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StoryCorps: Kay Lee and John Nordeen
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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50 years after serving together in Vietnam, Army veterans Kay Lee and John Nordeen sat down for StoryCorps to remember how they first met.

Bought by KALW and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
#18-45 Armistice 100
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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On the 100th anniversary of the armistice, two works from a concert by Chanticleer including a piece by Mason Bates based on the poetry of Walt Whi...

Bought by KWAX, Rhythm & News Service, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Legacies
From: Wind & Rhythm
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We owe a great debt to those who come before us in any new endeavor.  Through their trials, hard work, and experimentation, they help lay a solid f...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 4
An All-American Road Trip: A Fourth of July Special
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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An Afterglow special perfect for the Fourth of July! We celebrate America by exploring jazz and pop standards from different states, including "Moo...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WVIA, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WRTI, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Harley Warrick's Mail Pouch Tobacco, a Balloon Flight Across the English Channel, and John Burrough's "The Snow Walkers" (01/07/18)
From: Colloquial Podcast
Series: Colloquial
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This week Colloquial explores Harley Warrick's Mail Pouch Tobacco, The Night Sky this Week, This Week's History Lesson and a reading from John Bur...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 11:14
Schubert Ensemble of London Farewell #1 18-01
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Schubert Ensemble of London play Quintet in A by Dvorak

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, KMXT, Rhythm & News Service, and KWAX


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
RDD: A Piece of History
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're going back in time! I visit with Betty Metts the current president of The Oregon-Jerusalem Historical So...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Newly-Discovered Vonnegut Short Stories To Be Released
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Five previously undiscovered Kurt Vonnegut short stories have been discovered in Indiana University's Lilly Library.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:04
Winona Municiple Band: Concert Six of the 2017 Season
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Winona Municipal Band
Welcome to our coverage of the 2017 season of the Winona Municipal Band, Directed by Levi Lundak. The band has been entertaining locals for 102 yea...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 55:22
Let's Fall In Love! (Valentine's Special!)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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An Afterglow show perfect for Valentine's Day! This week, we're saluting L-O-V-E with love songs from the Great American Songbook sung by Chet Bake...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Arts Review ~ Steve Downing arts essay
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Arts Review
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Steve Downing shares his thoughts and memories from 1997, the summer of love.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 05:54
Holidays
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: John Clare and George Crumb, Credit: John Clare
We'll hear masterpieces for the holidays by George Crumb, Krzysztof Penderecki, Christopher Rouse, Samuel Barber, and Rick Sowash on this episode o...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, WETS, and WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Working Tapes: Gravedigger
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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Studs Terkel interviews a gravedigger in 1972 for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 4
Emily Graves Webb - Laurie Akin
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Emily Graves Webb
Emily Graves Webb as written and performed by Laurie Akin.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 11:40
Copland
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Aaron Copland, Credit: Victor066
We’ll hear music from early and late in Aaron Copland’s career on this What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
RDD: African American Legacy
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Unveiled in 2004, the African American Legacy Project (AALP) of Northwest Ohio, has been documenting and preserving the history of Northwest Ohio's...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 2016 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2016 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by WJSU, WVPE, KSFR, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
Those We Lost in 2016 - Part 2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It was a pretty tough year for rock n roll. This week we salute the rock legends we lost in 2016...pt 2.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSKQ, WOUB, KSRQ, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Those We Lost in 2016 - Part 1
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It was a pretty tough year for rock n roll. This week we salute the rock legends we lost in 2016.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, WOUB, KSKQ, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
A Show For You: A Leon Russell Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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Produced the day after Leon Russell's death on November 13, 2016, music host Paul Ingles plays some spectacular Leon Russell performances and revie...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, WVPE, KMSU, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 19
Bill Frisell: The Guitar is My Voice
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Bill Frisell was heavily influenced by surf rock and space travel. Hear him in his own words tell you his origin story. Lots of great music in this...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 12:15
Suprabhatam (Auspicious Dawn)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Most of us around the world wake up to alarm clocks or the clock radio turning on. For decades thousands and thousands of Indians around the world...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
The Beatles Live from a BBC Perspective
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: The Beatles at the BBC , Credit: Amazon
Kevin Howlett is an archivist and historian (and radio host) with the BBC.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:48:04
Reflections on Charmstrings
From: Mark Head
Caption: Prince Charming Arrives with the 108th Button, Credit: Edward L. Ott 1896 sketch, with Illustrator Overlay
Mary Leonardson was a button fanatic traveling around the world roughly between the 1920s to the 1950s meeting up with various button clubs to coll...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 12:24
RDD: Old Number 18
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's not surprising that our last episode on The Rough Draft Diaries, an interview with a local Lt. firefighter, has led The RDD to a firefighters ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 06:13

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