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The Comedy-O-Rama New Year Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: Judy Tenuta, Stuart Pankin, and Bob Camp Ring in the New Year, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Bob Camp, Stuart Pankin and Judy Tenuta help The Comedy-O-Rama Hour ring in the New Year, presenting some of the funniest moments from the improvis...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:57
GUESTS: David Moore (Bing & Ruth) + Randy Raine Reusch
From: Don Hill
Series: Cafe Acousmatic
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
Off-Ramp Presents: Jim Tully, father of hardboiled fiction, the "most hated man in Hollywood"
From: john rabe
Caption: Jim Tully at an MGM soundstage, Credit: MGM
Off-Ramp's Chris Greenspon tells the fabulous and tragic story of Jim Tully, famous in the Thirties, forgotten in the Forties.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 14:18
Pat O'Keefe Showcases the Bass Clarinet in his CD Release Concert
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pat O'Keefe with bass clarinet, Credit: Scott Miller
Pat O’Keefe plays an instrument that is not well known to the general public, the bass clarinet. But Pat shows us that the instrument expresses a v...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Icy Winds of Lovecraft (Promo)
From: Iain Wilson
Caption: Antarctic explorers discover a creature in a cavern, Credit: Astounding Tales, February 1936
On the 35th Anniversary of Alien, "The Icy Winds of Lovecraft" looks at how Alien and John Carpenter's The Thing were both influenced by the strang...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: :58
Folktale of The Wind
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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From gentle breezes to nor'easters, squalls and unrelenting gales, it’s these air currents that carry us to every corner of the musical world this ...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 9
Songs Used In Commercials (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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This episode discusses songs that have been used in ad campaigns (i.e. Commercials)

  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Sumunar Gamelan and Dance Ensemble performs at Macalester College. Piece for week beginning April 28, 2014
From: KBEM
Caption: Joko Suttrisno at home, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
We talk to Joko Sutrisno, leader of the Sumunar Gamelan and Dance Ensemble since 1995. He tells us a little about gamelan music, getting us ready f...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
All Mixed Up with The Everly Brothers
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: The Everly Brothers
Celebrating The Everly Brothers-a tribute to Don & Phil Everly with classic tracks from their entire career including rare interviews, demos, alter...

Bought by Prairie Public and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:34
  • Purchases: 2
Captain Kangaroo's Box of Sound
From: Brett Barry
Caption: Photo of Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) reading as Hugh Brannum (Mr. Green Jeans) comes with a surprise cake to announce the fifth anniversary of the television program Captain Kangaroo., Credit: CBS Television
A box of sound effects from the Captain Kangaroo show opens the door to a bygone era of live television production. Interviews with key players on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: Doctor Bob
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of "The Live Feed" we will be talking with a local musician who calls himself Doctor Bob. He lives right here in Winona and even pr...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 33:42
The Live Feed Presents: Animalist
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of "The Live Feed" we visit with the band "Animalist". A progressive hardcore group from the La Crosse area. They will explain to u...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 39:40
Memories of the Traveling Carnival
From: Traveling 219
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In the age before television and the internet, traveling carnivals brought a glimpse of the exotic and the bizarre to the modest everyday lives of ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:21
Folktale of the Market Place
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of the Market Place, Credit: Julia Meek
This week's edition of Folktales finds us "Shopping 'til we drop", in a wide variety of musical fashions-- and as J.C. Penney would say: It's all i...

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , and WFIU


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
All Mixed Up : Shakedown with James Ellroy
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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Conversation with author James Ellroy about his online book "Shakedown" featuring Confidential magazine and LA Detective Fred Otash. Featuring clas...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 58:08
All Mixed Up with Pinback
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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An interview with Pinback founders Zach Smith and Rob Crow featuring music from their latest release "Information Retrieved" and all mixed up in th...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
Folktale of Curses!
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Curses!, Credit: Julia Meek
Curses! THIS week's Folktale is 'doomed' to explore hexes, vexes, oaths & other forms of musical evil will, and a voo-doo or two, just for good (or...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, KLCC, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Folktale of Brave Journeys
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Brave Journeys, Credit: Julia Meek
This episode of Folktales paves the way to enlightenment with musical offerings of encouragement from around the world. Hope you can join us for th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 12
All Mixed Up: The Fall Preview
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Pick These Myself!
The second hour od\f All Mixed Up featuring some of Fall's best new music with tour information provided by Bob Dylan, Ricky & Lucy Ricardo, Ethel ...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:24
A Night at the Rock Opera
From: Radio K
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Do I go to a rock show, or out to the theater? Figuring out the best way to support your local arts scene can sometimes be tough. But fear not, Cul...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 04:57
Folktale of Friendship
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Friendship, Credit: Julia Meek
A bit of Aristotelian advice, good buddy: "The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend." That's what this week's Folktale is all about.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 11
This Week in Texas Music History: Kenneth Threadgill
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of March (3/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a preacher’s son who helped launch a rock star’s c...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Edger Winter
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of December (12/28): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a self-proclaimed white trash musician who helpe...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Cornelio Reyna
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the third week of September (9/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who straddled both political and cul...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
This Week in Texas Music History: Beethoven Maennerchor
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of February (2/24): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singing group that was founded in the 1800s b...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:33