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The Haunting of the Five and Dime
From: Rebecca Glotfelty
Series: The Red Jacket Jamboree, an old time radio variety show
Caption: John Davey on The Red Jacket Jamboree, Credit: Nate Bett
Join the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests: singer-songwriter John Davey and author T.Marie Bertineau for a special that explores the myth...

Bought by Southern Branch Bluegrass and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase Special (C-2) - Fantasy Concert Series 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 2 of 5 of our Fantasy Concert Special Series. Featuring artists whose tours of the United States were all cancelled by the 2020 coronavirus...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUPR low power FM, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Louisville Public Media, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase Special (C-1) - Fantasy Concert Series 1
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 1 of 5 of our Fantasy Concert Special. Featuring artists whose tours of the United States were all cancelled by the 2020 coronavirus outbre...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUPR low power FM, Louisville Public Media, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Teen Soul (The Doo-Wop Years)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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Teen Soul (The Doo-Wop Years) Chronicles the preteen and teenage acts during the 1950s and the early 1960s.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WUFT, and KZYX


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:01:38
  • Purchases: 3
Your Brain on Movies, Pt. 1
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Psychologist Jeffrey Zacks explains why people (even psychologists!) get so emotionally involved in movies.

Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 4
Your Brain on Movies, Pt. 2
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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It's the sequel! Psychologist Jeff Zacks returns to explain how our eyes and brains make sense of continuous movie edits.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 11:39
  • Purchases: 3
The Embedded Artist Tries Fly Tying
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Alauna Yust is the producer of Area Voices and our very own Embedded Artist. Alauna hangs out with fine and folk art groups around Bemidji and trie...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 07:44
Shakespeare: In the Park & in the Streets
From: Hold That Thought
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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis speaks to its many projects and its summer 2015 production of Antony and Cleopatra.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 13:40
The Double Bass
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by Jazz Double Bassist Patrick Mulcahy and Classical Bassist Andy Anderson to explore the floor of music, the Double Bass...

Bought by KMUW and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
What is Swing?
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by Larry Kohut on Bass, Jon Deitemyer on Drums, and Jim Gaillereto on Tenor Sax for an hour of music and conversation abo...

Bought by WJSU and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 2
At The Mardi Gras
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1, Credit: Mardi Gras Records
It's MARDI GRAS time! You don't have to be in New Orleans for MARDI GRAS. Just tune in to this show: "AT THE MARDI GRAS" and you will be dancing Tr...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz on Film
From: D. Christine
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Strangers on a train, partners in crime - the two great art forms of the twentieth century meet. As film composers incorporated new sounds into th...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
My Country Music Magic
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Country Music Series
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This one hour program takes a look at the best of the African American Country music artists both present and past. The program features Grand Ole ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIP-LP, KPIP-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:40
  • Purchases: 5
A Halloween R&B Funky Party
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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One hour of Halloween fun with R&B and Soul classics that you will enjoy. Your host is IGOR - the Music Monster!

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2013
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 4
Summer Soul, Summer Funk! (with a dash of Jazz)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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Its "Hot Fun In The Summetime" when you air this show. During this summer break, It summer madness with Sly Stone, Kool & the Gang, James Brown, WA...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
THE LEGACY OF EURIAH PILLAR
From: Steven Oney
Series: CAPE COD RADIO MYSTERY THEATER
Caption: 'THE LEGACY OF EURIAH PILLAR, Credit: SCOTT DICKIE
A Captain Waverly Underhill mystery: A death in the family can be expensive. When an eccentric millionaire leaves a bizarre will, it can cost a...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 41:39
'THE CALLER ON LINE ONE'
From: Steven Oney
Series: CAPE COD RADIO MYSTERY THEATER
Caption: THE CALLER ON LINE ONE, Credit: SCOTT DICKIE
A Radio Thriller (part of the CAPE COD RADIO MYSTERY THEATER series to be uploaded soon) Our most popular radio thriller.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 35:22
(The Electrifying) Eddie Harris
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Eddie Harris, Credit: Atlantic Records
EDDIE HARRIS was an jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also flu...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WVAS, Radio New Zealand, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 4
Soul Serenade (A Tribute to King Curtis)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
Caption: King Curtis
This is a one hour musical program on the legacy of saxophonist KING CURTIS.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WJAB, and WVAS


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:16
  • Purchases: 3
A Doo-wop Christmas!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: A Doo-wop Christmas, Credit: http://www.ehobbytools.com/
This is a one hour Christmas music show featuring classics from the 1950's and the 1960's. The program is divided into three sets to allow space fo...

Bought by KPIK-LP, WEZU, WJAB, WVAS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 58:12
  • Purchases: 11
Be My Valentine!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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This show is a VALENTINES DAY variety music special featuring romantic Jazz, R&B & Blues classics. This will be a wonderful addition to your spec...

Bought by KREV-LP and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 50:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Clyde Beatty Show - "Perils of the Tiger Barn"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! THE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO
Caption: The first NEW Clyde Beatty show since the 1950s!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A brand new radio theater featuring characters from the classic radio show, The Clyde Betty Show!

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 21:53
Tom Mix - "Tom Mix And The Mystery Of The Bodiless Horseman"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! THE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO
Caption: The first NEW Tom Mix show since the 1950s!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A brand new radio theater featuring characters from the classic radio show, Tom Mix and His Ralston Straight-Shooters

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 25:35