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In this hour, we’ll explore the music of two more giants of the New Orleans diaspora, pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, who left Louisiana in...
Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, KMUN, WMOT and more
- Added: Mar 10, 2017
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 24
J.M.W. Turner is perhaps the most important British painter--you would surely recognize an image of Tintern Abbey--and yet his life story has remai...
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 03:42
- Purchases: 2
When big business news breaks, public relations teams try to get out in front of the story. But that wasn’t always the case. PR in the 19th century...
Bought by KENW, PRX Remix, and Troy Public Radio
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 3
We interview the author of a new book about Patrick Henry. Plus: a visit to the "ghost church" where Henry heard the great orator Samuel Davies as ...
Bought by WCNY, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN
- Added: Aug 22, 2014
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 4
We interview the author of a new book about Patrick Henry. Plus: a visit to the "ghost church" where Henry heard the great orator Samuel Davies as ...
Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF
- Added: Aug 22, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
A recent science test showing that American girls are lagging behind boys has brought women in science back into the national conversation. More th...
Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Radio Newark, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 4
Charles Dickens turns 200 this year, and two new films based on his books are in the works. But one scholar says there’s more to Dickens than his m...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 02:27