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Episode 3: Isolated
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show
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We talk about the fear of isolation–both physical and emotional–and how it’s connected to portrayals of grief in rural horror movies.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 35:35
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
WPRN Public Radio Theater Presents Caught Between Episode 19
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Episode Nineteen – I’ll give the girls a bag for the powder room. D’laska goes to Juan’s Caribbean Club pretending he’s a drug dealer and befriend...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 17:42
Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant!
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Thelonious Monk: The Jazz Giant! is a one hour program highlighting some of the best works of composer Thelonious Monk.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:56
SPRINGSTEEN: Writers' Favorites (HOUR 1)
From: Paul Ingles
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"...articulate, thoughtful, moving" A LIMITED SERIES. Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce Springs...

Bought by WHRV, KUOW, KSUT, KSRQ, and KRCU Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
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
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episode 37
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: 01:00:00
From Word to Word
From: Claud Leandro
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The fascinating evolution of everyday words.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 50:13
The Sanguine Script part 2
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: The Sanguine Script
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A story of intrigue, deception, and murder most foul. Welcome, dear listener... to the Sanguine Script part 1!

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:41
The Sanguine Script part 1
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: The Sanguine Script
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A story of intrigue, deception, and murder most foul. Welcome, dear listener... to the Sanguine Script part 1!

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 07:03
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
Classical Composers & Musicians of African Descent Vol. II
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Price
This is a classical music program highlighting composers and musicians of African descent. This is one part of a limited music series.

Bought by KWAX and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:02:29
  • Purchases: 2
Two Stars: Big Maybelle / Andy and the Bey Sisters
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Two Stars, two acts, one Blues and the other Jazz. Both at the opposite ends of a thin line. This show highlights Blues stouter Big Maybelle and th...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 1
What is Soul? (A Definition of a Music)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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SOUL is a feeling. SOUL is from the root. SOUL is Free. SOUL is Ray Charles. SOUL is James Brown. SOUL is Aretha Franklin. SOUL is Nina Simone. SOU...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WUFT, KISA Digital Studios, KPIP-LP, and WTIP


  • Added: May 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
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
An Hour of Jazz (Duke Ellington)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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An Hour of Jazz (Duke Ellington) is a short history and a musical dedication to Jazz legend Duke Ellington.

Bought by WEAA, WNCU, WNMU-FM, KTXK, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 6
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
#32 MIW Bekka Fink - Rockstar Organizer and Performing Artist
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Bekka Fink on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
Rockstar Organizer, Bekka Fink, shares her journey of decluttering spaces for her clients on this episode of Making it Work.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 24:18
The King of the Blues: The Music of B.B. King
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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The great B.B. King passed away on May 14, 2015. He was one of the greatest Blues entertainers of all time. B.B. King’s recording career began in 1...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
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