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220115 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Jumping Bill Carlisle
The first rock and roll song is centered in the post World War II era when a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and ar...

Bought by KCHU, WQCS, KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 6
'The Stone Age' Program 265
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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This program is one hour in length, and is designed for all audiences to explore and celebrate some of the best electric music of the 60's and 70's.

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), KEOS, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
185: Crash at Crush
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In September of 1896, the town of Crush was created for the sole purpose of crashing two steam trains together. Things did not go according to plan.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Eva Peron and Magaldi
From: Classic107.3
Series: Tango with Cally
Caption: Eva Peron
What was the connection between Argentina’s famous first lady and tango singer Augustín Magaldi?

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Sep 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
609: Living In Skin / 610: The Sound Of Silence, 8/7/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Living In Skin" - All over America, people have stopped touching faces and hugging friends. This hour, explore the inner life of your sk...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Minneapolis: Not giving up on police abolition
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, expectations were high that if systems-change around policing were possible anywhere, it might b...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KWMR


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Paranormal Cafe with Dr. Bob Curran & The Green Man
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: The Paranormal Cafe
Caption: Walking with the Green Man, Credit: Career Press
Dr. Bob Curran joins us from Ireland to discuss the legend of the Green Man. The Green Man turns up in many cultures, from the same eras, around th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 57:24
  • Purchases: 1
'The Stone Age' Program 258
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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This program is a one hour exploration of some of the best electric music of the '60's and '70's.

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KEOS


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
'The Stone Age' Program 257
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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This program highlights studio, and live recordings from the electric music of the '60's and '70's for one hour.

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KEOS


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Alien Corpses of the Great Basin
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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You ever drive the "Loneliest Road In America"? That's what they call U.S. 50, across the Great Basin Desert through the middle of Nevada. Not many...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
St. Louis: Gateway to Genocide
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Today’s guest is Walter Johnson, author of The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States. St. Louis turns out...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Dec 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
JerryGrass Vol.15
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Celebrating the hippie high holy daze between when Jerry Garcia was born on August 1 (1942) and when he passed from this earthly realm on August 9 ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
Covid in the Country
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is being rural a pre-existing vulnerability in this crisis? Equipped with a mask and a selfie stick, Laura Flanders reports (from a responsible dis...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Hidden Sheroes of Film Editing from Hollywood to Bollywood and Beyond
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What are you watching? There’s a good chance it was edited by a woman. This time on the Laura Flanders Show, we talk with avant garde filmmaker and...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ode to the Old Gods
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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A weird new episode for our weird new decade, featuring some real talk (real strange talk) from George Van Tassel out at Giant Rock, 62 years ago—f...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
94: Hand Stitched Computers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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During the 1960s when we were racing to the moon, computing tech made a huge leap. Computers had to be small to fit in the Apollo capsules and it w...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Sonia Purnell, author of "A Woman Of No Importance"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Bob Kustra interviews Sonia Purnell about her book "A Woman of No Importance"

  • Added: Dec 02, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
85: Two Penny Hangover
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In the late 19th century, London had the beginnings of homeless shelters. They weren't always comfortable (try sleeping in a four-penny coffin), bu...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 24, 2019
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
73: Bridget 'Biddy' Mason
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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At the age of 42, Bridget Mason won a court case in California that freed her and her daughters from slavery. She went on to become a California re...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 05:14
Kansas Poets Laureate: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with a look back at previous holders of the title in Kansas. Part one of this public reading feat...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
PE 1934
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Checking it out.

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


  • Added: Aug 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
57: Stagecoach Mary
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Born in 1832, Mary Fields was the first African-American female Star Route mail carrier in the United States. Wearing two guns that she sometimes b...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2019
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
53: Barbed Wire Phones
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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One more example of how farmers MacGyver everything. No phone lines? Use the fence.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
37: Violet Jessup
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The unsinkable Violet. 3 ships, one woman who survived them all.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
PE 1826
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Did someone say "artists' sets"?

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


  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10