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Unexpected Remixes (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Uncovering the epic musical crossover of the 19th century--a John Philip Sousa arrangement of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. -Stephen Vit...

Bought by WUFT, WJCT, KRDP, WFHB, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12
PE 1938
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Autumnal Equalrocks

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KWMR, KEOS, KSJD and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
Why We Believe What We Believe (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Why do people believe weird things? That’s what Jason Hart wants to find out. He delves into the psychology behind ghost encounters, anti-vaccine ...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, KVSC and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 13
Episode 110: Baby Snatcher
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Georgia Tann of Memphis, Tennessee bragged that she had a rigorous selection process that matched the perfect child with the perfect home.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 36:44
Episode 108: The Numbers
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Fannie Davis and her family moved to Detroit in the mid-1950s, they hadn’t prepared themselves for how hard it would be. They had trouble find...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Baroque Christmas in the New World
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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An hour-long program of early music, celebrating the holiday season with festive music from 17th- and 18th-century Mexico, Peru and Bolivia perform...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KWIT, High Plains Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WNIJ and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
400 Years After 1619 (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In late August 1619, 20 or more enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia at what’s now called Fort Monroe. They were the first Africans documented in...

Bought by WVAS, Kansas Public Radio, KWMR, KVSC, KRDP and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12
Selling the Sights (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In the early 19th century, Americans began to journey away from home, simply for the sake of travelling, giving rise to a new cultural phenomenon:...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, KAZU Seaside, Calif., C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 11
DC 1934
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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I Spell My Name Danger!

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


  • Added: Aug 18, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
PE 1933
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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A Trio Of Tunes from the Electric Prunes (and 26 other tracks)

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KWMR, WFHB, KEOS and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 12
PE 1930
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Save the life of the guru.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KWMR, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
DC 1930
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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People Are Strangers To Themselves

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPRG, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Sound the Shofar! An Ancient Instrument in Modern Times
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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The shofar, an instrument made from a ram’s horn, is heard in synagogues all over the world during the Jewish High Holidays. It has also been heard...

Bought by WRTI, WWFM, WRGY, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
PE 1927
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Some observations on the 4th of July (parts one through four)

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In this sound-rich show, the authors of “We Gotta Get Out of this Place” play songs Vietnam soldiers listened and explore how that music became th...

Bought by WCNY, WGZS, WMPG, WCMU Michigan, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 11
We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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U.S. troops turned to popular music as a way of coping with the war in Vietnam. In this sound-rich show, the authors of “We Gotta Get Out of thi...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, WVAS, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
PE 1920
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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The Odds are good.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KWMR, WFHB, KHNS and more


  • Added: May 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 15
DC 1920
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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To Free or Not Too Free

Bought by KPRG, Harford Community Radio, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB and more


  • Added: May 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Through An Indian's Looking Glass (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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- William Apess of the Pequot Indian Tribe has been called the Native American Frederick Douglas. Apess challenged the powers of his day using the ...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WRIR, KRDP and more


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 10
DC 1919
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Rockin' out live...and in the studio

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


  • Added: May 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 7
American Terrorism (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In 1979, members of the KKK shot and killed five labor and civil rights activists in Greensboro, North Carolina. The killings still reverberates i...

Bought by WNCU, KWMU St. Louis, WMMT, WCNY, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 19
American Terrorism (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In 1979, members of the KKK shot and killed five labor and civil rights activists in Greensboro, North Carolina. The killings still reverberates i...

Bought by KRZA, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Kansas Public Radio, KRDP, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 12
DC 1917
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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13 Gems

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPRG, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Voices of Vietnam: A Lost Homeland (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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The Fall of Saigon marked the loss of a homeland for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. This captivating NEH-funded documentary shares st...

Bought by WFAE, WPCA-LP, WCPN, Prairie Public, KVNF and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 16
Voices of Vietnam: A Lost Homeland (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The Fall of Saigon marked the bitter end of the American War in Vietnam and the loss of a homeland for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. ...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9