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Caption: Donald Harrison, Credit: Courtesy of Donald Harrison
Saxophonist, cultural activist, educator and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison talks about jazz's rich diversity and its roots in New Orleans' ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Joel Snyder
Educator, advocate and pioneer in audio description, Dr. Joel Snyder talks about putting the visual into words for blind people.

Bought by WDCB, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
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A tribute to to jazz pianist, composer and Philadelphia studio owner Tony Luisi.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:31
Caption: Comedian Erin Mohr, Credit: Photo provided by Erin Mohr
With the recent controversy surrounding Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special, The Closer, and his jokes about trans women and their genitalia, freelance...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:59
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This book, “How Magicians Think. Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters,” is my love letter to magic,” says Jay, ”and it answers the questi...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 09:51
Caption: Fletcher Henderson Orchestra
More than a decade before the Big Band Era of 1936, there was big band jazz, and they brought swing to their music. Fletcher Henderson, Duke Elling...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What have you lost in the pandemic? What have you found? We asked these questions to people from New York to New Mexico. What they told us has gi...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 26:58
Caption: Shelter in Place Season 3, Credit: Sarah Edgell
How can we feel at home even when our world feels out of control? Shelter in Place, an award-winning arts and wellness podcast, is back for seaso...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:46
Caption: Kate DiCamillo, Credit: Courtesy: Candlewick Press
A conversation with YA and children’s author Kate DiCamillo about reading and writing.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Quick Study, the monthly podcast from the National Endowment for the Arts. This is where we’ll share stats and stories to help us better understand...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Patrick Gallagher, Credit: Provided by Patrick Gallagher
My interview with character actor, Patrick Gallagher. Patrick has appeared in numerous films from "Master And Commander," "Sideways," to playing At...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 13:55
Caption: Richard Pender
It comes in at just over 650 pages, and weighs-in at just under three-and-a-half pounds. It’s also worth every word. Why? Because, if there’s anyth...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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
Caption: Phil Schaap, Credit: Jazz at Lincoln Center
For jazz radio host, educator, producer and archivist Phil Schaap, the music has been a life-long passion and joy.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:03
Caption: Tana French, Credit: Jessica Ryan
Acclaimed Irish crime writer Tana French keeps pushing the genre in her latest book The Searcher.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:47
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
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An interview with John Barbour, former host of "Real People" and author of "Your Mother's Not a Virgin!: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian D...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 35:47
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An interview with Robin Bragg-Marcelli and Rick Marcelli, authors of "Hide Your Love Away: An Intimate Story of Brian Epstein as told by Larry Stan...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 30:33
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An interview with television horror movie hostess and reigning Vampira impersonator Evelle LeChat

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 23:30
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An interview with Danforth Prince, author of "The Seductive Sapphic Exploits of Mercedes de Acosta: Hollywood's Greatest Lover"

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 24:30
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An interview with Amy Bruni, star of "Kindred Spirits" and author of "Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts"

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 23:56
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An interview with William Elliott Hazelgrove, author of "Sally Rand: American Sex Symbol."

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 25:20
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An interview with Harold Holzer, author of "The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle between the White House and the Media--from the Foundi...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 24:26
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An interview with Peter David, author of "Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
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An interview with Kenneth Womack, author of "John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life"

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 26:11