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In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC.
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 11:56
She was a small, dark-haired Polish Catholic who somehow managed to save 2500 Jewish children from the Nazis. How? Here's the tale.
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- Added: Sep 12, 2012
- Length: 03:00
Vocalist and songwriter Gretchen Parlato's music is introspective and crafted with a knowing touch. Winner of the 2004 Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocalis...
Bought by WNCU
- Added: Aug 09, 2012
- Length: 15:06
- Purchases: 1
George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, has created countless festivals worldwide and can be connected to every important jazz musician ...
- Added: Jul 31, 2012
- Length: 15:27
In celebration of May Day, The Artsy Fartsy Show covered art in immigrant communities, activism and the artistic influences within the Occupy Wall ...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 52:11
The Cutting Edge looks at the causes and aftermath of the 1992 L.A. rebellion.
- Added: Apr 29, 2012
- Length: 01:00:13
Aila Ivonen talks with Scott Hall about the history of Kaleva Hall, a temperance hall in Virginia built in 1906.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Apr 27, 2012
- Length: 08:56
- Purchases: 1
In the 40s, jazzmen came of age on the stages of dance halls. Pianist Barry Harris and drummer Billy Higgins capture the view from those stages.
Bought by WNCU, KFOK-LP, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 20, 2012
- Length: 10:44
- Purchases: 3
The Cutting Edge looks at the life of the Emmy award-winning journalist, Gil Noble- considered as America's best known and most influential African...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 01:00:11
“Their music affects your consciousness, it changes your DNA if you really, really let it settle into your soul; Odetta’s voice, Miriam’s energy an...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 23, 2012
- Length: 12:33
- Purchases: 1
A profile of Raphaël Krafft "Le Journaliste à Vélo" who, over the course of a decade, has documented his travels on a bicycle for French public radio.
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 27:00
“You always have to have boundaries. If you don’t have boundaries, you don’t have art. There has to be controls and boundaries. Otherwise when does...
Bought by WNCU
- Added: Oct 25, 2011
- Length: 12:15
- Purchases: 1
“And then we used to play hockey in the street, roller skate hockey. So while I was up there playing roller skate hockey I was moving my feet aroun...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 13:21
- Purchases: 1
He said don’t have too many pregnant 19ths in there. Keep it simple…..Basie was as much as an arranger as any of the arrangers who actually wrote d...
Bought by WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 07:43
- Purchases: 3
“My father forced me to go to dancing school and take accordion lessons. I was a lousy dancer, couldn’t play, but there was this yearning for that ...
- Added: May 13, 2011
- Length: 10:02
- Purchases: 4
"Moody's Mood for Love" is one of the most memorable and recognizable solos in jazz history. But for James Moody, the song contains a bigger history.
Bought by WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU, KFOK-LP, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 20, 2011
- Length: 08:15
- Purchases: 5
Pianist Randy Weston has seen a lot people and places in his life. Born in Brooklyn in 1926 and served in the US Army during World War II. But it ...
Bought by WNCU, KFOK-LP, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 19, 2011
- Length: 12:57
- Purchases: 3
Three veterans from three wars talk about resuming their normal lives after experiencing combat.
- Added: May 18, 2010
- Length: 14:26
An audio collage of the struggle for civil rights, focusing on the role of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Bought by Prairie Public, WESM 91.3 FM, Prairie Public, and KVMR
- Added: Jan 19, 2010
- Length: 01:30:13
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Jan 19, 2010
- Length: 01:28:37
The Music of yesteryear a glimpse into the music and publishing business
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 28:01
Chris Goldstein interviews the Director of Government Affairs at Americans for Safe Access about her meeting with Department of Justice Officials. ...
- Added: Oct 24, 2009
- Length: 29:32
Excerpts of KUOW-FM's live coverage of the WTO demonstrations.
- Added: Sep 28, 2009
- Length: 16:08
Excerpts from WGUC interviews with Maestro Erich Kunzel. Kunzel passed away on September 1, 2009 after a battle with cancer.
- Added: Sep 02, 2009
- Length: 07:42
- Added: Jul 20, 2009
- Length: :12
