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An interview and concert with Tom Paxton in front of a Live audience at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of th...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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A short piece about a long anticipated Cinco de Mayo party. As it turned out, almost everybody at the party, including the hosts thought they were ...

  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 04:12
Caption: Bandleader Billy Cotton
Despite the vast popularity of "That Rhythm Man," as Billy Cotton was known, his recognition did not reach the states like the bands lead by Ambros...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on Michael Pollan's new book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, and why...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Jim Sturgess, San Francisco, CA 3/6/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jim Sturgess talks music, metaphor, and suffering for his art.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:49
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Interviews with Authors, Musicians, Artists, Poets, Or Maybe Just The Guy Down The Street !!...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
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Todd is a professor of music at Washington University in St. Louis where he teaches popular music in American culture. The interview took place in ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:01
Caption: Jill Goodman
A light-hearted, yet accurate and informative look at the planets that affect everybody's everyday interactions.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs—all names you might recognize as poets of the Beat Generation. But a friend and inspiration to ...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
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In this episode, Conor takes a tour of the Mormon Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair with Nate Kogan.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 07:15
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A new breed of bartenders calling themselves mixologists--with a little help from the TV show Mad Men--have put classic cocktails back on the bar. ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Brad Dunn likes a nice bottle of scotch for the holidays. Local distiller maker Matt Colglazier talks about his spirit Sorgrhum. And, ducks for din...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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An in-studio interview with Glenn Frey upon the release of his 2012 release, After Hours. If you'd like to carry Art of the Song as a weekly pro...

Bought by KFOK-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Musician and his Family, French oil painting (Bibliothèque Marmottan, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris)
This week on The Spanish Hour, music by Fernando Sor, the Beethoven of the Guitar. We’ll hear some of Sor’s virtuosic works for guitar solo, guitar...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
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Nationally renowned writers, singers, and poets pay tribute to Toni Morrison, whose works have earned her the highest accolades in literature and e...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and KWMR-FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jeannette Pena believes it's important to smile, Credit: Will Coley
From the Washeteria II Corp laundromat, Jeannette Peña, has a unique vantage point on her neighborhood in Queens, New York.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
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Before Daphne Maxwell Reid appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, she was a number of "firsts," including the first African American homecoming q...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Venezuelan flutist Marco Granados
From Paraguay to Colombia to Venezuela, The Spanish Hour offers the third in its month-long mini-series celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (Septem...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
Caption: Alondra de la Parra, Credit: Photo: Lorena 2012
The Spanish Hour celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a program devoted to Manuel Ponce, one of the geniuses of Mexican music.

Bought by KHSU


  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
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A young Frenchman visits the Red Square in Moscow. His guide is a pretty Russian girl. Romance blossoms, notwithstanding Cold War politics.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
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One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...

Bought by KFAI, The Story, KUT, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, San Francisco, CA 7/23/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris talk finding the right tone, the terror of the blank page, and the synchronicity of cities.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 10:13
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Retired “PBS NewsHour” anchor Jim Lehrer, moderator of presidential debates for more than two decades, will lead this week in which policymakers, a...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:08:52
Caption: Trans Rift Trek is flagged off
On a 150 km Trans Rift trek from the Laikipia escarpmetn to the Keiyo escarpment, we climbed the Tugen Hills with William Kimosop and were entertai...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
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One-part talk radio, one-part classical music, this hour will give people framework and tools to improve their listening abilities.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 53:52