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The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #42: The Battle of the Drums 2
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Gene Krupa vs. Buddy Rich".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:35
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #43: The Battle of the Drums 3
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents 78 RPM & Early LP Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "Max Roach vs. Art Blakey".

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #48: Jerry Colonna
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of 78 RPM Records by and about Jerry Colonna.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #51: A Jazz-O-Rama Valentine
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Lorie Kellogg and her alter ego Mrs. Jazzbo fill in for Joe Bev and Mr. Jazzbo, to play jazz about love.

Bought by WNMU-FM and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:41
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #49: Van Alexander Meets Ella Fitzgerald
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of 78 RPM Records and Early LP Cuts by Van Alexander and Ella Fitzgerald.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #50: Jazz-O-Rama Goes to Outer Space
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Guest host fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev) once again substitutes for Joe Bevilacqua while he in outer space creating his Comedy-O-Rama...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #54: A Jazz-O-Rama Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
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Joe Bev presents an hour of Christmas 78s & early LP cuts.

Bought by WVAS and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 2
Inside Tow-Knight, Ep. 2: "Know Your Context"
From: Jeremy Caplan
Series: Inside Tow-Knight
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This week on Inside Tow-Knight: Context, and why it's crucial to understand your audience.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
MIW #14 Nicole Bandy - Vallejo Charter School Teacher and Single Mom
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Nicole Bandy on MIW Season 2, Credit: Oddua Productions
On this episode we will find out how a elementary school teacher and single mom, Nicole Bandy, is Making It Work and making a difference here in th...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 25:16
A profile of Jubilee Leadership Academy
From: Kristen Eicher
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A profile of Jubilee Leadership Academy, an organization reaching out to troubled teen boys.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:50
En busca del bialfabetismo
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
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More and more states are joining a movement passing laws to honor students’ bilingualism and biliteracy. In California, thousands of students have ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:40
Hacer que los niños lean
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
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A large majority of children in the U.S. are not reading at grade level by the time they reach fourth grade and children from low-income families a...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:28
Estándares Comunes: ¿Listos?
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
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This year 45 states and the District of Columbia are starting to use the new Common Core State Standards for English language and math. Some Latino...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:18
2014: ¿El año de la educación preescolar para todos?
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
Caption: Matthew, 4, is enrolled in preschool in New York., Credit: Marco Vinicio González
The new Mayor of New York is announcing plans for universal pre-K as part of a number of reforms to the local educational system, joining a handful...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:30
Éxito para todos los estudiantes
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
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Public schools are largely unprepared to teach and guide Latino students. These students face some of the most critical issues in the school syste...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:16
Fábrica de estudiantes genios
From: Radio Bilingue
Series: Diploma en Mano
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Students of an impoverished elementary school that sits next to a waste dump near the U.S. border scored the best math grades in Mexico in a nation...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:34
Pearl Curran - "Ghost"-writer
From: Hold That Thought
Series: People, Places, and Ideas to Explore
Caption: Illustration of Pearl Curran and Patience Worth from the American Weekly, ca. 1940
Professor Daniel Shea shares the story of Pearl Curran, who, beginning in 1913, used a Ouija board to transcribe novels, plays, essays, and poetry ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Restless Souls
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
Caption: In 1912, Abdul-Baha, leader of the Baha'i faith, visited Greenacre, a religious community in Maine founded by Sarah Farmer., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Spiritual but not religious? Professor Leigh Schmidt uses the story of Sarah Farmer, a 19th-century visionary, to illustrate the ever-present strug...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 1
Art and Nationhood
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
Caption: Frederic Church, “Our Banner in the Sky” (1861)
Professor Angela Miller uses examples of portraits, landscape and genre paintings, folk art, and more to describe the intersection of American arts...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
Cultural Regionalization - Colin Woodard Part Two
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Part Two - Generational discussion with author Colin Woodard

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
EPISODE #SE003 "The Pony Express!"
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Grant Baciocco
The Pony Express was a back breaking mail route that got messages across the country in record breaking times around 1861. What important messages...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
EPISODE #SE002 "Gold At Sutter's Mill!"
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Kevin MacLeod
In 1848, gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. Pretty exciting right? Find out in this episode of Did This Happen?

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
EPISODE #SE001 "The Golden Spike!"
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
On this episode of Did This Happen?, we are there as the golden spike connecting the transcontinental railroads is driven into the ground!

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
EPISODE #152 “Signing Of The Declaration Of Independence Part II!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
We take a peek back in on the Founding Fathers and see if they’ve gotten any further in their signing of the Declaration of Independence. This is t...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
EPISODE #151 “The Wright Brothers!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
The Wright Brothers were adults when their careers started to soar, but what were they like as kids? That’s what we take a look at in this episode ...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1