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In 2 The Music: American Pie
From: KVSC
Series: In2TheMusic
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In this episode of In 2 The Music, Al Neff gets in 2 the song American Pie. This program is funded in part by a Minnesota Arts and Cultural Herit...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nantucket Windsor Chair Sonic
From: Redmond Grybauskas
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Furiture maker, Aspen Golann describes a handmade Nantucket Windsor chair.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:06
Fourth of July Sonic ID
From: Redmond Grybauskas
Caption: An 1887 Autophone Concert Roller barrel organ from a private collection on Nantucket., Credit: Isa Fritsch
On Nantucket, a grinder organ built in 1887 plays the Star-Spangled Banner.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 02, 2019
  • Length: :51
  • Purchases: 1
Mackenzie's Odyssey
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip investigates the journey of a small town Scottish postmaster to his resting place in Kolkata.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Early Spring
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Spring is arriving early to North American wildlife refuges because of climate change.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, KENW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Varkaris
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Varkaris in Maharastra, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Varkaris, farmers turned piligrims, are said to be the world’s oldest and largest people’s movement as they walk for weeks from their homes to ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Lost Whales
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Aerial view of some of the fish-salting tanks (cetaria) in the ancient Roman city of Baelo Claudia, near today's Tarifa in Spain. , Credit: D. Bernal-Casasola, University of Cadiz
Whales used the Mediterranean as breeding grounds during ancient Roman times.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Small Town Archaeology
From: Science Update
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A town square offers a trove of archaeological discoveries.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Manfredo Fest
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Manfredo Fest, Credit: David Ewart
Manfredo Fest was a legally blind bossa nova and jazz pianist and keyboardist from Brazil. He was also a bandleader, and lived in Minnesota for a p...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Jeanne Arland Peterson
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Jeanne Arland Peterson, Credit: Andrea Canter
Jeanne Arland Peterson is the matriarch of the Twin Cities' first family of jazz. Leigh Kamman interviews Jeanne in 1996.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Jack McDuff
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Jack McDuff, Credit: Hemu Aggarwal
Leigh Kamman travels to the Artist's Quarter in St. Paul to interview organist Jack McDuff.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Irv Williams
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Irv Williams, Credit: Andrea Canter
Leigh Kamman interviews "Mr. Smooth", Irv Williams.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Eddie Berger
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Eddie Berger's Album Bebop and Soda, Credit: Don Riggott
Eddie Berger was the "King of Bebop" in the Twin Cities Jazz scene. Leigh Kamman interviews Eddie, and features his music.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Bob Rockwell
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Bob Rockwell, Credit: Andrea Canter
Leigh speaks with tenor saxophone titan Bob Rockwell when Bob was visiting from his home in Copenhagen Denmark. He and Leigh talk about how he got...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Atilano Bernardo David, WWII Veteran on Resilience
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Atilano Bernardo David, Credit: Alden Bruce
A short Memorial Day affirmation from WWII veteran, Atilano Bernardo David, describes shares his wisdom on resilience after surviving war and the B...

  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:51
The Darkest Shadow
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The long shadow of Sir Winston Churchill.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
The Parsees and the forbidden stitch
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip discovers the Parsee’s of India, and a forbidden fashion technique.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Victoria & Abdul
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Once the white man came to India to lift the natives out of their heathen darkness (and take their jute, iron and Kohinoor diamond). But in the fil...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Partition Museum
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Amar Kapoor's Diary, Credit: Partition Museum
This August 15th marked 70 years of India’s independence. But this also marks 70 years of one of India’s greatest human tragedies. The partition ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
More stories please
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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A debate about whether Nolan’s Dunkirk whitewashes history is perfectly legitimate but seventy years after India’s Independence isn’t it also time ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
The Erhu (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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At one time, the erhu was the muse of Central Asian nomads; this small, two-stringed fiddle could be played on horseback (imagine folk modifying an...

Bought by KBYI


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Ensembles (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...

Bought by KBYI


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Ensembles (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
AMOS 17.133: Our Earliest Ancestor, 7/5/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Our Earliest Ancestor

  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
The Suona (4.5 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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Yazhi Guo grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution when conservatories were closed and traditional Chinese music and musical instruments were all...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KHSU, Hawaii Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and KOWS


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 5

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