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#22 - Happy Birthday Studs
From HowSound
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Studs Terkel would be 100 today! We mark the occasion with an excerpt from the radio doc "Working with Studs."

  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 00:23:39
Distillations Episode 144: Mystery of Mass (Spec)
Series: Distillations - The Chemistry Podcast
From Chemical Heritage Foundation
Caption: What is it and what does it do?, Credit: courtesy of the Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Collection, CHF Collections.
In this episode we look at the diverse history of mass spectrometry, starting with a single question: exactly what is it? Then we dip into CHF's or...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2012
  • Length: 00:13:18
Handclapping Games
From Destination DIY
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Children have their own kind of oral history in the form of rhymes and handclapping games that are passed down from generation to generation. What ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:13
More Than Just Houses
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Portland, Maine’s Little Italy was one of many neighborhoods across America that was demolished as a result of Urban Renewal.

Bought by WMPG and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:08:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #23, Ellen
Series: The Mikie Show
From Michael Carroll
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Join us for a fascinating discussion with anthropologist Dr. Ellen Basso. She has spent many years living with, studying and writing about the Kala...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Quest featuring Howard Tate
Series: Blues Quest
From Mike Sanders
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Legendary soul singer Howard Tate began singing gospel and had extraordinary success with his solo secular debut in 1966 with the album “Get It Whi...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Quest featuring Sugar Pie DeSanto
Series: Blues Quest
From Mike Sanders
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Born Umpeylia Marsema Balinton in 1935, she was raised in San Francisco and hung out with Etta James. Like Etta, she was discovered by Johnny Otis...

Bought by Northstate Public Radio and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:57:00
  • Purchases: 2
OOOOOH! I'm Tellin!: Hip-Hop and the Oral Tradition
Series: Time Capsule
From Carl Scott
Caption: Producer Prince Paul practicing oral tradition, Credit: hip hop kareoke
A proven cultural tradition of diasporic cultures, we take a look at how hip-hop music's foundation on the sample continues to carry the torch. Inc...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 00:26:32
  • Purchases: 1
There were ghosts everywhere: an oral history of AIDS in Provincetown
From Sarah Yahm
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An oral history of AIDS in Provincetown Massachusetts

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUT, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, and WAMC


  • Added: Apr 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:12:13
  • Purchases: 5
Telling Your Story: Recording Oral Histories At Home
From KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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A 30-minutes "How To" featuring Dave Isay and facilitators from StoryCorps and other resources.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 00:29:40