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The hidden legacy of Nathaniel Gould, cabinetmaker.
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 12:55
The 1930s is remembered as the golden age of Hollywood, when small towns had a palatial movie theaters, and stars like Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 21, 2015
- Length: 07:26
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 28:06
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Grisham Middle School 2014-15
Series: Grisham Middle School 2014-15
Youth producers from Grisham Middle School visit Naegelin's Bakery in New Braunfels, Texas, the oldest German bakery in the state.
- Added: Feb 27, 2015
- Length: 03:08
- Added: Feb 18, 2015
- Length: 02:44
- Purchases: 2
In 2014, Free to Be... You and Me, the iconic feminist children's album, turned forty. Despite its age, the music and its message of gender equalit...
- Added: Dec 23, 2014
- Length: 19:12
- Added: Dec 18, 2014
- Length: 19:48
She was called "The First Lady of the Piano", "The First Lady of the Jazz Piano" and "The First Lady of Jazz". She was Mary Lou Williams and was a ...
Bought by Radio Catskill, WVAS, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Oct 23, 2014
- Length: 57:03
- Purchases: 3
Shapenote and the Sacred Harp songbook are still allowing people to share a musical experience until this day. Learn more about this tradition from...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Oct 02, 2014
- Length: 18:00
- Purchases: 1
Often imitated, but never duplicated, the "Jucy Lucy" is a Minneapolis food favorite. In this piece, learn the backstory and true mark of this icon...
- Added: Sep 28, 2014
- Length: 03:58
For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs!
Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF
- Added: Sep 18, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs! And...
Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU, and KKRN
- Added: Sep 18, 2014
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 5
A walking tour of the Vatican's floors, which are frequently made from re-purposed bits of ancient history.
- Added: Sep 02, 2014
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 2
The chance meeting of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon shortly after World War I lead to one of the most successful bands of the 1920s. You could say,...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
The little town of Adamstown, PA boasts that it is the Antiques Capital of the USA. It backs up the claim with seven miles of antique stores, thous...
Bought by Boise State Public Radio
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
Programmer and Film Noir expert Elliot Lavine talks opaque experiences, waking dreams states, and why a film is always better sitting in the dark w...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 22:06
- Purchases: 1
This piece by Eric Millman is about moving to New Orleans from California hoping to join a baseball community, and drowning in the unavoidable Sain...
- Added: Apr 17, 2014
- Length: 05:31
Kathleen Jordan is finishing the memoir of her late father, Hamilton Jordan, who former President Jimmy Carter said was the man who devised the pol...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 30:09
Before the Internet, before television, there was the radio. That's how people heard the news and enjoyed their favorite shows. This story is part ...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Feb 16, 2014
- Length: 28:01
- Purchases: 1
Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.
- Added: Feb 02, 2014
- Length: 59:00
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:34
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:34
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:19
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:43
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:49
