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Rock Guitar Virtuosos
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "Rock Guitar Virtuosos," an academic book that acts as a study of old and new guitar shredders, what ...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
3 Shades of Blue
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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In this episode, we talked about the new book "3 Shades of Blue," which discusses the careers of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans, and th...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 26:57
EDM in America
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Underground is Massive," which charts the foundation and development of Electronic Dance Music (EDM)...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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
Krautrock
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Krautrock," a recent addition to the 33 1/3 "Genre" series that explores the history and influence of Ge...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2024
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 1
John Luther Adams
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about John Luther Adams and his biography, "Silences So Deep," which focuses on his time living in Alaska between 1978 a...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Arnold Schoenberg
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new Harvey Sachs book "Schoenberg: Why He Matters," which looks at the life and music of a composer who is one...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 1
Two Peace Books by David LaMotte & J. Lawrence Graham
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: David LaMotte
On today's episode, correspondent Priyanka Shankar talks to songwriter, speaker and author David LaMotte, who wrote WORLD-CHANGING 101: CHALLENGING...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Henry Threadgill
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Bill Frisell
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Dance-Punk and the Genre Series
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...

  • Added: May 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
The Writing Well: Fiction Writers Share Inspirations, Tips, and Techniques
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with an anthology on fiction writing, going to "the writing well" to fill the creative spirit wit...

Bought by KMXT, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
2019: To All the Boys I've Loved Before + Workin' Moms, 5/7/2020
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Caption: Sofia Alvarez, Credit: Austin Film Festival
This week on On Story we’ll hear playwright and screenwriter Sofia Alvarez discuss the difference between writing for the stage and screen and the ...

  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
What We're Reading: Best. Movie. Year. Ever: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Contributor Andrew Dziengel talks with movie expert Brian Raftery about his new book Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:09
129: Candace Bushnell, Is There Still Sex in the City? Live On Stage
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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Candace Bushnell gave us a reason to sit on our couch every week to soak in the stories of the women--and men--of the 90s television culture-chang...

Bought by WCNY, KWIT, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Discover Haiti
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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LTR!s July showcase, Discover HAITI, offers an interesting sidebar to second most populous country in the Caribbean at 10.6 million. It was the fi...

Bought by KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:03:13
  • Purchases: 1
Religion and Comic Books: A Tangled Web
From: Hold That Thought
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Roshan Abraham, assistant professor of classics and religious studies, traces the many ways religion influences, shapes, and appears in comics.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 2
How The Bard Meant It (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-How did Shakespeare's plays really sound 400 years ago. Plus: The big ideas in the plays of Shakespeare. And more….

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, Troy Public Radio, KRDP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
Allusionist 25: Toki Pona
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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There’s a language which is said to be the smallest language in the world. It has around 123 words, five vowels, nine consonants, and apparently yo...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 24: Spill Your Guts
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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It's cathartic; it's a useful historical record; and it might help you behave better on public transport. Neil Katcher and Dave Nadelberg from Mort...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 18:58
Allusionist 19: Architecting About Dance
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture” is a problematic statement: not just because nobody can agree on who came up with it, but ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 3
Phillip Margolin discusses "Woman with a Gun"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Phillip Margolin is an attorney and the author of nineteen novels. You may visit him at www.phillipmargolin.com or at www.facebook.com/PhillipMargo...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 27:44
Scott Phillips discusses "Hop Alley"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
Caption: Hop Alley
Scott Phillips is a novelist living in Missouri.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 20:56
Reading Chekhov
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Our “Reading Chekhov” series culminates in a full hour on the Russian physician who spun the small happenings of old Russia into some of the most p...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Food and Wine Books in the News
From: The Book Report
Series: The Book Report
Caption: Elaine Charles, Credit: Former Library of Congress and Miami Herald staffer
A spread of new books about food: from evil sugar to wonderful wine.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 54:10