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Frank Sinatra - A Voice in Time
From: Joyride Media
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Nancy Sinatra hosts this one-hour special looking back at Frank Sinatra's early years (1939-1952).

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
What's the Word? Literary Roots of Opera
From: Modern Language Association
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Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Falstaff, and their literary predecessors

Bought by 'The Sea', WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 9
DYLAN: OH MERCY
From: Joyride Media
Series: DYLAN
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Patti Smith hosts this hour of Bob Dylan music and conversation covering 1989 to the present

Bought by WMNR, KPSQ-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 32
DYLAN: SHELTER FROM THE STORM
From: Joyride Media
Series: DYLAN
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Patti Smith hosts this hour of Bob Dylan music and conversation covering 1974-1989

Bought by WMNR, KPSQ-LP, KMUW, Harford Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 34
DYLAN: LIKE A ROLLING STONE
From: Joyride Media
Series: DYLAN
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Patti Smith hosts this hour of Bob Dylan music and conversation covering 1965-1974

Bought by WMNR, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KPSQ-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42
DYLAN: BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
From: Joyride Media
Series: DYLAN
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Patti Smith hosts this hour of Bob Dylan music and conversation covering 1961-1964.

Bought by WMNR, KPSQ-LP, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KFAI Minneapolis, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 36
The Sopranos and Hamlet
From: Paul Levinson
Series: The Sopranos Ending - A Modern Masterpiece?
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"And the rest is silence" is the famous, much-praised last line of Hamlet - it applies to the cut to sudden-black at the end of The Sopranos, doesn...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:55
The Sopranos and the Closure-Junkies
From: Paul Levinson
Series: The Sopranos Ending - A Modern Masterpiece?
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we're all closure-junkies - craving resolutions in the endings of the stories we encounter - can we break the habit long enough to appreciate the e...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 07:09
The Sopranos, or the Tiger?
From: Paul Levinson
Series: The Sopranos Ending - A Modern Masterpiece?
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first of series of special analysis of The Sopranos' ending ... here, I compare it to the famous ending of Stockton's The Lady or The Tiger...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
AMERICA: HERE & NOW
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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One-hour music intensive special features America, with new live recordings of their classic hits, previews of songs from their upcoming double CD,...

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 1
CL 2006 Richard Schickel "What ever became of the movies"
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Film critic Richard Schickel talks about tecnology and the movies.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Waylon Jennings: Nashville Rebel
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour music intensive radio special pays tribute to American music icon Waylon Jennings.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, WMMT, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 9
Johnny Cash: Live at San Quentin
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour music intensive documentary looks back on Johnny Cash's historic 1969 concert at San Quentin State Prison.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Prairie Public, KGLT, WNIJ, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 13
AARON NEVILLE: BRING ON THE SOUL
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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New one-hour music intensive radio special features Aaron Neville performing classics songs by the all-time great R&B artists who have inspired Aar...

Bought by WUFT, WUFT, KCMJ Community Radio, KMUW, WSLR and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2006
  • Length: 56:39
  • Purchases: 11
Bob Wills: The King of Western Swing
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour documentary about legendary western-swing musician and bandleader Bob Wills.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, High Plains Public Radio, WDCB, WEZU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 26
The Byrds (part 2): Farther Along
From: Joyride Media
Series: The Byrds: There is a Season / Farther Along
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The Second of two one-hour documentaries on The Byrds, covering 1968 to 1972: the groundbreaking country-rock years.

Bought by Prairie Public, KPSQ-LP, WMMT, KPVL, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 30
The Byrds (part 1): There is a Season
From: Joyride Media
Series: The Byrds: There is a Season / Farther Along
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The first of two one-hour documentaries on The Byrds, covering 1964 to 1967: the hitmaking years of the band's original five members.

Bought by Prairie Public, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 31
Golden Smog - Another Fine Radio Hour
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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One-hour music intensive special spotlights the collaborative spirit behind Golden Smog, a roots-rock supergroup featuring members of Wilco (Jeff T...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, WCPN, KDLG, WEOS and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:35
  • Purchases: 9
Chuck Berry: Hail Hail the King of Rock 'n' Roll
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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One-hour music-intensive radio special celebrates the unforgettable music of Chuck Berry.

Bought by WUFT, WUFT, KFAI Minneapolis, KZYX, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 01:01:35
  • Purchases: 20
Johnny Cash: The Last Highway
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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One-hour music intensive special celebrates the release of American V: A Hundred Highways, the all-new Johnny Cash album from his last studio recor...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEOS, AIFM, WCMU Michigan, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 5
Windham Hill: A Quiet Revolution
From: Joyride Media
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John Diliberto (Echoes) hosts this documentary on the 30-year history of Windham Hill Records.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Radio New Zealand, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Davld Leopold: "Irving Berlin's Show Business"
From: David Gans
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Interview with music

  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:40:39
Bruce Springsteen: The Story of Born to Run
From: Joyride Media
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This one hour radio documentary tells the inside story of Bruce Springsteen's classic album, Born To Run on it's 30th anniversary.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 36
Herbie Hancock: Imagine the Possibilities
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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This one-hour music intensive radio special salutes legendary keyboardist Herbie Hancock.

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, and WOMR


  • Added: Aug 11, 2005
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 3