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6 works, including BACH: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1042. Academy of St Martin in Fields/Joshua Bell; Joshua Bell, violin.

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha Overture, Op. 30. RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin/Adrian Leaper.

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including MOZART: IMPRESSARIO:Overture:, K 486. Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra/Mario Bernardi.

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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6 works, including BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 (mov. 3 & 4 only) . Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Kent Nagano.

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 57:03
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6 works, including BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 (mov. 3 & 4 only) . Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Kent Nagano.

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 57:03
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4 works, including HAYDN: Flutes Trio in G; Laurel Zucker, flute.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including STILL: A Deserted Plantation; Mark Boozer, piano.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 56:59
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6 works, including STILL: A Deserted Plantation; Mark Boozer, piano.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 56:59
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4 works, including COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Gipsy Suite, Op. 20. RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin/Adrian Leaper.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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4 works, including COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Gipsy Suite, Op. 20. RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin/Adrian Leaper.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including GRIFFES: Japanese Melodies (3) (3) . Perspectives Ensemble.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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6 works, including GRIFFES: Japanese Melodies (3) (3) . Perspectives Ensemble.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
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How jazz influenced the fight for racial equity.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNCU, WUTC, and Morton College Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:39:38
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
February 1st is National Freedom Day, made into a holiday due to one man's efforts.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A caring black musician is dedicated to convincing Ku Klux Klansmen to leave the organization through the power of music and conversation.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
The extent of Black history is vast, but it is not talked about nearly enough. A social studies teacher from Detroit is changing that by creating a...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Topic 1 - Harriet Tubman; Topic 2 - Global Warming; Topic 3 - Library Fines

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 6
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The question of whether and how to compensate descendants of people formerly enslaved in the United States has hung over the country since the end ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
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Award-winning African-American author Bernice L. McFadden reads from her novel, Nowhere Is A Place, the second of two readings from this book featu...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Teaser answer: He was a superb athlete but native to another country! Find out who as author Scott Ellsworth reads from The Secret Game: A Wartime ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Another authentic author's voice -- Jo Ivestor reads from her touching book, The Outskirts of Hope: A Memoir of the 1960's Deep South. Her true sto...

  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Author Sam Roberts reads about a civil rights pioneer indeed, from his new book. Another example of our daily 100-second show -- great for top-of-t...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Runaway slaves often hid in self-made caves.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Carl Van Vechten
Fifteen, 3-minute vignettes celebrating the contributions of African Americans in classical music.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, Texas Public Radio, Vermont Public, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 45:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:49