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881: Taking Pop Seriously / 882: Weird World Of Mushrooms, 3/16/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
2024 Anniversaries #1
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our yearly start to the new year. We go back 10 years again and again as far back as we can go and tell you the music anniversaries that w...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KECG and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
LSD
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week in 1938, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann invented LSD. It became a force in the 60s and gave us a new genre of music. Psychedelic.

Bought by KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ, KTRL, and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Jazz Phools
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Perry Bradford
When the aging jazz artist was hospitalized, his doctors thought they should get some background information on his life, and he told them that he ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
PE 2335
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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So It's Only Luring You...

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KHNS, WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM, KEOS and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 21
815: Taking Pop Seriously / 816: Secrets Of Alchemy, 7/29/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:59
230120 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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The search for the first rock and roll record never finds its "Patient Zero" because it's not an infection, it's a vast amalgamation of our musics ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, WQCS and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 7
745: Taking Pop Seriously / 746: Forgiving The Unforgivable, 11/26/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Songs In Courts
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Can a song make a person do something awful? Many believe it can. In fact, there have been multiple court cases where a song was brought into evi...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
DC 2227
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Independence Day

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KRSC, KSRQ, KDUR and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
639: Shapeshifting / 640: Music Beyond Genre, 11/20/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in th...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
DC 2127
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Independence Day

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KKRN, WOUB, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
The United States of America v. Billie Holiday
From: Drew Darling
Series: Adagio
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A look into Billie Holiday's last year, and those whose mission it was to silence her.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
DC 2008
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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On and Off the Rails

Bought by Raven Radio, KPRG, Harford Community Radio, WXPR, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
DC 1928
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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I hear my train a-comin' to take me cross the river to see the Ritual Fire Dance. Why? 'Cause its a Strange Universe.

Bought by KPRG, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, GCR (Global Community Radio), Southern Branch Bluegrass and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
DC 1927
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Independence Day

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


  • Added: Jun 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
DC 1827
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Some Observations on the 4th of July (part five)

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


  • Added: Jul 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Symbols and Cymbals
From: Wind & Rhythm
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George Washington is said to have asked 24 year old Betsy Ross to create a flag to be the symbol of our nation in 1776. Historians also have mentio...

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


  • Added: Jun 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
Radio Independence Daze
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Sounds of bluegrass, jazz and that slippery, sometimes rock-infused sonic space between that are absolutely perfect for listening to in the first 1...

Bought by KMXT and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:56:35
  • Purchases: 2
PE 1717
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Long sets and short breathers, second chances, and a bit of San Francisco

Bought by KKRN, KSRQ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Banned From a Country
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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What does it take to get banned from an entire country? Find out in this week's episode.

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, KSRQ, WYAP, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
SITPE # 1612
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Spirit of '67+

Bought by WLPR , KKRN, KSRQ, KCMJ Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
SITPE # 1536
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Old Favorites

Bought by WLPR , KSRQ, KKRN, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
SITPE # 1525
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Timidly going where relatively few have gone before.

Bought by KWMR, WLPR , KSRQ, KKRN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 15