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Living Planet 11/24/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Did climate change start with the industrial revolution, or was it earlier than that? And how can the story of an everyday spice help us better und...

Bought by WXDU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Nov 23, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Language of Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Spirits of Rhythm
An often times ignored facet of jazz is its hidden language … or “jazz speak”. The music wasn't just about the notes on the page but the language ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
DC 2347
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Good Old Rock 'n' Roll...and beyond

Bought by KIYU-FM


  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Splits
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
As jazz became popular in the 1920s, commercial orchestras began infusing elements of the new music into their arrangements. The change immediately...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Colette Pichon Battle on Climate Justice Reparations
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Climate change isn’t looming, it’s here. We have crossed what some call the change horizon. Can it also be a liberation horizon? “There’s beautifu...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Radio Catskill, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
In Good Faith -The Power of Pilgrimage
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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Four guests discuss their experiences with pilgrimage. Topics range from embarking on physical journeys to less intensive, historical landmarks.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 2
Windy City Decendants
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: '20s Chicago
Guitarist Eddie Condon is quoted as saying that there was so much music in Chicago’s South Side in the 1920s, “you could hold a musical instrument ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Hot Chamber Music
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Miff Mole
In 1917, New York became a hub of jazz activity. At the center of that universe sits Reisenweber’s Restaurant and nightclub at the intersection of ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • 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
264: The Restorative Revolution: How Indigenous Leadership and Allyship Catalyzed the Biggest River Restoration in US History, 10/18/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
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Yurok fisherman and tribal leader Sammy Gensaw and environmental scientist-turned-activist Craig Tucker share the epic story of how Indigenous lead...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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
The Count
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Count Basie
He was one of the all-time greats in early jazz. Bandleader, composer, pianist, who got his start in vaudeville. He became the first African Americ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
DC 2340
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Another dirty dozen

Bought by KIYU-FM, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRSC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Duke Steps Out
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
It seems that jazz developed an affinity for royalty in its earliest years. First the was the “King of the Zulu” and King and Queen of the Mardi Gr...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
12-17: We’re a Culture, Not a Costume: Fighting Racism in Schools , 10/11/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Dahkota Brown, Chiitaanibah Johnson, Jayden Lim, and Naelyn Pike, Credit: Bioneers
Native American students face racism throughout their education, from racist mascots to the historical erasure of the American genocide from textbo...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
The Organ Maestro
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller
He was the first jazz organist. In many ways, it’s his alter ego. He wanted his legacy to be tied to his serious side. But, he was also the embodim...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Carlos
From: Joyride Media
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One hour special celebrates the life of legendary guitarist Carlos Santana for Hispanic Heritage Month

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WBGO, Harford Community Radio, KRVS, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
The Saxophone Breakthrough
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Don Redman
At first it was thought of as an interesting musical toy. Not really suited to jazz or classical music. During the earliest decades in the formatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Catastrophic Capitalism in 2023: The Invisible Causes of Economic Inequality
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis, we explore the consequences of “capital bias”, or prioritizing wealth and the wea...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
1929
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Carlton Coon & Joe Sanders
1929: For the first ten months of the year, everything seemed to be riding high. It was a great year. That is until that fateful day in October, “T...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Collectors Corner part 3
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
By the late 1920s, jazz dominated popular music. Although there was still a call for the dance bands that toyed with the edges of jazz, a little bi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Las Villas
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
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On this episode, Devin and Lauren learn about an enclave of restaurants, bars and resorts that catered to predominately Latin American clientele ne...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
The Collectors Corner part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sol Hoopii
The first installment of this theme featured music written between 1920 and ’25. So, this edition moves into the following five years for those son...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Collectors Corner part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adelaide Hall
All music has merit, but there are those that become classic. Whether it’s the composition, lyrics, solo, or the ensemble, the song stands out. Thi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • 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

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