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Frank Zappa
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Frank Zappa
His music was an amalgam of classical music, jazz, R&B, doowop, poetry and—sometimes—just plain noise. And Frank Zappa the man had even more to him...

Bought by WYSO, WRGY, KPVL, Prairie Public, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/27/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE WORLD IS HELD ...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Strategy Not Strength
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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You never know who will pin you at an arm wrestling, or pulling, tournament.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
Talking Top Ramen
From: Jule Banville
Series: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Culinary genius at work, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
THE food for college gets the voxpop treatment from producer Mike Powell.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:24
Silent Seekers
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Most people know Sufism as the religion practiced by the whirling dervishes. But this mystical form of Islam has taken root in America, too.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
A Mother's Solution
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
Old N' Dirty
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Ray Penfold and his son Bill have been racing together for the past 40 years. Now 85 years old, Ray's health is failing and he can't race anymore.

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 06:54
Consuela's Mexican Radio
From: Matthew Cowley
Series: The Sixty Second Radio Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There's only one hotel.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:43
Tito Puente
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: King of the Timbales, Tito Puente
Tito Puente is the undisputed king of Latin music in the hearts of most Americans. But beyond that public persona, he was also a prolific composer,...

Bought by WRGY, KCSM, 90.5 WSNC, KDRP Community Radio, WVAS and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Tales from the South 113: Outsiders
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Judith Gardner reads on Tales from the South
This week's stories are all about being outsiders. Stories by Judith Gardner, Frank Fusco, and Alan Reese. True stories told by the Southerners who...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
When Elvis Met Nixon
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Caption: Richard Nixon, Sonny West, Jerry Schilling and Elvis Presley, Credit: Photo courtesy of Jerry Schilling
The story of Elvis Presley's visit to the Nixon White House in 1970, told by a man who was there, Elvis' confidante Jerry Schilling.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
The Fifty Shades Caper
From: Sean Rasmussen
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True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:48
Weird Jazz Instruments
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz bagpiper Rufus Harley
Tuba, banjo, flute and even bagpipes have all found their places in jazz, and how good they sound might just surprise you.

Bought by WRGY, Spokane Public Radio, KDRP Community Radio, WNCU, KMUW and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Frac Dust
From: David O'Sullivan
Series: KOEH 108.3FM, Dipperville, Minnesota
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Frac Dust is worrying the residents of Dipperville

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
Inventing and Gouging The Sick
From: David O'Sullivan
Series: KOEH 108.3FM, Dipperville, Minnesota
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Big Pharma and Medical Insurance and their influence on the sick (and not so sick).

  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 05:48
Tales from the South 114: Annual Holiday Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Fall Season
Caption: Martin Ferguson on Tales from the South
It's our Annual 1-Hour Holiday Special, in two parts. Christmas memories by Mary Lester, Wetzel LaGrone, Sara Baker, Martin Ferguson, Ann Talman, a...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2013
  • Length: 33:00
Holiday Jazz
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Hammond B3 organ legend Jimmy Smith ringin' in the holiday back in 1964
This week on The New Jazz Archive, we get you in the spirit with an hour of some of the best—and off-the-beaten-path—holiday jazz.

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, KMUN, KPVL, KDRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
You've Got to be Kidding
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Joe Wenke
A former corporate speechwriter, Joe Wenke is the owner of a leading event marketing company. With his new book, he’s going to have a few more inte...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 15:15
First Kiss
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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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
Booksmellers Unite
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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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
Great Jazz Cities: Chicago
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Avant garde jazz icon Sun Ra helped light the fuse for Chicago's rich experimental music scene.
Long before New York became America's jazz capital, Chicago jazz reigned supreme. This hour, we continue our tour of America's great jazz cities wi...

Bought by WRGY, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNCU, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Episode #01: The Tide and the Seay
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Explore the role of sound in art with Jesse Seay and her "Mechanical Tide."

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 12:28
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #00: An Introduction
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Craig and George introduce the show and discuss sounds relating to their lives.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
Tales from the South 100: Helping Hands
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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In this week's show, our stories are all about lending a helping hand. Stories by Warren Kuhn, Jr., Nancy Louise Baxter, and Renie Prentice Rule. T...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Obscurity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s dancers
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:55

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