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For the fourth week of October (10/25): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an accomplished songwriter who is probably best...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:51
For the last week of July (7/29): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a classically-trained musician who was best known for...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the first week of July (7/6): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an alley cat who wrote hits for some of country music...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the fourth week of June (6/26): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the states longest running musical celebrati...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:35
For the first week of May (5/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the journey one musician made from the fields of west ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of April (4/11): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a venue that brought world-class entertainment to ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of March (3/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who left home at an early age to become a...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of April (4/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a crooning cowboy who sang both English and Spanish.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the first week of March (3/1): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an eager student of music who went on to mentor many...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:48
For the first week of April (4/2): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a late bloomer who went on to become one of the stat...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
John Mickiewicz maintains and operates the iconic WPA built Railroad Bridge that connects Cape Cod to the mainland over the Cape Cod Canal. He love...
Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 26, 2012
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 2
Southern Gothic writer Harry Crews died in March of this year. Although many people have never heard of him, Crews’ stories about outcasts inspired...
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 02:26
What do you get when you take a former Cold War bunker and fill it with the world’s largest collection of films, TV shows, radio broadcasts and sou...
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 03:28
Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KMUD
- Added: Apr 16, 2012
- Length: 02:28
- Purchases: 3
It kind of destroys the point of radio plays if you have to show up in costume. But two quirky guys built one quirky radio troupe anyway. This is r...
- Added: Apr 01, 2012
- Length: 14:45
- Purchases: 2
Before there ever was a Golden Gate Bridge or a Bay Bridge, people who wanted to cross the Bay did it by boat. At their peak, ferries carried over ...
- Added: Mar 19, 2012
- Length: 06:41
Ron Carter is an icon of jazz. He has played his bass on more than 2000 albums. His name, however, is most vividly linked with Miles Davis. Carte...
- Added: Mar 16, 2012
- Length: 07:27
- Purchases: 2
The Civil Rights Movement was the United States’ first major domestic news story to be televised. The author of a new book exploring television’s r...
Bought by WMTNradio, Troy Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 02:25
- Purchases: 3
A behind-the-scenes look at how a community choral society in a small town prepares for its own grand holiday performance of Handel's Messiah.
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 51:53
One of Indiana's most decadent prides is the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. For a closer look at this Hoosier staple, we hauled in a few experts...
- Added: Dec 02, 2011
- Length: :00
A 20-something pianist is making old-time piano new again... with a little help from Darth Vader and Super Mario Bros.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 14, 2011
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 4
There are eleven tribes of Indians who call Virginia home, among them the Chickahominy. And though they all now enjoy state recognition, the federa...
Bought by KVSC, Prairie Public, XRAY.fm, WRIR, KZYX and more
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:58
- Purchases: 7
This is the first of a 3-part documentary examining the history of music therapy and it's applications.
- Added: Aug 30, 2011
- Length: 07:54
Episode thirty-nine! Just had to say it, hope you don’t mind. We speak with Whit Patten, a man who grew up on a farm in the country (he had to boar...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Aug 23, 2011
- Length: 28:03
- Purchases: 1
What happens when Africa and the Caribbean culinarily collide in the U.S. capital? Dig in and find out!
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 04:46
