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I've Endured (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Old time music is a way of communication. A way to welcome rain after a drought or shoo a cold.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KXCV, WFHB, KIYU-FM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
I've Endured (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Old time music is a way of communication. A way to welcome rain after a drought or shoo a cold.

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
I've Endured (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Old time music is a way of communication. A way to welcome rain after a drought or shoo a cold.

Bought by WTJU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KEDT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
I've Endured (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Old time music is a way of communication. A way to welcome rain after a drought or shoo a cold.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Joyann Parker: The Music of Patsy Cline | Episode 23-39
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by WXPR, WDSE, KMSU, WRFA-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
NL 23-40: Jazz Her Way: Nancy Wilson in the 1960s, 9/25/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A survey of the singer's 1960s recordings with Cannonball Adderley, George Shearing, Gerald Wilson, and others.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
THE INVENTOR -- Jim Capobianco and Robert Rippberger Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Jim Capobianco and Robert Rippberger talk the warmth of imperfection, grocery lists in odd places, and not killing the animators.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 18:24
Afghan Women: ‘We Are Not Fragile’
From: The Story Exchange
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What do you think when you hear ‘Afghan Woman’? In this special podcast, The Story Exchange speaks to women who fled Afghanistan in the summer of 2...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 37:36
MIRANDA'S VICTIM -- Michelle Danner Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Michelle Danner talks making choices, taking risks, and the importance of speaking up.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 17:02
2023-07-23 Hypatia of Alexandria
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What was so revolutionary and dangerous about Hypatia’s philosophical ideas?

Bought by WVTF, KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Witch Beat
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Tonight we are talking about witches. And interesting religions, new & old. And especially California’s incredible occult countercultures—the esote...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
AG 23-33: A Fine Romance: The Dorothy Fields Songbook, 8/14/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week, we explore the songs of Dorothy Fields, a Tin Pan Alley songwriter whose work stretched from the 1920s through the 1970s. We’ll sample h...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
2330: Hypatia of Alexandria, 7/25/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What was so revolutionary and dangerous about Hypatia’s philosophical ideas?

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
EP227 Angela Strehli
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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This artist has been instrumental in keeping the blues alive for over 6 decades

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
Underground and Taboo (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Underground and Taboo (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by WABE, Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, KMUN, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 13
Underground and Taboo (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Underground and Taboo (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by WTJU, KXCV, WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2023 San Francisco Silent Film Festival -- Anita Monga Interview.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Anita Monga talks dark humanity, the first female animator, and when Sessue Hayakawa was arguably the sexiest actor in Hollywood.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 20:37
Abolishing the Death Penalty (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and KXCV


  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Abolishing the Death Penalty (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Abolishing the Death Penalty (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Virginia made headlines when it became the latest state to abolish the death penalty.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, WRGY, and KXCV


  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
"You do not have to do this alone": A History of Women's Advocates
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Sharon Rice Vaughn, one of the founders of Women's Advocates, Credit: Women's Advocates
The St. Paul nonprofit Women’s Advocates founded one of the first shelters in the country for women escaping domestic violence. It started in the e...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 06:46
Destroying the Soul (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Political prisons in the Arab world are rooted in colonialism.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Destroying the Soul (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Political prisons in the Arab world are rooted in colonialism.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, KVSC, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10

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