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JazzStories: Mulgrew Miller
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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“I think of a lot of things when I’m playing the piano and one of the last things I think about is the piano…you try to somehow think and feel li...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
A Blues Unlimited Special: In Their Own Words - A Conversation with the Blues
From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Racial Innocence (Pledge Drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Robin Bernstein
Professor Robin Bernstein: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 1
Chapter 13 - Reclaiming a Heritage
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
After his mother's death, Richard throws himself into his academic work, four jobs, and campus political and social activities. He earns a reputati...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:10
March 31: Rebecca Lukens
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Rebecca Lukens
Rebecca Lukens (March 31, 1825): An American businesswoman. She was the owner and manager of the iron and steel mill that became the Lukens Steel C...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
The Writ Writer episode two
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Writ Writer
Caption: Southern Cotton Picker
Based on the true story of Scipio Africanus Jones. At the end of episode one, black attorney Jones was faces with taking on a racially charged mu...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
The Art of Jazz Drumming
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The "greatest drummer in the world," Buddy Rich
Jazz drummers have gotta be some of the most unheralded of jazz's many unsung heroes. This week we dissect their art and craft with world-renowned ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WRGY, WNCU, KDRP Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
My First Grizzly by Joaquin Miller
From: Roy Trumbull
Series: True Bear Stories by Joaquin Miller
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A youth waits as fires are set to drive game out of a canyon. He wants a Grizzly. He gets his wish but after he fires his muzzle loaded rifle the b...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 08:03
The Art of Jazz Drumming
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The "Greatest Drummer in the World," Buddy Rich.
Jazz drummers have gotta be some of the most unheralded of jazz's many unsung heroes. This week we dissect their art and craft with world-renowned ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WNCU, KZYX, KPVL, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Food Memory Lane with Domonic Biggi
From: Carole Murko
Series: Heirloom Meals Radio
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Imagine growing up in a family business that was founded upon your grandmother's horseradish sauce? Domonic Biggi can. He recounts that his grand...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 24:19
Quite Early Morning: The Life, Times and Legacy of Pete Seeger
From: A World of Possibilities
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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
Mary McAnally
From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land
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Mary McAnally shares the story of how she organized the only Freedom Bus from Oklahoma during the Civil Rights Movement. She went with 40 Universit...

Bought by KUOW, KOSU, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
From: This Land Press
Series: The Short So Long
Caption: Photo courtesy Jim Chlebda
Jim Chlebda talks to us about his close friend Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, a prolific poet and writer who, with her family, left Oklahoma for Califor...

Bought by KOSU and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 2
Encore Presentation: Tales from the South 002 with Grif Stockley
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tin Roof Project Encore Presentations
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Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
A museum for minding your manners
From: KALW
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Head to the East Bay city of Hayward, and you’ll find a museum with a little bit of class. There, the city’s historical society puts on exhibits ab...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
We Were All Incarcerated
From: Geoff Storm
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An examination of Steve Barnes' wrongful conviction and eventual exoneration.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 56:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Our History
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We talk with Brian Vroman, Philosophy Instructor at Itasca Community College, about the history Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
Mischa Spoliansky 09-02
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week we recognize the distinguished film composer Mischa Spoliansky.

Bought by WEKU and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2010
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
No Argument Here
From: With Good Reason
Caption: James Farmer, Credit: Library of Congress
A college professor is following the footsteps of a civil rights icon James Farmer, by training his students in the art of debate. Lydia Wilson, ...

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Settling The Great Plains, Yesterday and Today
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: 'Mikhail', 'Andrius' and 'Hans' who are played by Matt Walley, Jason Lambert and Jonathan Fielding., Credit: Steve Wilda
A new play examines pioneer life and immigration and technology a century ago.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2010
  • Length: 05:14
NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef on Joining Dizzy's Big Band; Finding One's Voice; Lifetime Student; and Musical Beginnings.

Bought by WCSU-FM and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard on Rejecting Categories; Chicago; Composing; Early Influences; Early Band; Founding AACM; and Listening Habits.

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on Hearing Coltrane Live; Improvisation; Yusef Lateef; and Moving to NYC.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:59
NEA Jazz Master George Avakian
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master George Avakian on "Discovering this strange music"; Wrong Microphone incident; Most Important Accomplishment; Revolutionizing the L...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton on Mosaic; His Early Influences; Remembering Arriving in NYC and College Education.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:00