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The Wonder of Sound
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
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Explore the wonder of sound on The Children's Hour

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 5
WoodSongs 854: Celebration of Barbershop Harmony
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Vintage Mix Quartet is a group of 15-year-old quadruplets singing Barbershop Harmony.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs folksinger Michael Johnathon Celebrates Barbershop Harmony featuring The Ringmasters, Vintage Mix, The...

Bought by KENW, WLIW, KUAF Public Radio, KMXT, KEDT and more


  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 16
WoodSongs 962: Songs of Rural America The Symphony Concert
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Michael Johnathon and The Ohio Valley Symphony.
Folksinger Michael Johnathon and The Ohio Valley Symphony celebrate the music and stories of America's front porch.

Bought by KSRQ, WEJP-LP 107.1, Interlochen Public Radio, KDLG, KZUM and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Tech: Existential Threat or Life Support?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Days of wonder, days of rage. We're living through an information revolution as profound as any since Gutenberg and the printing press, but are we ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Grateful Dead Blues
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Diddie Wa Diddie
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Join Tom Cairns for an hour of Grateful Dead Blues.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
Georgia Blues 2
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Diddie Wa Diddie
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Georgia Blues from the 1920's to the 1940's.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
Georgia Blues 1
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Diddie Wa Diddie
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Georgia Blues from the 1920's to the 1940's.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
Country Blues 2
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Diddie Wa Diddie
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Country Blues from the 1920's to the current day.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
RDD: To New Heights
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're doing something we've never done before. What are we doing you ask? Well, the Blue Horizon Flying Club w...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2019
  • Length: 06:24
RDD: Time to Tango
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's no surprise that our previous guest, a professor who loves to dance, has lead us to a dance club, the Toledo Tango Club to be exact. Join us f...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 06:07
Where It's At, Vol. 8
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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The newest JazzGrass referendum on "Where It's At" in the world....

  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:56:50
WoodSongs 926: Violet Bell and Skerryvore
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Violet Bell on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes North Carolina roots duo Violet Bell plus award-winning trad folk-rock Sc...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR, WSLR and more


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
Bernstein Encore
From: Wind & Rhythm
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When Leonard Bernstein hosted the Young People’s Concerts in 1958, he started with the William Tell Overture and the black and white video captured...

Bought by 'The Sea', KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMFA


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
The Price of Textbooks
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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It's not uncommon to pay over a hundred dollars for a math or science textbook, and new editions are published frequently. For students struggling...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 16:56
Sound Ecology: Snowy Plovers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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On this segment of Sound Ecology, Ornithologist Mark Colwell features one of our dynamic coastal residents, the western snowy plover.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Billions of Words-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: JFK & Promising Student
Join George Carlin, Barack Obama, JFK, James Taylor, Sarah Palin, Bernie Mac, Bill Maher, and Donald Trump in the Billion Dollar Mix of "Just Words...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 875: Sylvia and JP Harris
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: WoodSongs Kid Kevin Beddingfield delivers a fiery performance.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the Grammy-nominated country singer Sylvia plus authentic country from Ea...

Bought by KDLG, KKWE Niijii Radio, WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLPR and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10
WoodSongs 874: Livingston Taylor and Rebecca Loebe
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Troubadour Livingston Taylor on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes troubadour and music scholar Livingston Taylor plus award-winning indie-f...

Bought by KUAR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KDLG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLPR and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 12
WoodSongs 873: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper and Muriel Anderson
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Muriel Anderson playing her harp guitar on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes one of bluegrass music’s great treasures Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper ...

Bought by KMUN, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMXT, WETS, KUCO and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10
Sound Ecology: Arcata Marsh
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the city of Arcata's Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary that also functions as an innovative wastewater treatment facility.

Bought by KZYX, WNED Buffalo, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Allen's Hummingbird
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the amazing migration of Allen's Hummingbirds along the pacific flyway. Best aired late winter through spring and su...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Aleutian Geese
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology focuses on the recovery of the once-endangered Aleutian Geese that winter in northern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Soldier Philosophers Part 2: The Morality of War
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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An army whistle-blower returns to combat during the height of the surge in Iraq, now surrounded me hostile comrades. We then look at the morality o...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 46:14
'The Hayride' Program 86 (2 Hours)
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride' (2 Hours)
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This program is two hours in length and explores roots music by presenting several types of musical styles including bluegrass, alternative country...

Bought by WPCA-LP, WPCA-LP, and WPCA-LP


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 3
WS855E: Celebration of the Hammered Dulcimer
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The hammered duclimer: a unique instrument with a unique sound.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates the hammered dulcimer with three master musicians Joshua Mess...

Bought by WETS, WLPR , RadioFreePalmer, WPCA-LP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9