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Uncomfy - Common Ground in the Gun Debate? – Jazzalyn Livingston
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Uncomfy: Sticking with Moments That Challenge Us
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A conversation about gun rights and community violence allowed Jazzalyn Livingston to confront her assumptions and discover unexpected common ground.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 12:04
Blue Dimensions M38: New Albums From Four Great Women Of The Blues
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new albums from four great women of the blues, Catherine Russell, Shemekia Copeland, Vaneese Thomas, and Ruthie Foster, plus music from Warren Wolf...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WRGY, KMUW, WJSU and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
StoryCorps: Tony Royster
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Tony Royster
Philadelphia drumline leader Tony Royster came to StoryCorps to remember when he first fell in love with music.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:59
Blue Dimensions M37: New Music from Wolf, Wolff, and Wolfe
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Vibraphonist Warren Wolf's album "History Of The Vibraphone," and new music from pianist Michael Wolff and bassist Ben Wolfe

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Spanish Hour 2414: Cuba’s Classical Legacy
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
Ending Homelessness with Reverend Patricia Gould Champ and Allison Bogdanovic
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould Champ and Allison Bogdanovic, Credit: Jay Paul
Call it fate. Call it destiny. Call it kismet. Whatever you want to call it, it was that strange thing that occurs when two people are in the ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2024
  • Length: 27:14
Blue Dimensions M32: "I Owe It All To You" from pianist Luther Allison, & blues from a different Luther Allison
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from the debut album of pianist Luther Allison "I Owe It All To You"

Bought by KMUN, KEOS, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
StoryCorps: Freedom School Summer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freedom School students Deborah Carr, Stephanie Hoze, Theresia Clark-Banks, Julia Clark-Ward, Glenda Funchess, and Don Denard came to StoryCorps to...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:09
Blue Dimensions M31: The new album "Artform Revisited" from 87-year-old drummer and band leader Louis Hayes
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from 87-year-old drummer & band leader Louis Hayes on the album "Artform Revisited"

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions M30: Summer Blues 2024
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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featuring summer 2024 new blues releases

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
StoryCorps: Michael Rogers
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Michael Rogers came to StoryCorps with his stepson to talk about how his many paths in life led him to his work as a death doula and how this work ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:27
Blue Dimensions M29: Markus Howell's "Chosen Path" Draws On The Talented Artists Of Posi-Tone Records
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from Markus Howell from his album "Chosen Path" with talented players from the Posi-Tone label, in a full program of Posi-Tone label rele...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
StoryCorps: Wane Hailes and Alton Russell
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Alton Russell was the long-time Chair of the Republican party in Columbus, Georgia. Wane Hailes was the head of the local NAACP chapter. Although t...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:29
Blue Dimensions M28: "Sanyas" — Steve Turre's First In-Concert Album In A Decades-Long Career
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Trombonist (and sea shell player) Steve Turre's first in-concert album in his decades-long career (with a stunning band, Nicholas Payton on trumpet...

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions M27: "Shapes & Sound" from saxophonist and composer Kirsten Edkins
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from the album "Shapes & Sound" from saxophonist and composer Kirsten Edkins.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Blue Dimensions M26: Toronzo Cannon says "Shut Up & Play!"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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song from the new album "Shut Up & Play!" from Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WRGY, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
StoryCorps: Ed Cage and Nicole Paris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ed Cage and Nicole Paris
Ed Cage and Nicole Paris are a father-daughter beatboxing duo. At StoryCorps, they talk about how it all began.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:49
Blue Dimensions M25: "Remembrance" — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Featuring music from the album "Remembrance" from the late pianist Chick Corea and banjoist Béla Fleck

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Yusuf Ali and Attayah Milton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Attayah Milton and Yusuf Ali
Attayah Milton speaks with her father Yusuf Ali about the many life lessons he’s passed on over the years.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:42
Blue Dimensions M24: Something Else! Featuring Vincent Herring is, well, "Something Else!"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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"Soul Jazz" from Something Else! Featuring Vincent Herring, and bassist Avery Sharpe says "I Am My Neighbor's Keeper."

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
We Are Family: The Steeles mentor fellow family band Nunnabove
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Nunnabove: Bennet, Wisdom, Candace, and Mattie Nunn (L to R), Credit: Kaden Demer
Two Minnesota family bands, the Steeles and the Nunns, talk about making music with family members.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 06:58
Blue Dimensions M23: Conrad Herwig plays "The Latin Side Of McCoy Tyner"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Conrad Herwig's new album "The Latin Side Of McCoy Tyner," is featured. Also, Radam Schwartz composes and arranges music for a saxophone quartet.

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Living the Word with Reverend Patricia Gould-Champ, Part 3, Conclusion
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould-, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Reverend Patricia Gould Champ, also known as the Queen Mother or simply Reverend Pat, began her career as a teacher, but ultimately received the ca...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 27:20
Blue Dimensions M22: Sugaray Rayford's album "Human Decency"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new songs from soulful blues singer Sugaray Rayford

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WJSU and more


  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Rita Dove: Rara Avis
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rita Dove, Credit: Photo of Rita Dove by Fred Viebahn
Pulitzer prize-winning poet Rita Dove.

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 24:10

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