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DC 2027
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Independence Day

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KPRG, Raven Radio, WOUB, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
EP 140 Robert Cray
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A career spanning 50 years, Robert Cray is a major mainstay in the world of Blues music.

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:58
EP134 Snooky Pryor & Mel Brown
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A great album from 1999. The album is "Double Shot" by Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown.

  • Added: May 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:06
The Royal Astronomical Society at 200
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Burlington House, the home of the Royal Astronomical Society on Piccadilly, London., Credit: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK - Burlington HouseUploaded by tm, CC BY 2.0
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KCNP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
EP118 Blues music from who?
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Artists and bands that recorded "Blues" which may very well surprise you!

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:54
EP2 Kings (of the Blues)
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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These three Kings of the Blues

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 55:45
EP3 The Great Migration
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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They tired and were weary of the depressed South and Migrated to the City of Promise, Chicago.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 56:50
EP4 Chicago Electric Blues 2
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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More pioneers of the early “Chicago Blues” sound!

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:31
EP9 More Texas Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Texas is a BIG state with BIG Blues!

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 56:13
EP11 West Coast Sound of the Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Blues from the West Coast has a different sound and approach than other regions.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 50:26
  • Purchases: 1
EP96 Harper and Midwest Kind
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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" World Blues" from Down and Under

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:41
EP100 Cruisin' the Blues in Review
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Mr Jack takes you on a musical Journey with a review of the past 100 shows.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 57:56
433: More Than Just A Game / 434: Traditional Knowledge, 11/30/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "More Than Just A Game" - Playing board games is fun. And more complicated than you might think. Uncover the secret history of board game...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Finding Wonder and Meaning in a Book by Carl Sagan’s Daughter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sasha Sagan and Mat Kaplan enjoy a moment in the Planetary Society studio., Credit: Planetary Society/Merc Boyan
Bill Nye says of Sasha Sagan’s new book, “Sagan finds the meaning of life everywhere—with her family, around the world, and especially among the st...

Bought by KCNP, KDNK, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
423: Rituals Of Fear / 424: Even Stranger Things, 10/26/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rituals Of Fear" - The dread, the fear, the horror of it all. Maybe it's good for you? This hour, why we need Halloween. HOUR TWO: "Ev...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Roses in December (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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What did segregation look like in everyday life and culture? We tell the stories of an African American opera singer and a white woman who transf...

Bought by WCPN, WCNY, WTJU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2019
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 11
The Untold Story of the Richard C. Wilson St. Cloud Community Outpost
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits and then revisits the Rich...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:54
RDD: The First Public Parks
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The weather has been nice to The Rough Draft Diaries so we're heading outside yet again for this week's episode. We're at Woodlawn Cemetery and Arb...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 06:16
WoodSongs 972: Si Kahn & Friends
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Folk legend Si Kahn on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes folk icon Si Kahn to celebrate his legacy with special appearances from T...

Bought by KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, WETS, Radio Bristol and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 22
Aida Edemariam, THE WIFE’S TALE & Russell Powell, APPLES OF NEW ENGLAND
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with Aida Edemariam about her memoir, The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History. It’s about her Ethiopian grandmother who, over nearly a century ...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Earthrise! The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The timeless "Earthrise" image captured by the Apollo 8 astronauts as they circled the Moon., Credit: NASA/Sean Doran
This is the 50th anniversary of the most audacious space mission in history. Apollo 8 blazed a path for the first moon landing seven months later, ...

Bought by KDNK, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Moon Mission 3D from Queen Guitarist Brian May and David Eicher
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Moon Mission 3D: A New Perspective on the Space Race, Credit: MIT Press
You haven’t seen the best pictures from the Apollo era and other great space achievements till you’ve seen them in 3D. Queen guitarist and astroph...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 11
Space, Rockets, and a Senatorial Conversation in Huntsville, Alabama
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Saturn V moon rocket on display inside the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Host Mat Kaplan begins a two-episode visit to Huntsville and the Marshall Space Flight Center, recorded this week at the US Space and Rocket Center...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KDNK, KCSB-FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
289: Worshipping Waterfalls / 290: Clash Of Civilizations, 7/14/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Worshiping Waterfalls" - Jane Goodall has seen chimpanzees stop at a roaring waterfall and bristle with excitement. Are they having spir...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Chasing New Horizons to Pluto with Alan Stern
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New Horizons PI Alan Stern, Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan and astrobiologist/science communicator David Grinspoon , Credit: Alan Stern
The New Horizons mission was a triumph, revealing Pluto as an utterly unique and beautiful world. The entire, surprisingly dramatic tale has now b...

Bought by KDNK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7