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For the third week of August (8/20): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the original “Mr. T.”
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the third week of July (7/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who proved that it’s not such a small wor...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the third week of June (6/25): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped blend Texas and Louisiana music int...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:42
For the third week of May(5/18): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who was turned down by a number of night cl...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:42
For the second week of March (3/13): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the very first Czech musicians to perform i...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the third week of July(7/17): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a child prodigy who helped launch one of the state’s ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of August (8/10): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a country singer who found his fortune at the bre...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
In this Memorial Day episode of BackStory, we take on national remembrance. By looking at some of our country’s most iconic monuments, we ask what—...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WCSU-FM, WFPL News, WUIS, WRFA-LP and more
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 15
A dramatic musical based on "The Diary of Anne Frank," with music by Michael Cohen and libretto by Enid Futterman. Perfect for scheduling in April ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2012
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 2
In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia closed its schools rather than integrate. The closures lasted for five years, and the people who were denie...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Jan 12, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
An hour long look at Keith Richards' solo work as well as some of his best known work with the Stones.
- Added: Dec 22, 2011
- Length: 01:00:25
On this episode of "Culture Clique", Sheikh Odeh Muhawesh lectures about the word "Jihad" in his talk, "Everything You Wanted To Know About Jihad, ...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 28:47
- Purchases: 1
In a related episode of Culture Clique, we heard from Dr. Shigeko Sasamori on her encounter with the atomic bomb which occurred in Hiroshima on Aug...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 22:50
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Culture Clique, we have the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Shigeko Sasamori. Dr. Sasamori visited Winona State University this fal...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 55:07
- Purchases: 1
Immaculée Ilibagiza was one of sixteen women that survived the Rwanda Genocide in 1994. Listen to her story of survival and how it's changed her li...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 30:34
- Purchases: 1
Legendary folksinger and social activist Pete Seeger is receiving long-delayed appreciation for his immense contribution to American music and cult...
Bought by KUOW, WUAL, Spokane Public Radio, WMUK, KVNF and more
- Added: Dec 05, 2011
- Length: 54:58
- Purchases: 9
Three radio-magazine articles: A survey of "Home Sweet Home" and its unknown backstory; The goofy provenance of "Kansas City Kitty;" Meet Solomon B...
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 59:00
An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring music from the small groups within the larger orchestras of Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Glenn Mille...
- Added: Nov 08, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Opera America President Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees.
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 31:03
An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring music from drummer Chico Hamilton’s 1960s small groups.
Bought by WPTC
- Added: Oct 17, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring performers from the festival that year, including Randy Weston, Don Ellis, Cannonball Adderley, and...
- Added: Oct 17, 2011
- Length: 59:00
An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring jazz from the Prohibition era and an interview with historian Michael McGerr.
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
An hour-long program of early music, exploring the boundaries between this life and beyond. Try it for a different sort of Halloween special, or w...
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 59:01
The American Civil War has produced a number of mythical characters. Perhaps there are none like the notorious Champ Ferguson, a Confederate guerri...
Bought by WDVX
- Added: Aug 22, 2011
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring the transitional late-1940s bebop-influenced big band music of Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Geral...
Bought by WPTC
- Added: Jun 27, 2011
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
