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Immediately after the bombings on marathon monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some stated...

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  • Length: 18:03
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:40
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Mandated term limits for Congressional members gets batted around now and then as a possible solution for gridlock which some say is driven by the...

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:46
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:08
Caption: Shark fins drying in the sun cover the roof of a factory building in Hong Kong, Credit: AFP
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will ask, "Who is the top predator here?" and, "If certain endangered species do in fact con...

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:57
Caption: Michael Scharf
Talking Foreign Policy is an hour-long program hosted by Associate Dean Michael Scharf and produced by Case Western Reserve University and WCPN 90....

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:04

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
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The program begins with new bluegrass, then presents a contrast of songs: Jim Reams’ song about not being able to settle down and Flat and Scruggs’...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Wind is of particular relevance to the ocean, as evidenced by the number of near and offshore wind turbine proposals currently projected and in mot...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
Caption: Phil w/20112 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van norman
Our show opens with new bluegrass. We muse that few songs are focused on individuals set in one place. But we found a few. And what is the place? “...

Bought by WNTI-FM, WXXI, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public, WAMU and more


  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Classic songs, celebratory music and comedy in tribute to mothers!

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Photo courtesty of ISSF, Credit: Andy Maluche
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss efforts being made my Interpol and other organizations to combat unreported fis...

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:14
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We continue to look for solutions to our most pressing future challenges: fresh water, food, energy, health, and security. In this episode of World...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Ralph Stanley is a bluegrass icon. To honor him, Don Rigsby put out a tribute CD. We play a selection from the CD, and then play selections from pr...

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KUCB, KRZA, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will provide multiple references to opinions and data relative to water rights, disputes, fi...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:49
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In this episode, we look at one of the most pressing environmental issues; fracking. There are so many ways to think about an issue like this; with...

  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:20
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The crisis of water is an indisputable one, as evidenced by a public increasingly aware of the urgency of ocean and fresh water issues. In this epi...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 05:26
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today, recorded musical textures are getting denser and denser. Why? Because we can make them that way, I guess. But turn back the clock and textur...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio and WXXI


  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
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Early on the show, listen to some funny bluegrass parodies. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass, we consider old recordings before the “wall of sound” wa...

Bought by WOUB, WRGY, KKRN, KUCB, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: David Treuer - Author
Writer, and Native American from Leach Lake Reservation, David Treuer, last year published “Rez Life,” an important work on many levels. David Treu...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:45
  • Purchases: 1
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"I want to have clarity of ideas and I want to be able to execute ideas. So if I'm going to play something really sloppy, I want it to be sloppy on...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 18:32
Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
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The image of 8 year old Martin Richard holding a handmade sign saying, "No more hurting people- Peace" pretty well broke my heart. To think that he...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:12
Caption: Clifford Brown
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1