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How Sweet It Is - The Music of Marvin Gaye
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Music Lecture
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A musical history of the "Prince of Motown Marvin" Gaye is the subject of this program.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:04
  • Purchases: 1
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episode 38
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episode 15
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episode 14
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Working Tapes: Press Agent
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Eddie Jaffee, Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Eddie Jaffe was a press agent "legendary for his lost causes, chutzpah and angst," according to his obituary in the New York Times. He represented ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 3
Blanche Stuart Scott
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Scott -- called "The Tomboy of the Air" -- was part of Curtiss' exhibition team, flying upside down and plummeting to the earth in "death dives," ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:21
Sally Rand
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Rand was even arrested once wearing long underwear and a "censored by the SFPD" sign -- despite the judge's immunity ruling

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
Annie Oakley
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Phoebe Ann Moses so fascinated a sharpshooting Irish immigrant named Frank Butler by beating him out of a hundred dollar bet that he married her an...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
Annie Edson Taylor
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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Annie Edson Taylor was the first to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:57
Kitty O’Neil
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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And at twenty-eight years of age, having beaten every challenge life threw her, O'Neil climbed into the seat of a hydrogen peroxide powered rocket ...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
The Latvala Files: Hangin' Out in the Vault
From: Justin Grotelueschen
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Never-before released interviews with the late Dick Latvala, the first official archivist for the Grateful Dead.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 03, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
HEAT -- George Carlin
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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John dissects language, media and culture with comedian George Carlin.

Bought by Prairie Public, WKSU, KZYX, KVNF, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 22
HEAT -- The End of the Beginning
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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A reflection on changes in 1990 South Africa from a poet, the playwright Athol Fugard, musicians, Ambassador Lindewe Mabuzeh and everyday people.

Bought by WCPN, KERA, KLCC, WCQS, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
HEAT -- A Long Sweet Visit
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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John Hockenberry visits with bluesman Mose Allison and his daughter, singer Amy Allison.

Bought by Prairie Public, Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 7
HEAT -- Families
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em: HEAT's poly-partisan take on the nuclear unit with special guests Matt Groening (and father), Mike Fed...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KVMR, WCPN, WGBH Radio Boston, KLCC and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 10
HEAT -- Visions of Armageddon
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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A HEAT Scrapbook of the Apocalypse

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KLCC, KSFR, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 8
HEAT -- The Beginning of the End
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Just before Nelson Mandela's release from prison, John Hockenberry speaks with South African musician Johnny Clegg and political comedian Jimmy Tin...

Bought by KZYX, WCPN, KLCC, KERA, WCQS and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
HEAT -- Stories We Can Tell
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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John swaps stories with Singer/Songwriter Luka Bloom, Storyteller Mike Feder and Lynda Barry

Bought by WCPN, KLCC, WGBH Radio Boston, KERA, and WCQS


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 5
HEAT -- The Doctor is IN
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Conversation and performance with New Orleans' Dr. John and legendary songwriter Doc Pomus.

Bought by Prairie Public, WCPN, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KERA and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6