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In his new book, economist Gar Alperovitz speaks plainly about why the time is right to democratize the ownership of wealth as a way to strengthen ...
- Added: May 21, 2013
- Length: 28:58
Think of a jazz big band and it's probably the brassy sound of a '30s swing orchestra that comes to mind first. But throughout their more than 80-y...
Bought by WVAS, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, WEMU, Spokane Public Radio and more
- Added: May 21, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 6
Largely forgotten, bandleader Sam Lanin is possibly the most prolific recording artist of the 1920s. No one really knows just how many records he ...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 58:57
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 03:43
Cello Fortress us a video game with four players playing against a live Cellist improvising notes to defend the fortress.
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 02:22
A National Book Award finalist, Kent writes about the residents of a small town in fictional Holt County on the plains of eastern Colorado. His new...
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 09:59
Our Killer meets her first victim
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 09:20
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
When an animal lover and her non-animal-loving friend take over the care of tiny Petey, cuteness ensues.
Two-voice, non-narrated feature produced...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 05:31
Camels are known for their ability to travel long distances across the desert without water.
But they’re also becoming an increasingly important s...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 03:41
Composer and lyricist Jerome Kern summed up the life and work of Israel Baline (Irving Berlin) when he said, “Irving Berlin has no place in America...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 14, 2013
- Length: 59:32
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
The late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change. It’s happening again today. Through interviews with experts such as Willaim Gibson,...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 04:47
We take a look at the recordings that Memphis Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Otis Spann made in New York City for the Candid label in 1960 and 1961.....
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
A guy backpacks through 50 countries in 5 years. We hear his story.
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 29:03
We all know how sweet it is when our appetites are satisfied, but what's it like to be a satiator?
- Added: May 10, 2013
- Length: 02:53
I BECOME POINTLESS ...
Bought by KRCB-FM
- Added: May 10, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A dog lover and long-time journalist, Susan brings to life Rin Tin Tin, the orphaned German Shepherd found on a battlefield in Europe who became t...
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 09:57
The music of Pittsburgh's own rockers, The Harlan Twins, rings true, "I can't be blue in Bloomfield."
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 07:33
This award-winning story profiles one student athlete who suffered a sports-related concussion, and it follows the physical, emotional, & mental tr...
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 19:21
A British-born author who has lived in China for decades tells a true-crime tale of the unsolved murder of a young British girl in 1937 in colonial...
- Added: May 09, 2013
- Length: 10:02
Jessica Wapner, freelance journalist, open her book in 1959 when a chromosomal mutation, christened “the Philadelphia Chromosome.” Was discovered. ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
