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The Drum Takes the Lead
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week back in 1981, Rush released Tom Sawyer and all anyone could talk about was Neil Peart's drum work. For fun, I asked the internet for oth...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KECG, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
24803: The Bear + American Fiction, 2/8/2024
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story, we’re joined by veteran television writer Joanna Calo, showrunner of celebrated FX hit The Bear, to discuss finding the show...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Blue Dimensions M06: Ethan Iverson "Technically Acceptable" for sure!
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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New and older music from pianist Ethan Iverson, former pianist of The Bad Plus

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Sweet Spot (#1630)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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If you're in a book club, how do you decide what books to read? There are lots of different ways, depending on your group's goals. And is it ever w...

Bought by WPCA-LP, RADIOLEX, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
35 Year Copyright
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There is a portion of Copyright law that is starting to come due. It states that if 35 years pass that you can petition for your copyright to be r...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KECG, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Spaceships Over Glasgow
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the autobiography of Stuart Braithwaite, founder of the long-running post-rock band Mogwai. We listened to some of th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Wax Museum 2/3/24 Show #201 Krautrock! Pt. 2
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Wax Museum
Caption: The Wax Museum, Credit: Tyler Palladino
The second installment of Krautrock! - West German 1970’s progressive rock

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:15
World in Progress 02/01/24
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Unwed mothers and their children are ostracized by society and stigmatized by their own families. Many women and children en...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
2403: Refeed: The French Connection + The Sopranos, with David Chase, 2/1/2024
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll join Breaking Bad creator & showrunner Vince Gilligan for a retrospective look at the 1971 cult-classic The French Conn...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Blue Dimensions M05: Trombonist and composer Javier Nero makes a musical journey to ancient Kemet, "The Black Land"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Trombonist Javier Nero visits Kemet ("The Black Land") a society in ancient Egypt that pre-dated ancient Greece.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
You're Saying It Wrong: An Introduction
From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong
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Who are we? What are we doing here? This episode will introduce listeners to host Fletcher Powell and language experts Kathy Petras and Ross Petras...

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Classics For Kids – February 2024 – Gioachino Rossini
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Classics For Kids
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Classics for Kids is a fun introduction to classical music for kids of all ages. Each month focuses on a different composer.

Bought by KUHF, GCR (Global Community Radio), High Plains Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 8
Gift Horse (#1528)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The edge of the Grand Canyon. A remote mountaintop, or a medieval cathedral. Some places are so mystical you feel like you're close to another dime...

Bought by KTXK, WPCA-LP, KTSW 89.9, WNIN, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Toward a Theory and History of the Loop
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the book "Now and Forever," one of the first book-length investigations into the many ways that loops (repeated audio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
2402: Refeed: James Gray + On Dark Winds, 1/25/2024
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story, we’re joined by lauded writer, director, and producer, James Gray, for a conversation on his incredible career, starting wit...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Blue Dimensions M04: New music from Kirsten Edkins from her album "Shapes & Sound"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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saxophonist Kirsten Edkins' new album "Shapes & Sounds."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KHNS, KMUW and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Had the Radish (#1527)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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This week on A Way with Words: Your first name is very personal, but what if you don't like it? For some people, changing their name works out grea...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN, KTSW 89.9, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
The Song Writers - 4 Teams
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Song writers are behind every hit we have ever heard. Here are four songwriting teams that gave use hundreds of our favorite songs in the '60s and ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Cool Song Of The Week of 1/21 Spirit
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Cool Song of The Week
Caption: The Cool Song Of The Week, Credit: Mike Bock
Cool songs from the Rock and Roll Era

  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 03:41
Wax Museum 1/20/24 Show #200 "Krautrock!
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Wax Museum
Caption: The Wax Museum, Credit: Tyler Palladino
West German progressive rock from the late 1960’s through 1974.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:55:05
24802: Writing Watchmen with Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson + On Writing Contact with James V Hart, 1/18/2024
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story, we’re joined by Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson to discuss writing their Emmy-winning episode of the hit show Watchmen. La...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Science unscripted (DW) - Can God change a kid's moral compass?
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on science unscripted - What kids think about God, what Poles think about veganism, and what people eating broccoli think about other peo...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Orange Pigs (#1629)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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What do you call a segment of an orange? These juicy pieces of fruit go by lots of different names, including section, wedge, and carpel. But they'...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Raven Radio, WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
The Cool Song Of The Week week of 1/14
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Cool Song of The Week
Caption: The Cool Song Of The Week, Credit: Mike Bock
Cool songs from the Rock and Roll Era

  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 03:54
The Needle and the Lens
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "The Needle and the Lens," which explores pop songs used in film. So...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1

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