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Barnacles
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1910 Excursion Steamboat
Rivers throughout America were critical for commerce from the 17th through the early 20th century. Think of the iconic steamboat. Bales of hay and ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Walkie Talkie (#1541)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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One of the most powerful words you'll ever hear -- and one of the most poignant -- isn't in dictionaries yet. But it probably will be one day. The ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WPCA-LP, WNIN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUOT 91.9 FM and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Normal Women of England: 900 Years of Making History: INTERVIEW WITH SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATE PHILIPPA GREGORY
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🚀✨ New Episode Alert! 📚🎙️ Dive into history with bestselling author Smithsonian Associate Philippa Gregory on The Not Old Better Show! 📜👑✨ Discover...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 31:57
Electrified
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Electical Recording studio
Imagine what traveling would be like if everyone followed different rules of the road. Total chaos. Well, that’s just about the story of the record...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tiger Tail (#1540)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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You may have a favorite word in English, but what about your favorite in another language? The Spanish term ojala is especially handy for expressin...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KTXK, RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Smalls' Paradise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Smalls Paradise
Ed Smalls, an African American, had the longest running nightclub north of New York City. 1917 to the 1960s. The club Ed opened reached its zenith ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Clogs (#1539)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Ribbon fall. Gallery forest. You won't find terms like these in most dictionaries, but they and hundreds like them are discussed by famous writers ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KTXK, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN and more


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
The Bees Knees & other slang
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Blossom Seeley
Almost as quickly as they arrived, they disappeared from lack of use. Slang from the 1920s and early ‘30s. During their heyday, they were flying ar...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wrapping up Stevie Wonder Month
From: KMUW
Series: Soulsations
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We’ll wrap up Stevie Wonder Month on Soulsations! We celebrate the legendary musician who turned 74 on May 13th. Wonder’s childhood friend, John ...

Bought by WGZS, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer, KSLU, KHNS and more


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 6
Bug in Your Ear (#1537)
From: A Way with Words
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Is there something inherent in English that makes it the linguistic equivalent of the Borg, dominating and consuming other languages in its path? N...

Bought by Tri States Public Radio, KECG, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Pride Anthems | Episode 24-19
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: 2024 Episodes | 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 KSJE, WRFA-LP, KFCF FM, KMSU, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Jungle Music
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cab Calloway Orchestra
No one truly knows when the term came into common use. The original intent was for it to be derogatory. Insult the band and the music by calling it...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
AG 24-27: An All-American Road Trip, 7/1/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. We’ll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
AG 24-26: Let's Get Away From It All!, 6/24/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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We’re living life among the jet set this week on Afterglow, as we explore songs about traveling from the Great American Songbook, including “Come F...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
AG 24-24: The American Songbook’s “I Want” Songs, 6/10/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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We explore wants and desires this week, hearing “I want” songs from the American Songbook, including “I Want To Be Happy,” “Whatever Lola Wants,” a...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
AG 24-23: Judy At The Movies, 6/3/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the film studio MGM, so this week, we’re celebrating one of MGM’s biggest stars: Judy Garland! We’ll take a clo...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
AG 24-22: The Songs of 1924, 5/27/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Our 1920s retrospective concludes this week with a look at songs from 100 years ago: 1924. We’ll hear some songs from this year that have resonated...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
The Black Dog (#1536)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Books were rare treasures in the Middle Ages, painstakingly copied out by hand. So how to protect them from theft? Scribes sometimes added a curse ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WPCA-LP, KTXK and more


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
A Sobering Reality
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Tiny Parham & Musicians
It’s not that one brought about the other. Rather, it was a melding of many factors, and during that time, jazz became incredibly popular, as did s...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Animal Crackers (#1636)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Images of birds flutter inside lots of English words and phrases, from "nest egg" and "pecking order," to proverbs from around the world--including...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KTXK, WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN and more


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Material Influence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Snowmask
Besides having the moniker of “The Roaring Twenties”, not everyone was partying. Creative minds were at a peak coming up with new inventions. Who n...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: Jeanne du Barry
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin moves into Versailles with a common woman who became the king’s favored mistress in Jeanne du Barry.

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Now is the Month of Maying
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Now is the month of Maying, and English madrigalists weren’t the only ones singing about it! This week on Harmonia, we’ve got music for that marvel...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
Beside Myself (#1535)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The new Downton Abbey movie is a luscious treat for fans of the public-television period piece, but how accurate is the script when it comes to the...

Bought by WPCA-LP, WNIN, KTXK, KTSW 89.9, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Connie's Inn, Harlem
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Credit: CBS Studio
The nightlife that blossomed in Chicago and New York in the teens and ‘20s are the thread that laced together audience and music. In earlier years,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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