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Allen Ginsberg - Dylan
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author Alan Ginsberg recognizes Bob Dylan as the heir apparent to the Beat poets. (1995)

Bought by AIFM and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :52
  • Purchases: 2
Agnes De Mille - Relation
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Choreographer Agnes de Mille relates dancing to music. (1958)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Agnes De Mille - Script
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Choreographer Agnes de Mille laments the lack of a coherent script for recording dance. (1958)

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Agnes De Mille - Gesture
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Choreographer Agnes de Mille marvels at the universality of certain gestures. (1958)

Bought by WUAL and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Agnes De Mille - Composing
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Choreographer Agnes de Mille points out the handicaps with which a choreographer must work. (1958)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Aaron Copland and Agnes De Mille
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Composer Aaron Copland and choreographer Agnes de Mille speak about the relationship between music and dance. (1958)

Bought by WUAL and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
Aaron Copland - Movie
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Composer Aaron Copland predicts professional legitimacy for “movie music.” (1958)

Bought by WKMS, WUAL, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Aaron Copland - Opera
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Composer Aaron Copland remarks how and why composers specialize in a certain genre or format. (1958)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Aaron Copland - Jazz
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Composer Aaron Copland discusses how jazz music has influenced other genres. (1958)

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
James Baldwin - Teacher
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author James Baldwin ponders the problems confronting the “American Negro.” (1963)

Bought by KUOW and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Howard Zinn - Draft Records
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Historian Howard Zinn draws connections between civil disobedience and jury sentences. (1974)

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Tillich
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Theologian Paul Tillich talks about the ultimate danger of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 2
Dean Rusk - Weapons
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk justifies the American build-up of arms. (1961)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Zinn - People
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Historian Howard Zinn suggests how civil disobedience effects the public consciousness. (1974)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
Eleanor Roosevelt
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt gives voice to her concern about the governments in possession of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Timothy Leary - Open
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Psychologist Timothy Leary implores listeners to stay open to new ideas.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
The Unfashionable Boys of Summer
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on today's dreadfully tacky Major League Baseball uniforms.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:33
Is Capitalism Failing Middle America?
From: Craig Barnes
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While the Bush administration and the courts promote free markets, farmers, ranchers and consumers are suffering, making one wonder for whom modern...

Bought by WBFO


  • Added: Jun 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
America's Women: Four Hundred Years Of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates And Heroines.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Columnist Gail Collins says that women in colonial times had nearly as much freedom and even more power than they do today.

Bought by KZYX, Stan, KMUN, KDLG, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 5
Interview with James Morone: Hellfire Nation
From: Talking History
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Interview with James Morone: how “America became a nation with the soul of a church.” Anna Rubin comments on the new exhibit at The Smithsonian "W...

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Cold War: Cool Medium
From: Talking History
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Interview with Thomas Doherty author of Cold War: Cool Medium, topical commentary and regular features on History in the News, and our Site of the ...

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
William Clark
From: Talking History
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Interview with Landon Jones on the life of William Clark, plus topical history news and commentary.

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Perpetual War, Perpetual Power
From: Craig Barnes
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Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Death Penalty interview with Stuart Banner
From: Talking History
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Interview on the death penalty, regular features on history in the news and site of the week along with commentary on the centennial celebrations i...

  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Einstein
From: Talking History
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Elizabeth Stoddard explains Einstein's theories and historian William Ashworth comments on Einstein's personality.

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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