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Have you ever heard of a wooden fish, a flowerpot drum or a nipple gong? They are part of a raucous, colorful-and wildly popular-feature in Chinese...
Bought by KRCB 104.9, Hawaii Public Radio, KBYI, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.
- Added: Jun 21, 2017
- Length: 10:00
- Purchases: 4
Have you ever heard of a wooden fish, a flowerpot drum or a nipple gong? They are part of a raucous, colorful-and wildly popular-feature in Chinese...
Bought by WXXI Rochester
- Added: Jun 21, 2017
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
American Dream Players present a short, comic history of a war we've more or less forgotten, the War of 1812. Fought on both land and sea, this wa...
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 12:39
Washington, Adams, Revere - names we still revere, but, of course, they were only human. "Patriots Unmasked" is American Dream Players' funny (ye...
- Added: May 18, 2017
- Length: 15:23
Vivacious, young,staunchly Catholic Mary of Scotland - traits bound to arouse the jealous enmity of her cousin, Elizabeth the First of England - an...
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 16:30
The short, funny (but factually accurate) tale of the French and Indian War(s)
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 09:10
In the 1970's, Studs Terkel interviewed Duke and Lee Singer at their auto repair shop in Geneva, Illinois. He was looking for a story about fixing ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 2
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City and more
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 6
Eddie Jaffe was a press agent "legendary for his lost causes, chutzpah and angst," according to his obituary in the New York Times. He represented ...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 09, 2017
- Length: 01:43
- Purchases: 3
Luthier, Freeman Vines talks about the guitar he's building from the wood of the old hanging tree.
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 09:15
Big Ron Hunter is invited inside to eat with his friends.
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 11:08
After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...
- Added: Mar 07, 2017
- Length: 42:40
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Cropper talks with Paul Ingles about his collaborations with Otis Redding and other highlights from his career as...
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
With a small gesture of good will toward Syrian refugees, one woman incurred the wrath of evangelical Christians on social media. The resulting cha...
- Added: Feb 13, 2017
- Length: 47:05
Black and Proud explores the era when African Americans began to aggressively challenge myths of inferiority. As Martha Bouyer, a participant in th...
Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KISU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIP-LP and more
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 6
Harvard Professor Emertus, Psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint discusses the long history of efforts to undermine the self-esteem and well-being of black ...
Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KPIP-LP
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 03:58
- Purchases: 4
Our lives are controlled by the invisible hand from the grave. Death does not prevent people from influencing the world with their wealth, but such...
- Added: Jan 24, 2017
- Length: 46:43
This one hour musical program commemorates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The play-list consists of some of the world's greatest Jazz mus...
Bought by Radio Catskill, WNMU-FM, WORT, KTEP, KRCU Public Radio and more
- Added: Dec 28, 2016
- Length: 01:05:59
- Purchases: 18
There used to be a time when you could strike out into the vast unexplored wilderness and stake your claim – but not anymore. Today, the story of ...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:27
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Two lives, two philosophies, and a History Channel special collide as a relationship is forged with Iron Age techniques.
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 09:24
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
A society of weavers and spinners shares their textured, multi-stranded history with the next generation.
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:24
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Lee Miller is a bootmaker with a storied history, carrying on the traditions and techniques of the best bootmakers anywhere in the world.
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 06:03
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Mark Erlewine may be known as the Luthier of the Stars, but his Austin workshopshop couldn't be more down to Earth. Hear the story of the man who m...
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:29
On this episode of The Live Feed we bring you The Winona Municipal Band and its 2016 season. You will hear selections such as Ballad and Dance from...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 50:47
Racial profiling has a little understood yet profound impact on race relations, and remains a source of fear and humiliation for blacks and other p...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KPIP-LP
- Added: Jul 16, 2016
- Length: 05:46
- Purchases: 2
