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Caption: Professor Longhair, Credit: Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Mount Calvary congregation standing outside the church, ca. 1950s, Credit: Ric Sheffield, Knox County Black History Archives at Kenyon College
A piece of local history audio storytelling exploring a now-defunct predominantly black church in Mount Vernon, Ohio, through the voices of its for...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 16:07
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We're headed to the ball game on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, however this team may look a lil different than your traditional baseball...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 06:02
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Join Haley as she brings you along with her to the Old West End Festival. It's a weekend of live music, food, historical house tours, and unfortuna...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 06:03
Caption: Berlioz Complete Works, Credit: http://www.warnerclassics.com/hector-berlioz/news/1752
We’re featuring music by Hector Berlioz on this episode.

Bought by KMUN, KWAX, Delmarva Public Media, WETS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Featuring the popular poetry of the time before and during the Great War: the Music Hall songs; the songs the soldiers sang; the poems that served ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Portland Prairie Methodist Church near Caledonia, Minnesota., Credit: Todd Melby
Like a lot of country churches, Portland Prairie Methodist Church has been closed for decades. But twice a year, locals gather inside the wooden ch...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:51
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Author Colin Woodard interview on Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:24
Caption: Historic Park Theater, Estes Park, Credit: Ellen Mahoney
Cinemas all around the country are preparing to transition to digital technology as starting in 2013 movie distributors will no longer send out fil...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, NPR Illinois, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: My Transistor Radio, Credit: web file
My Transistor Radio is a radio music retrospective showcasing “Dance and Romance” music from the 1950s and 60s. Attempting to answer why teen Boom...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:36
Caption: John Steinbeck, Credit: FANPIX.net
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. In "Cannery Row" the hobos poach a chicken over a campfire, in a 5-gallon coffee can. What they don't know,...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 26:55
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Valerie Red-Horse
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker, entrepreneur and investment banker Valerie Red-Horse, about her film Choctaw Code Talkers.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2010
  • Length: 15:18