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2023 All Mixed Up-The Outakes
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Bob Dylan & Bill Lee
Tributes, celebrations and music from 2023- Off the cutting room floor including Tommy Smothers, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Les McCann, George Winston, Youn...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:57:24
Stones & Beatles-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Bright Musical Acts!
An incredible gathering of new music from the original British Invasion Bands and celebrations of essential musicians and artists that have left us...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Royal Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Quenn Elizabeth II, Credit: The Carnival Queen
The Crown is passed on in this tribute to Queen Elizabeth II with words and music in a Royal Mix

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:56:40
  • Purchases: 1
Best of All Possible Worlds
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: The Best Things In Life Are Free
Optimistic Voices coming together with words, music and tributes to Robert Morse & Gilbert Gottfried... and the hope that "The Best Is Yet To Come!"

  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:38
A Shortcut Through 2021
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Stephen Sondheim, Credit: Al Hirschfeld
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left us.

Bought by The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KAAD-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KVSC, Hawaii Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 13
A More Perfect Union: A Musical Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 2-Hour version
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent a lifetime championing her two passions: equal rights and classical music, often referencing the si...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KWAX, Hawaii Public Radio, WWFM, WKNO and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:30
  • Purchases: 23
A More Perfect Union: A Musical Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 1-Hour Version
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent a lifetime championing her two passions: equal rights and classical music, often referencing the si...

Bought by WABE, KTEP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 19
Shortcuts 2020 Tributes
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Fred Willard
An additional hour of tributes from just a few of those lost in 2020

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut Through 2020
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A final look at an impossible year, 12 months of incredible drama, played out over the world stage in an hour long retrospective

Bought by KMUN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 13
All Mixed Up-American Dream
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Approaching America , Credit: 1905
From Antonín Dvorak's “New World Symphony” through Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land”, James Baldwin’s visions of a “Native Son” into the lat...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2019
  • Length: 59:25
GPV41 Book Review - Affliction
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Affliction by Russell Banks.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
Artists & Activists-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Albert Einstein-Refugee, Credit: David Art
Hear the sounds of The Resistance, from airports, border crossings, street protests and refugees from around the globe mixed with new music, powerf...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:55:59
A Shortcut Tribute Mix- 2016 (Part Three)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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The tributes continue on this third hour of Shortcuts, celebrating more of the lives lost to 2016, including Princess Leia, George Michael and others

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 1
Live Art Sounds of the Human Soul Part 6
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Erin Frye and Charles, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art, sponsored for the past three years by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kin...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
A Shortcut Through 2015
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Moment of Zen 2015
A unique retrospective of the past year, including audio of the major events of 2015--the cultural highs and lows, mixed with music of the year and...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Talking Information Center, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 7
Steve Moore: Tears of a Clown Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Steve Moore
Charmed lives lack for something. If you’re born in a state of nirvana or somehow privileged as a member of the elect, what’s the point? It’s only ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2015
  • Length: 26:07
Live Art Sound of the Human Soul Part 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Students at Live Art., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Live Art, sponsored by the School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), is the only program of its kind in the country. It’s th...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 25:38
Wonderful Tonight - A Song Story
From: Will Heron
Series: Song Stories
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Here's a Song Story guaranteed to make you smile, if not tear up.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:41
An Autistic Teen's Guide To Impersonating Michael Jackson
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Impersonating Michael Jackson made it easier for Lorenzo Manuel to deal with the social pressures of middle school., Credit: Courtesy of Lorenzo Manuel
Lorenzo Manuel started impersonating Michael Jackson after the singer’s death. At the time he found impersonating Michael helped him to cope with t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Rachel Barton Pine in The Green Room
From: Lara Downes
Series: THE GREEN ROOM with Lara Downes
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Behind the scenes and before the downbeat… join concert pianist and host Lara Downes backstage in the Green Room for a look into the real lives of ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 11:40
EPISODE I: PREAMBLE
From: Annex Radio: The Modern Radio Playhouse
Series: Convention
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We introduce Matthew Hoffman, the candidate. The tall, charming man of Massachusetts who is only now reflecting on the man he has become.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 18:27
LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall
From: Amy Rapp
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LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION: Live from Bass Performance Hall is an autobiographical dark comedy, written and performed by "This American Life" co...

Bought by KHEN-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Project One Day
From: Poetic Violence
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A brief program synopsis : This is an audio piece describing the life of a typical male in the western world. From womb to tomb. This is my first...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 24:40
Muses Mind Radio Drama presents:
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: 1940s dial telephone
"Sorry, Wrong Number" --- Produced eight times between 1943 and 1960, "Sorry, Wrong Number," Lucille Fletcher’s phenomenal success is radio’s mos...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 21:03
A Lonely Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Ernest Borgnine as "Marty"
A classic year-end show that highlights the celebration of the holiday rather than the passing of any specific year. It's all about the going out, ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:41