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678.E: ANYTIME CLASSICAL, 5/7/2024 4:00 AM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL
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6 works, including SAINT-GEORGES: L'amant anonyme (1780) (1780) . Haymarket Opera Company Orchestra/Craig Trompeter.

  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 56:59
675.H: ANYTIME CLASSICAL, 5/2/2024 7:00 AM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL
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6 works, including WILLIAMS: Job: A Masque for Dancing. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Andrew Manze.

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
675.T: ANYTIME CLASSICAL EXTENDED, 5/2/2024 7:00 PM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL Extended Pieces
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4 works, including NS: Symphony #2 in A Minor, Op. 55. Utah Symphony Orchestra/Thierry Fischer.

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 56:59
675.E: ANYTIME CLASSICAL, 5/2/2024 4:00 AM
From: CMI
Series: ANYTIME CLASSICAL
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6 works, including GLAZUNOV: Impromptus (2), Op. 54 (2) ; Tatjana Franova, piano.

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
The Coast Miwok Peoples, Colonization, and the Preservation of Indigenous History (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A tule elk in Point Reyes in 2015., Credit: Austlee via Wikimedia Commons, under a CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed license. Image is unaltered.
On today's encore episode, dive into the history of Point Reyes National Seashore, an area in northern California known for rugged sweeping beaches...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WUWM, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Audacious Live! Show & Tell in Stamford
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode, Audacious takes the show to Third Place by Half Full Brewery in Stamford! Hear stories about special doilies, passports, and even ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
AG 24-11: June Christy’s Early Capitol LPs, 3/11/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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In the early 1950s, singer June Christy broke away from Stan Kenton’s Orchestra to record solo, helping to establish the “vocal cool” style of jazz...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
StoryCorps Missoula 2022 - 02
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: MTPR Documentary Specials
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The second special to come from StoryCorps' mobile tour visit to Missoula in 2022. First aired on Montana Public Radio in December 2023, this speci...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 1
Uncovering the History of the Massacre of Black Wall Street (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: B.C. Franklin (right), I.H. Spears (left) and Effie Thompson (center) filing insurance claims for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in a Red Cross tent. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
In the first of our 3 part series leading up to Black History Month, we focus in on how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Rac...

Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: The Gay Black Civil Rights Financier
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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I SEE U examines the mystique behind the late millionaire, Norris Herndon, as a disappearing family legacy looms and the public knows little about ...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
War and Remembrance: Herman Wouks Magnum Opus of World War II
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Herman Wouk, a literary giant renowned for his profound engagement with historical themes, is influential in World War II literature. His magnum op...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 08:38
Ernie Pyle: Capturing the Human Side of War during World War II
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Ernie Pyle: The War Correspondent and his Impact – Exploring the life, reporting style, and enduring legacy of Ernie Pyle, a Pulitzer Prize-winning...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 08:26
Illuminating Invisible Women with Historian Carolyn Zola
From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery
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Historian Carolyn Zola's research illuminates the lives of women hucksters of nineteenth century America.

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 26, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Shortcut Through 2023
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: GW Bridge June 2023
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSRQ, WJCT, KMSU, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 6
An Interview with Author William Yeske
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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“DAMN THE VALLEY” , wriitten by Wiilliam Yeske was a phrase regularly uttered by the men that spent any amount of time in the Arghandab River Valle...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 14:44
Seen and Obscene
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Borrowed and Banned
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The birth of obscenity laws in the 1870s provides a cautionary tale for the present moment, when far-right conservatives incorrectly label books “s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 26:15
  • Purchases: 1
"Surviving The Bataan Death March" (Narration by the late Senator John McCain) Special Encore Presentation
From: Ronald Duffy
Caption: Ken Porwoll, Proud Veteran, Credit: Brainerd Dispatch (Brainerd, MN)
For 2023-24 "Surviving The Bataan Death March" Narrated by the late Senator John McCain (former POW) Special Encore Presentation Offered as ...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM, KWMU St. Louis, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WVTF, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 57:22
  • Purchases: 17
Exodus: The Shanghai Jews
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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An unlikely destination for Jews fleeing the Holocaust

Bought by KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, KCHW, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 10
AG 23-44: Pete Rugolo And The Singers, 10/30/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, we turn our spotlight on arranger Pete Rugolo. We’ll hear some Rugolo’s progressive arrangements for many of the top singer...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Matthew Shepard – in his mom’s words
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Matthew Shepard was brutally killed 25 years ago for being gay. His mother Judy founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation 25 years ago this December a...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran
From: Samuel Robinson
Caption: Thien Tran, Credit: Orlando Gili
'A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran' is a firsthand profile of long-time Soho, London resident Thien Tran. In this poignant piece, Thien discusses the chal...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 10:00
AG 23-35: Tony Bennett... with piano, 8/28/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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We continue our tribute to the late Tony Bennett, with a look at some of his sessions with solo piano, highlighting his work with jazz pianist Bill...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Tony Bennett... with piano (An Afterglow Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this Afterglow special, we’ll continue our tribute to the great Tony Bennett, who passed away at age 96 on July 21st. We'll feature recordings h...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tony Bennett’s Early Columbia LPs (An Afterglow Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this Afterglow special, we pay tribute to the incomparable Tony Bennett, who just passed away at age 96. We’ll explore the early artistry of his...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00

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