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From: Tent Show Radio
Series: 2024 Episodes | Tent Show Radio

First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Jungle Music

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

No one truly knows when the term came into common use. The original intent was for it to be derogatory. Insult the band and the music by calling it...

AG 24-27: An All-American Road Trip, 7/1/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. We’ll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...

AG 24-26: Let's Get Away From It All!, 6/24/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

We’re living life among the jet set this week on Afterglow, as we explore songs about traveling from the Great American Songbook, including “Come F...

AG 24-24: The American Songbook’s “I Want” Songs, 6/10/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

We explore wants and desires this week, hearing “I want” songs from the American Songbook, including “I Want To Be Happy,” “Whatever Lola Wants,” a...

AG 24-23: Judy At The Movies, 6/3/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the film studio MGM, so this week, we’re celebrating one of MGM’s biggest stars: Judy Garland! We’ll take a clo...

AG 24-22: The Songs of 1924, 5/27/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

Our 1920s retrospective concludes this week with a look at songs from 100 years ago: 1924. We’ll hear some songs from this year that have resonated...

The Black Dog (#1536)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Books were rare treasures in the Middle Ages, painstakingly copied out by hand. So how to protect them from theft? Scribes sometimes added a curse ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUOT 91.9 FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, Tri States Public Radio and more

A Sobering Reality

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

It’s not that one brought about the other. Rather, it was a melding of many factors, and during that time, jazz became incredibly popular, as did s...

Bought by KCBX

Animal Crackers (#1636)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Images of birds flutter inside lots of English words and phrases, from "nest egg" and "pecking order," to proverbs from around the world--including...

Bought by WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), RadioStPete Florida and more

Material Influence

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Besides having the moniker of “The Roaring Twenties”, not everyone was partying. Creative minds were at a peak coming up with new inventions. Who n...

Bought by KCBX

Reel Discovery: Jeanne du Barry

From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery

On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin moves into Versailles with a common woman who became the king’s favored mistress in Jeanne du Barry.

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, and RADIOLEX

Now is the Month of Maying

From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials

Now is the month of Maying, and English madrigalists weren’t the only ones singing about it! This week on Harmonia, we’ve got music for that marvel...

Beside Myself (#1535)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

The new Downton Abbey movie is a luscious treat for fans of the public-television period piece, but how accurate is the script when it comes to the...

Bought by WPCA-LP, WNIN, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, RadioStPete Florida and more

Connie's Inn, Harlem

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Credit: CBS Studio

The nightlife that blossomed in Chicago and New York in the teens and ‘20s are the thread that laced together audience and music. In earlier years,...

Bought by KCBX

AG 24-21: The Songs of 1923, 5/20/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

We’re once again turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties on Afterglow, to hear the songs from last century that have stuck around. We’ll foc...

AG 24-19: The Songs Of 1921, 5/6/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

This week, we’re continuing our exploration of songs from the Roaring 20s with a look at 1921, a year that spawned songs like “Ain’t We Got Fun,” “...

Skookum (#1534)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

So you've long dreamed of writing fiction, but don't know where to begin? There are lots of ways to get started -- creative writing classes, local ...

Bought by KTXK, KVSC, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN, WPCA-LP and more

AG 24-18: The Songs of 1920, 4/29/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

On Afterglow, we’re spending the month of May turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties, a time when the Great American Songbook was in its in...

Literature and Art

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

“It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire,” Those words come from F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

Bought by KCBX

Electric Soup (#1635)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

When an international team of scientists traveled to a research station in Antarctica for six months, the language they all shared was English. Aft...

Bought by KTXK, WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KPRG, WNIN and more

AG 24-17: Blossom Dearie in the 1960s and 70s, 4/22/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Blossom Dearie, listening to her recordings in the 1960s and 70s for the Fontana and Daffodil Record ...

An Influencial Foursome

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

It was a lengthy journey from obscurity to international popularity. No one will say it was easy. But, with steadfast perseverance and endless cre...

Bought by KCBX

Life of Riley (#1533)

From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words

Unwrap the name of a candy bar, and you just might find a story inside. For instance, one chewy treat found in many a checkout lane is named after ...

Bought by KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WPCA-LP, WNIN and more

European Dance Bands

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

As traditional jazz evolved through the 1920s, audiences in Europe began gravitating toward larger dance bands. Live performances at dance halls an...

Bought by KCBX

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