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Bridge of Hope
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Our mindsets are not just similar, but almost like we’re reading from the same book… and actually we are.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #391 - Fats Domino, Pt. 1 - 1950-53
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The “Juke In The Back” is proud to feature Fats Domino, who passed away on October 24th at the age of 89. He was one of the most influential and po...

Bought by KCSM, KTRT RADIO INC, Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Fats Domino-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Fats Domino
A thirty minute tribute to one of the founders of rock & roll- Antoine "Fats" Domino, featuring some of his classic recordings, interviews and actu...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:52
Episode #390 - Halloween Rhythm & Blues
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Matt The Cat celebrates Halloween with the scariest, spookiest and most sinister vintage rhythm & blues records ever made! It's the disembodied "so...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
NL 17-41: From Man To Myth: Thelonious Monk, Part 1, 10/2/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A look at the pianist and composer's early life and career, including an interview with Monk biographer Robin D.G. Kelley.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
A Vietnam Soundscape
From: WHRV
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Vietnam was the first war fought to a soundtrack, with over 4000 war-related songs written and recorded between 1965-73. The lyrics were patriotic,...

Bought by KHNS and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Keeping Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teacher Christopher McFadden is a member of The Fellowship, a group in Philadelphia trying to recruit and retain black male teachers. Only 2 percent of teachers in American public schools are black men., Credit: Emily Hanford
(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #380 - Elvis' R&B Influences
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Elvis Presley's early music was a blend of Hillbilly, Country, Gospel and R&B. This week's "Juke In The Back" explored the enormous debt Elvis owed...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, WHRV, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
NL 17-32: It’s All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57, 7/31/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Black History Special! "Hughes' Blues: The Langston Hughes Songbook"
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program featuring performances of songs with lyrics by author Langston Hughes, including recordings by Nina Simone, June Christy, Jame...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KVNF, WCPN, WMOT, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
Episode #373 - Summertime R&B: 4th of July, Food & Baseball Songs
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The Juke In The Back jumps into summer by spotlighting THE summertime holiday, the 4th of July. We're diggin' the 4th in song, ranging from songs a...

Bought by KMXT, WRGY, WVTF, 90.5 WSNC, WOMR and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Jamaican Versus American Musics - Who Influenced Who?
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The popular notion that Jamaica developed its early ska and reggae musics by listening to high powered New Orleans radio stations doesn't give cred...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 43:39
My Life, My Love, My Legacy - Coretta Scott King
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Interview with Barbara Reynolds,founding editor of USA Today on her 2017 book My Life, My Love, My Legacy biography of Coretta King, condensed from...

Bought by WMMT and WVAS


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 2
The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
Caption: The View from Room 205
"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 67
Episode #347 - Christmas Leftovers & New Year's Resolutions
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Matt The Cat has dug up some more R&B Christmas treasures and added a few tunes about New Years for this week’s continuation of the “Juke In The Ba...

Bought by KMXT, KTRT RADIO INC, 90.5 WSNC, WHRV, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode #346 - A Vintage Rhythm & Blues Christmas
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The entire "Juke In The Back" is loaded with the greatest R&B Christmas records from the late 1940s and 1950s. It's the yuletide soul that came bef...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, Royalton Community Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHRV and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
TEASER: The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
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PREVIEW THE HOUR NOW! http://www.prx.org/pieces/194893-the-view-from-room-205 "The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
The Emergence of Otis Redding
From: Paul Ingles
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A lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, music writers, ...

Bought by WHRV, KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 23
Episode 1626
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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A blowout farewell edition of our weekly program after eight plus years of broadcasting!

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Life and Times of Saxophonist Chico Freeman
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: Chico Freeman
Jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman talks about his famous father, Von Freeman, and about his experiences living in Europe. Freeman has now returned to ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
Episode #321 - 4th Of July Special - R&B Songs About Food
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
What’s more American than celebrating America’s birthday with some good ol’ red, white and Rhythm & Blues about THE Fourth of July staple: food? Di...

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC, Royalton Community Radio, KMXT, WRNC-LP, WHRV and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (full version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
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Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 48:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #57: More Hard Bop, Vocalese and a little bit of Ballad
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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An hour of classic jazz, hosted by Joe Bev

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1612: Spiritual Side of the Blues 2016
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This year's Spiritual Side of the Blues special focuses on the music of Blind Willie Johnson!

Bought by WJSU and WSGE


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
King, Pizarro and Botany Bay
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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The immortal words of Martin Luther King Jr... Pizarro, the vanquisher of the Incas -- is vanquished. And the British First Fleet sails to Sidney...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:38:56

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