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Blue Dimensions K51: Songs of the season. Holiday songs from Joey DeFrancesco, Warren Wolf, Shemekia Copeland, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and more
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Holiday music from the late Joey DeFrancesco, Warren Wolf, blues singers Shemekia Copeland and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and more

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KKRN, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
World in Progress 07/29/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Identities and Survival - Who defines who's Japanese? Identity and the Hafu people in Japan. Hardly seen: The plight of ...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Catholic Churches Face Financial Struggles in Shutdown
From: Brett Forrest
Caption: Monsignor David Cassato Gives Easter Mass on Facebook Live in Brooklyn, NY, Credit: St. Athanasius Facebook Page
Catholic churches saw a huge decrease in weekly fundraising once the shutdown hit Brooklyn and Queens. Larger churches have been able to stay afloa...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 04:01
IE: Inside Europe, 4/10/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: EU's virus rescue efforts disappoint Italians. Christians celebrate Easter under lockdown in Poland. Why Germany's COVID-1...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
IE: Inside Europe, 12/20/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Italy's new anti-populist 'Sardines' movement shakes up the country's politics. EU lawmakers demand the immediate resignati...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
The Easter Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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The Easter season, and the music it inspires, combine tragedy and triumph, sorrow and celebration—joining with the coming of spring as a symbol of ...

Bought by KUAT, KCUR, WVTF, WVIA, KALW and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
World in Progress 12/20/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Let's dive into the world of music. Did you know the Christmas song Silent Night originated in a small Austrian village 20...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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
The Vaughan Williams Christmas Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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The son of a clergyman, he became an atheist in college, then settled for a life as a “cheerful agnostic.” And yet, he probably wrote more Christma...

Bought by WVIA, Northwest Public Broadcasting, and WUAL


  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Christmas Connection 2
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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December is filled to bursting with carols and other vocal works—and as a result a great deal of instrumental and orchestral music is often overloo...

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WUAL, and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Environmentalist hunters? Humane meat? Vegans can respond with AMORE.
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Stumped by how to respond to family and friends who challenge your veganism? Or argue that hunting is humane and good for the environment? Dr. Lisa...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
Vegan Thanksgiving made easy!
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Vegan Holiday Kitchen author Nava Atlas shares holiday cooking tips. Whether hosting a vegan Thanksgiving or bringing a dish as a guest, she has ti...

Bought by WMPG, 'The Sea', and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Joe Yonan on a vegetable-forward Thanksgiving
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Washington Post food and dining editor Joe Yonan joins JL to talk tempeh, beans, and how he created a vegetable-forward Thanksgiving centerpiece.

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:04
  • Purchases: 1
How Corporations Become People: A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
There is a demand in this country that corporations acknowledge that they are not people. Until corporations wake up one morning, and say, “I‘m r...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
Bigfoot For Halloween...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: OCTOBER 2014
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Do you believe in Bigfoot? This reading from Mrs. Wakeman Vs. The Antichrist by author Robert Damon Schneck is part of our weekday 100-second free ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Dinner at Broad Channel, in Queens, New York City, c1910, Credit: Library of Congress
As families across the United States sit down for their Thanksgiving meal, this episode of BackStory explores the meals we eat for the rest of the ...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRGY, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
PROMO - Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Dinner at Broad Channel, in Queens, New York City, c1910, Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast]," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: :30
The Messiah Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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One is earthy and comical--an 18th century musical tale of thieves, tramps and trollops. The other is the most beloved holiday concert piece in the...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Carol Connection 2
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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We know it as “Good King Wenceslas,” but the carol, written in the mid-1800s, has a tune borrowed from a medieval salute to spring flowers! Join ho...

Bought by WUAL, KRPS, KRPS, and WUAL


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Pastoral/Shepherd Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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They stand in humble contrast with those other famous visitors to the stable in Bethlehem--the mysterious and awesome Three Kings—but it is the she...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
PROMO - Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: Detail from 1919 Red Cross poster, “Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service.”, Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific ...

Bought by WHRV, WUFT, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
The Hebraic Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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Many composers—Jewish or not—have used Hebraic themes and styles in their music, and whether recalling sacred rituals or scenes from village life, ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Radical Religion and Radical Politics
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Peter Onuf speaks with Harvard historian Anne Braude about the intersection of Spiritualism with 19th century social reform movements.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 2
American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: "Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln," ca. 1920., Credit: Library of Congress
With Halloween coming up, and vampires or zombies regularly topping the box office, it seems Americans can't get enough of all things spooky. So th...

Bought by KMUD, WDSE, WKSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
The American Connection (WWII)
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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It is no coincidence that three of Aaron Copland's most powerful works -- Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man, and A Lincoln Portrait --...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1