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MN Artist Profiles - Rich Mattson
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: MN Artist Profiles
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KBFT 89.9 FM and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund present MN Artist Profiles a series highlighting artists and musicians of Minnesota....

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 11:40
Harlem Keeps Jazz Traditions Alive As Pandemic Restrictions Ease
From: Catharine Smith
Caption: Josh Morris, 15, onstage in Harlem.
While New York City reopens, Harlem musicians continue one of jazz's most revered traditions at the historic Minton's Playhouse.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:20
Professor Longhair's Legacy
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Professor Longhair, Credit: Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 1
Stories from The Big New Jersey Plastic Ban
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Troop 19 addressing Teaneck City Council
Small town environmentalists and a dozen girl scouts won the first local bag ordinances in New Jersey, sparking the strongest state plastic ban in ...

Bought by WFHB and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Best of the Best 2020: The Great Indoors
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, three winning stories of the 2020 Third Coast/RHDF Competition each paint a unique portrait of survival and hope in the time of co...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, Prairie Public, New England Public Media, WGBH Radio Boston, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 40
Pioneering Female Police Officer Repaired Bonds Through Talent Shows
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1.5, Episode 2 In 1968, Yvonne Bechet became one of the first female police officers in New Orleans. She was also the first African America...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 1
WRM18 - Woody Guthrie and Will
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Woody Guthrie looked up to Will Rogers, and took a lot of his early stage presence from Will's influence.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips: My Legal Name Is "J-Bird"
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips, Credit: Shefik
Birds - In 2012, Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips founded J-Bird Music for the Arts, with the vision of reviving arts programs by providing much needed equ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:28
Sonny Turner: The Lesson in Life You Learn
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Bill...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:19
Will Loved Animals
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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This episode discusses Will's relationship with animals, particularly horses and dogs

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
WRM13 Will's Balance in Life
From: KRSC
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Will Rogers knew how to balance work and life, something many people need more of today

  • Added: Jun 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
Will and Lawyers
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will's jokes extended outside of politics to discuss other topics, like lawyers

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Will and Big Business
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers had friends in big business, but that did not make them immune from his criticism.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Reciprocity (episode 5)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
Caption: Growing Old
Explore the role that trees play in human health and urban climate resilience, particularly amid a pandemic. Talk with City of Seattle urban forest...

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


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 32:31
  • Purchases: 2
WRM10 - Will and Congress
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers loved to poke fun at Congress. Now he keep an eternal eye on them.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Re:sound - The Whatever Suits You Show
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2020 Re:sound Specials from Third Coast
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This hour, the suits we wear and the impressions we make.

Bought by KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KCPW Salt Lake City, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 130: Who's There
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Crime Blotter: “The Learning Center on Hanson Street reports a man across the way stands at his window for hours watching the center, making parent...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Garbage Gourmets
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Climate conscious cooks turn discards into delicacies.

Bought by WFHB, WFHB, KICI Iowa City, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
[Singer-Songwriter] Dar Williams - My Journey
From: Steve Laifer
Series: Professional Confessionals
Caption: Singer-Songwriter Dar Williams
Dar Williams, whom The New Yorker describes as ‘one of America’s very best singer-songwriters’, shares her thoughtful views on the changing landsca...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 56:50
Depaving Portland
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Citizens wielding pry bars and thermometers turn parking lots into rain gardens and change city policy to favor green over grey.

Bought by WFHB, WFHB, KRZA, KICI Iowa City, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Monte Rio & Villa Grande
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
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Historian Rick Coates talks about the history of railroads in the region and how the The Russian River Resort Area exists today only because once t...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
Postcard Activism in Texas - Lisa in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Lisa from Austin describes postcard activism projects in Texas and around the country. She explains how postcards can help get out the vote and in...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:33
Forestville
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
Caption: Our delightful emcee, Paul DuBray
This hour begins with a short history of the area, the “Return of the River Ranger,” a former local radio personality; children reading aloud to do...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
Guerneville
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
Caption: Fire Mountain Pageant
Gay History on the River; Fire Mountain Retrospective; Laurie Lippin, Accordionist; Young Poets of G’Ville School

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
Mariachi Arcoiris
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California
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Carlos Samaniego created Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Ángeles, or Mariachi Rainbow, back in 2000 for a pride event. Almost two decades later, the group...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 06:53

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