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Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by KPVL, KDRP Community Radio, WOUB, KZYX, WCMU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Christi was a pregnant teenager who gave up her baby for adoption and then changed her mind. The story from there goes places no one saw coming. Pr...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
Caption: Rachel is facing the camera. Katy is the taller one.
After a high-speed car crash, sisters Rachel DePuy and Katy-Robin Garton’s relationship cratered. Climbing 20,000-foot Mount Denali isn’t where mos...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:19
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Please don't feed the large reptiles! An American in Vienna finds herself at the bountiful mercy of strangers; A man seeking treatment for depressi...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:03
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A woman finds refuge at a shelter for big cats; It's tough being a very tall person in a very small world; A chance encounter proves serendipitous ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 22:21
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"I am a Christian, I am a mom, a wife, a homemaker, a leader, a knitter, a quilter… I’m lots of things. Accepting the label felon was really hard."

Bought by WAMC and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 2
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Love is in the air for El Día de los Enamorados, otherwise known as Valentine's Day. An hour of love songs from the middle ages through the early 2...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
Caption: Vicki Leon
Author Vicki Leon takes us for a ride through the ages of aphrodisiacs and anti-aphrodisiacs, contraception, nymphomania, bisexuality, cross-dressi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker
Chet Baker's James Dean-like good looks and emotional trumpet playing represented everything that was cool about "cool jazz." But his life was the ...

Bought by WRGY, KDRP Community Radio, WCMU Public Radio, WNJR, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Giancarlo Arcieri., Credit: Renan Dario Arango.
This short audio doc about Giancarlo Arcieri, 35, a young violin maker based in Midtown Manhattan, was produced for WorkingNow.org.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Guitarist Pat Martino survived a brain aneurysm to become one of the most soulful voices of jazz guitar.
It may be hard to imagine, but in the 1950's, the great Duke Ellington was seen as a "has been." This week we explore the real-life legend of Duke'...

Bought by WRGY, KMUN, WNJR, WCMU Public Radio, WEMU and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
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Daily routines can become monotonous, but when dealing with mental illness these tasks can feel insurmountable. Student producer Alanna Duncan take...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
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A dead squid in your mouth. Slugs. A mollusk. We're talking about your first kiss.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
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The smell of a book can like that of a lover - musky and old with experience, brand new, immature and innocent. Or, knowledgeable and hard-covered....

Bought by Moab Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Isaac Albéniz was one of the most outstanding personalities in Spain's musical history. On this edition of "The Spanish Hour," we explore the compo...

Bought by KHSU


  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sax titan John Coltrane
In this hour, it's the life and legend of John Coltrane—from his rural North Carolina roots to his place as one of jazz's most spiritual men and mu...

Bought by WRGY, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU, KZYX, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: "Piano Jazz" host Marian McPartland with Mary Lou Williams back in 1953.
This week on the show, we'll explore the long and storied history of jazz on the radio—from the early crystal set pioneers to the jazz radio host w...

Bought by WRGY, WJSU, KSRQ, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Journalist, author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, Credit: John Russell
Journalist, author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger, who’s traveled to some of the most dangerous places on earth, reflects on the art of storytellin...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman in the 1961 movie, "Paris Blues"
In this hour of The New Jazz Archive, we explore the shared history of jazz and film—from the role race played in shaping jazz's place at the movie...

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KSRQ, WCSU-FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
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From Guastavino to Ginastera to Piazzolla, The Spanish Hour offers the second in its month-long mini-series celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (Se...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
Caption: Saxman Sonny Rollins goin' "Way Out West" in 1957.
This week The New Jazz Archive goes in search of those rare moments when the paths of jazz and country crossed for some of the most fascinating fus...

Bought by WRGY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, KZYX, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Best-selling authors Jodi Picoult and Paula McLain, Credit: John Russell
Best-selling authors Jodi Picoult (Lone Wolf) and Paula McLain (The Paris Wife) talk about the craft of writing, their inspiration, and the challen...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Julia Alvarez
In A WEDDING IN HAITI we follow author Julia Alvarez on a personal journey where her eyes, and ours, are opened to a new country and culture. As Ju...

  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 17:35
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This week's stories are all about the lasting impact of grandmothers, whether we like it or not. Stories by Jennifer Miller, Mary Button, and Carla...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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Mainers take matters of death into their own hands.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 10:35
  • Purchases: 1