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A Moment in Time: Broadway Struggles With COVID
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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As 2022 opens, once again Broadway finds obstacles as it wars on through the COVID pandemic of the 21st Century.

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Jan 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #141 - Mary Wharton on her Tom Petty film
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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A 2021 documentary film about rocker Tom Petty's landmark WILDFLOWERS album is the focus of a conversation with the film's director Mary Wharton. ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KUHF, KSJE, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Jenner By The Sea & Beyond
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
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WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR is a series of free public programs featuring stories about the people, places and history of our lower Russian River communi...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
Sleepy Winks (#1584)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It was a dark and stormy night. So begins the long and increasingly convoluted prose of Edwards Bulwer-Lytton's best-known novel. Today the annual ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUAT, KTXK, WSLR, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Snaggletooth (#1560)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Many of us struggled with the Old English poem "Beowulf" in high school. But what if you could actually hear "Beowulf" in the English of today? The...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Like a Boiled Owl (#1559)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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What's it like to hike the Pacific Crest Trail all the way from Mexico to Canada? You'll end up with sore muscles and blisters, and great stories t...

Bought by KUAT, WYAP, WSLR, WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Your Two Cents (#1558)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Astronauts returning from space say they experience what's called the overview effect, a new understanding of the fragility of our planet and our n...

Bought by KUAT, WSLR, WYAP, WNIN, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Made from Scratch (#1583)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Enthusiastic book recommendations! Martha's savoring the biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the 19th-century explorer, polymath, and naturalist w...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WYAP, WNIN and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
WoodSongs 844: Celebration of Django Reinhardt featuring Hot Club of San Francisco, Andy Young and Grant Flick
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
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On this week's encore WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt with Hot Club of San Franc...

Bought by KENW, Radio Bristol, KEDT, WETS, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 28
Deviled Eggs (#1554)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Some TV commercials launch catchphrases that stick around long after the original ads. The exclamation Good stuff, Maynard! is still a compliment a...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, WNIN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
GEORGE HARRISON: Best Year Ever - 1971 (Single Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: All Thing Must Pass & The Concert for Bangladesh by George Harrison
GEORGE HARRISON – BEST YEAR EVER celebrates two landmark events that rolled out from George Harrison in 1971. First, it's a deep dive into Harrison...

Bought by KUNM, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KVMR, and KGLT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
GEORGE HARRISON: Best Year Ever - 1971 (HOUR 2 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: All Thing Must Pass & The Concert for Bangladesh by George Harrison
HOUR 2 of 2. GEORGE HARRISON – BEST YEAR EVER celebrates two landmark events that rolled out from George Harrison in 197. In the first hour (alread...

Bought by WUTC, KUPR low power FM, KSJE, and KMSU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Good Vibrations (#1556)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Asthenosphere, a geologist's term for the molten layer beneath the earth's crust, sparks a journey that stretches all the way from ancient Greece t...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
GEORGE HARRISON: Best Year Ever - 1971 (HOUR 1 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: All Thing Must Pass & The Concert for Bangladesh by George Harrison
HOUR 1 of 2. GEORGE HARRISON – BEST YEAR EVER celebrates two landmark events that rolled out from George Harrison in 1971. In this first hour, it...

Bought by WUTC, KUPR low power FM, KSJE, and KMSU


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
EP182 Tony Holiday's Porch Sessions 2
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A compilation of various Blues artists recorded live from their porches.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 1
Salad Days (#1582)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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A documentary film called My Beautiful Stutter" follows youngsters at a summer camp specifically for stutterers. It's a place for finding acceptanc...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, WNIN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Mystery Drawer (#1555)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Amid court-ordered busing in the 1970s, a middle-school teacher tried to distract her nervous students on the first day of class with this strange ...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Constant Wonder - Thanksgiving Special 2021
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: Time for Cranberries; Topic 2: Tony Sarg; Topic 3: Turkey Talk

Bought by KTNA, RadioStPete Florida, KUHF, KRBD, and KTXK


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Your Imaginary Boyfriend (#1581)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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We use the term Milky Way for that glowing arc across the sky. But how people picture it varies from culture to culture. In Sweden, that starry ban...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Sock it to Me (#1557)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In the 15th century, the word respair meant "to have hope again." Although this word fell out of use, it's among dozens collected in a new book of...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WSLR, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Beefed It (#1580)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The words tough, through, and dough all end in O-U-G-H. So why don't they rhyme? A lively new book addresses the many quirks of English by explaini...

Bought by KUAT, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Moon Palace (#1552)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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What happens in a classroom of refugee and immigrant youngsters learning English? Their fresh approach to language can result in remarkable poetry ...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
181: Goo From the Sky
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Apologies--we had sound quality issues. We did not record from the bottom of a metal trash can while hiding from mystery blobs falling from the sky...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
Forty-Eleven Zillion (#1579)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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This week on "A Way with Words": When there's no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? S...

Bought by KUAT, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WYAP, WSLR and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #139b - Hour 2 of 2 - Richie Furay on Poco and more
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Richie Furay during interview with Paul Ingles
Paul Ingles talks with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Richie Furay about his music path which included being a charter member of the revered 1960's gr...

Bought by KFSK, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6

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