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 24
Caption: Accordion master Mihoko Goto on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes one of the most revered and accomplished singer songwriters of his genera...

Bought by KDLG, KTRL, WOUB, KDLG, KLCC and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Caption: Being Reasonable
We consider the deeply-held beliefs of Rabbi Daniel Greyber of Beth El Synagogue and Bishop Ronald Godbee of The River Church.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
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The legendary Mellotron story from the team who carry on the work that started in the 60s with Streetly Electronics in the UK.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2019
  • Length: 34:17
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Megan McNamer discusses her novel, "Home Everywhere." She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Parisota Hot Club plays Hot Club Music the Old Way, and also Enjoys branching Out into New Directions. The lead of the band is Robb Henry. When...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Parisota Hot Club Sets the mood every other Sunday at 7:30 at Volstead’s Emporium, 711 West Lake in Minneapolis, in the Calhoun Building. Catch...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
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It seems like there are more people nowadays with tattoos than there used to be – of the body art is hidden, but most are quite visible. Men and wo...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WOUB


  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
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This week we talk about the way central banks steer world development and for whom. Former Goldman Sachs manager, Nomi Prins author of Collusion: H...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Sharma Shields discusses her novel, The Cassandra. She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A young Gilbert Seltzer in uniform in October, 1942, after graduating from Officer Candidate School in Fort Belvoir, VA., Credit: Courtesy Gilbert Seltzer
104-year-old Gil Seltzer speaks with his granddaughter, Sarah Seltzer, about what it was like to be part of a top-secret deception unit in World Wa...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: Walter Dixon and Russ Dixon at their StoryCorps interview in Waynesville, Missouri on June 26, 2019., Credit: By Dupe Oyebolu for StoryCorps
When Walter Dixon fought in the Korean War, he was captured and kept a prisoner of war for more than two years. The whole time, he was believed to ...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis and WHRV


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
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Simeon Mills discusses his novel about growing up robot in the 1990s, The Obsoletes. He also reads two short selections.

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


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode, producer Katie Davis profiles German-American photographer Volkmar Wentzel who was born in Dresden, Germany in 1915 before moving ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 12:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Allen Morris Jones discusses his noir mystery novel, "Sweeney on the Rocks." He also reads short passages.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Hospital administrator Galen Laserson recounts the time she got an unexpected call in the middle of the night, which prompted her to learn all abou...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
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An Expose on The Essence of Hip Hop and The Culture that's brought the world closer with Paul Miller aka Dj Spooky.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: May 27, 2019
  • Length: 27:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Andrew, Paul D. Castillo, Credit: Paul Castillo photo / Lambda Legal
This week on OutCasting, public radio’s LGBTQ youth program, OutCaster Andrew talks with Paul D. Castillo of Lambda Legal about Title IX, which bar...

Bought by KZYX, KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 01, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes spoke with journalist and master of environmental management candidate Sam Liebl.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman talks with Chris Hedges, author of America: The Farewell Tour, about environmental threats, societal breakdown, and ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Poets Hadara Bar-Nadav and Kathryn Nuernberger, who were both chosen as 2017 NEA Literary Fellows, talk about their work in this interview at the K...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Bob Kustra Interviews Brendan Koerner about his book "The Skies Belong To Us"

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jan 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of Culture Clique we talk cream corn wrestling with Dr. Bob Armstrong. Cream corn wrestling has become an annual tradition on Latsc...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 22:33