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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we looked at the new book "Music for Prime Time," which documents the rich history of music writt...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about our songwriting/composing club, an upcoming songwriting workshop about "four chor...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 27:29
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This week on the show: Brexit is delayed again as the UK calls a general election. Speaker of the House John Bercow stands down after ten years. ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
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I’ve remarked more than once, here on the show, on the unique qualities that director Wes Anderson brings to his films.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
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For someone who writes about films as I do, there are always cases of movies that fly under the radar, escaping my notice, maybe not even playing l...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:35
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Egypt has the largest film industry in the Arab world. There have been movies produced in Egypt, mostly in Cairo, since the early silent era.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:21
Caption: John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and environmentalist, died in his sleep this past week ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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The Post, Steven Spielberg’s latest film, tells a complex and fascinating true life story—the decision by The Washington Post in 1971 to print The ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:03
Caption: JP Barlow
Who doesn’t need a miracle? As the lyricist for many timeless Grateful Dead classics, as a privacy rights activist, or as the founder of the biofue...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We're getting a jump on the process of picking our favorite albums of 2016. There are many to choose from, and this first part of a 2 part series d...

Bought by KSRQ and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Graphics in video games are undoubtedly one of the most talked topics in gaming. By speaking with Dr. Dennis Woytek, I hope to give the audience a ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:56
Caption: Jeff Orlowski
ChasingIce_smThe acclaimed documentary film Chasing Ice chronicles the work of photographer and environmentalist James Balog, who has been at the f...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
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On this week's Rock School, we'll be talking about the different kinds of music licensing being used in the world of advertisement and beyond. We'...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 01:05:44
Caption: Chuck Leavell
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from two very different guests. First, it’s rock and roll legend, conservationist and environmental author, C...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Alberta Hunter
The four blues vocalists in this hour are not well known. That certainly doesn’t mean they aren’t worthy of praise and recognition: Alberta Hunter...

Bought by KMUW, KBBI Alaska, WMMT, WJSU, and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
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We take to the gridiron this week.

Bought by WCRI, KPVL, WCPN, WUAL, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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This week on The Score Maurice Jarre.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WCPN, WEKU, and KPVL


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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A fair is so long so that you can get around to eat everything being offered. Eat your walleye on a stick, and then eat the stick because it's mad...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Guitarist Michael Spriggs
Michael Spriggs has been a Nashville session guitarist with the likes of Eddie Rabbitt, Dolly Parton and Faith Hill. In the 90s he began exploring...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Harry Belafonte, Credit: Library of Congress
In the new Obama era, is the term "African-American cinema" relevant anymore?

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Hot Updates: BET HIP HOP Awards, Oscars,Country Music Awards,etc

  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:50