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Patrick Henry’s “Thunder Speech” (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We interview the author of a new book about Patrick Henry. Plus: a visit to the "ghost church" where Henry heard the great orator Samuel Davies as ...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Aw Shucks...Oysters!
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Captain John Smith sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, he said oysters were as big as dinner plates. This show is our ode to oysters.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Melba Moore
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: A. Curtis Farrow In Conversation With Another Great Performer
Caption: Melba Moore
Behind the Scene Conversation with Melba Moore

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 58:47
A Burnable Book (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Murder, mystery, and poetry come together in medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger’s new novel set in Chaucer’s London.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF, WLIW and more


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Bible Babel (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Making sense of the most talked about book of all time.

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Bible Babel (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Making sense of the most talked about book of all time.

Bought by WCNY and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 2
Brow Anxiety (Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
Brow Anxiety (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 12 - Manny Roth of Cafe Wha?
From: Andy Moore
Series: Andy's Treasure Trove
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Episode 12 - Andy interviews Manny Roth, who ran the famous Cafe Wha? in New York City, presenting up-and-coming entertainers like Bob Dylan, Bill ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 51:58
Tongue-Tied America (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The fear of public speaking can be debilitating. For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares, and so many of us avoid doing it altogether.

Bought by WCNY and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
10 Cents a Dance (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. We look at the s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Heroes of Medieval Literature (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You've heard of Robin Hood, King Arthur, and even Beowulf. But Bevis of Hampton?

Bought by WJCT and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Heroes of Medieval Literature (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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You've heard of Robin Hood, King Arthur, and even Beowulf. But Bevis of Hampton?

Bought by WCNY, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 4
Logos: Then and Now (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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After William the Conqueror defeated Harold, the Saxon king, William wisely combined the crests of the two forces into a new British logo—two winge...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
36: Bambaataa's Open Archive
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 12:04
  • Purchases: 2
Fresh Talk: William Pope.L
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: William Pope.L, Blink New Orleans, 2012, Credit: Cathy Byrd
William Pope.L, an American performance artist and interventionist, talks about Blink, his magic lantern show for Prospect.2 New Orleans, 2011.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Found Footage Festival -- Nick Prueher Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL co-founder Nick Prueher talks context, unintended irony, and the video he thought might actually kill him.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 22:10
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 080: Tin Roof Project with Chef Roland Mesnier
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Chef Roland Mesnier
In this special 2-part Tin Roof Project, White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier tells stories of his White House years.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
A Conversation with Jazz Master, Benny Golson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Benny Golson's life is a who's who in jazz! [40:38]

Bought by KMUW and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 40:39
  • Purchases: 2
Sly & The Family Stone with Jerry Martini Vol. II
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Familystone Project, Credit: http://www.classiqueproductions.com/pages/PAGE214A.HTM
Original and founding member of SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, JERRY MARTINI talks about the history of the group plus his new group THE FAMILY STONE PROJ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2012
  • Length: 53:59
A Conversation with Jazz Master, Jimmy Owens
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Trumpeter and flugelhorn player, composer, arranger, educator, and advocate Jimmy Owens talks about his life in jazz.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 34:25
  • Purchases: 1
Breaded Pork Tenderloin
From: Jon Kay
Series: Second Servings
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One of Indiana's most decadent prides is the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. For a closer look at this Hoosier staple, we hauled in a few experts...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: :00
New Orleans Funk: Leo Nocentelli (Part A)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Leo Nocentelli, Credit: www.nocentelli.com/
Leo Nocentelli is the legendary guitarist from the New Orleans group THE METERS. On this broadcast of THE FUNK SHOW he talks about his history and ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 1
German Roots in America
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
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Almost 50 million americans have german ancestry. Radijojo, the first International Children's Radio network and the schoolchildren from class 8...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:00
Humankind: An Informed Republic
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast around July 4th: America's founders knew their democracy required informed citizens, but is quality journalism now threatened b...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KVSC, WBEZ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14