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Bunny's Bounce
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Roland "Bunny" Berigan
Bunny Berigan’s rise to stardom, and extreme fall has been compared to a hero from a Shakespeare tragedy. In a span of only a dozen years, he emerg...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sister Showdown
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
These are my cousins. This is war.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:40
On the Road
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Broken down automobile
This is a look at the various forms of travel in the early part of the 20th century: horseless carriage, boats, rail, and afoot.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Kindergarten v. First Grade
From: Jesse Rhodes
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Will a kindergartner and a first grader find the same thing funny? A school librarian in San Francisco teamed up with his Kindergartners to write ...

Bought by WMMT, KUOW, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 3
Amy Brooks, Deli Waitress
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Amy Brooks serves Jewish favorites (matzoh ball soup, pastrami, you name it) in a historic LA deli.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Riverboat Shuffle
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Mississippi Steamboat
In the latter days of the Golden Age of steamboats, many musicians plied their trade with the orchestras traveling the Mississippi. Memphis and St....

Bought by KCBX, Radio New Zealand, and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon
The chance meeting of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon shortly after World War I lead to one of the most successful bands of the 1920s. You could say,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 2/8/14
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A CLOUDY DAY WILL BRING ....

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
The Professor
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Wiliams
Stanley “Fess” Williams earned his nickname from his six years teaching music. Although he taught early elements of jazz, you can believe he also i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 12/7/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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NO LETTERS HAS MY FIRST NAME ...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
Riddles from the Border Regions
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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HAS THE HARVEST MOON FALLEN?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
The Rhythmakers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Billy Banks
Under the leadership of guitarist Jack Bland, The Rhythmakers constituted one of the more exciting bands of the 1930s boasting a lineup that includ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 9/21/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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GALLONS AND GALLONS ....

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 19, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 7/27/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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SHALLOW ROOTS ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/20/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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A TRIO OF STARTING...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 7/13/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ONLY I ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 6/29/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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PORCELAIN NATION ....

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 5/18/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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FINGERS WEAR TAP SHOES ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Kid
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Kid Ory
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Uke
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cliff Edwards with Ukelele
The ukulele became as commonplace in the American parlor as the piano in the 1920s. Today we think of the tiny guitar as a Hawaiian instrument, whe...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/6/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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IT FLIES WITHOUT WINGS...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 3/30/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THIS SMALL PATCH OF PLUMAGE ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 3/23/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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MY FIRST BAMBOOZLES AND BEGUILES ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 3/16/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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CYCLOPS AND HIS TETHERED FRIEND ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 3/9/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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I CALL YOU EVER ONWARD ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1