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Blue Orleans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Congo Square
Although the origin of the blues cannot be precisely known, it’s generally understood to have evolved in the Mississippi delta, just north of New O...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Mark My Words Sports Show (06-29-21)
From: KRDP
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We talk in depth about the Western Conference Finals between the L.A. Clippers and the Phoenix Suns, we also get into what happened to the 76ers an...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 56:10
  • Purchases: 1
Fodder
From: Black Mountain Radio
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Poet Douglas Kearney and musician Val jeanty discuss their experimental hybrid album, Fodder.

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 14:09
NL 21-18: Ellington Ending: Duke Ellington 1967-73, 4/26/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the last years of his life, and no longer with the services of longtime writing partner Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington continued to compose mem...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
Meet percussionist and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Albert “Tootie” Heath
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Albert "Tootie" Heath, Credit: Ghylian Bell and Mychal Watts
Percussionist Tootie Heath shares the rhythms of a Jazz Master.

Bought by KMUW and KZUM


  • Added: Apr 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett talks about OSF and 2020
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nataki Garrett
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett speaks about theater’s year of reckoning.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KZUM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
GN_7.14_Perry's Pain, Profit & Purpose
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Actor and director Tyler Perry is drawing on his own painful past to give others a better future.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:27
The Apple Seed - On the Outside
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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From time to time, we all feel as though we're "on the outside." In this episode of The Apple Seed, we share some tales about "outsiders." This col...

Bought by KKRN, KSJE, KCHW, and WVPE


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 54:57
  • Purchases: 4
The Shondaland Revolution (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
The Shondaland Revolution (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking.

Bought by Ohm Radio , WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
The Shondaland Revolution (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, KVSC, KMUN, WFHB and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Shondaland Revolution (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking.

Bought by KHEN-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Self Discovery, Spirituality, Happiness, Fulfillment, Living out your Life’s purpose and Soul Music with Josh Miles of JM and The Sweets.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Soul Music with Josh Miles of JM and The Sweets. In this first ever radio interview and performance with Josh Miles we discuss Self Discovery, Spi...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 26:21
  • Purchases: 1
WGR's Summer Streaming List (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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After months at home, your streaming watchlists are probably exhausted. With Good Reason is here to the rescue! We’re bringing you summer streaming...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, WCMU Michigan, KXCV and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
WGR's Summer Streaming List (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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After months at home, your streaming watchlists are probably exhausted. With Good Reason is here to the rescue! We’re bringing you summer streaming...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, WSGE, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
WGR's Summer Streaming List (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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After months at home, your streaming watchlists are probably exhausted. With Good Reason is here to the rescue! We’re bringing you summer streaming...

Bought by WSGE, WNED Buffalo, KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Quindon Tarver: "When Doves Cry" by the Late, Great Legendary Prince
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Quindon Tarver, Credit: Shefik
Birds - Quindon Tarver is an American singer. He is best known for his cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry" for the 1996 film "William Shakespeare's ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
Sonny Turner: The Lesson in Life You Learn
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Sonny Turner, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Bill...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:19
The Leaders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
Knowledge, creativity, charisma, and endless energy are just a few qualities that make a good musical leader. If the leader can also arrange and co...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Saxophonist, composer and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Roscoe Mitchell, Credit: Ken Weiss
Music and conversation with NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell

Bought by WDCB and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
NL 20-15: Maiden Voyage: Herbie Hancock In The 1960s, 4/6/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In the 1960s Herbie Hancock seemed to be everywhere on the jazz scene, recording both as a leader for Blue Note and as a sideman with Miles Davis a...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
BURDEN -- Andrew Heckler and Robbie Brenner Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Andrew Heckler and Robbie Brenner talk metaphors, obligation, and looking for the hole.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 19:21
The unique voice of bassist Reggie Workman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Reggie Workman , Credit: Richard Kohler
Bassist and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman talks about his storied career

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 1
Bubber & Cootie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bubber Miley, left
They’re best remembered for their mastery of the muted trumpet. Bubber Miley and Cootie Williams were standout musicians who performed with the Duk...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jeghetto (Missy Elliott’s WTF, The Voice) – Under The Puppet #35
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Jeghetto, Credit: Jeghetto
Tarish Pipkins performs puppetry under the name Jeghetto. The creations that emerge from Jeghetto’s Workshop are incredibly unique and endlessly fa...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 36:32