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Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.
Bought by KPVL, KDRP Community Radio, WOUB, KZYX, WCMU Public Radio and more
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 05:36
In this hour, we continue our series on America's Great Jazz Cities with the forgotten history of jazz and the blues in St. Louis.
Bought by WRGY, WNCU, 90.5 WSNC, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KDRP Community Radio and more
- Added: Mar 05, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 15
We go way back in time for this very special show, featuring true stories from the 1930's and 40's, told by the Southerners who lived them. Stories...
- Added: Mar 03, 2013
- Length: 34:00
This week on the show, it's an hour of long lost finds from jazz's lost and found bin—from a recently discovered cache of forgotten 1930s radio br...
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Try to imagine drinking your way through this book! That’s what author Leslie M. M. Blume has done in order to provide recipes for 144 cocktails.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 13:16
- Purchases: 1
Among the many names adopted for the clarinet during the early years of jazz, the “noodle” is possible the most catchy. Feature are Johnny Dodds, B...
- Added: Aug 28, 2012
- Length: 58:54
In an age when physical books matter less and less, here is a THRILLING story about a book that meant everything. A thousand years ago the most per...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 29:00
A little over 75 years ago Shenandoah National Park opened to the public for the first time. One of the most scenic routes in Virginia— Skyline Dri...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 53:21
Who were the mysterious Maya? Their predecessors were nomadic hunters. They followed game animals across the Bering Land Bridge, and populated the ...
- Added: Jun 18, 2012
- Length: 27:00
Southern Gothic writer Harry Crews died in March of this year. Although many people have never heard of him, Crews’ stories about outcasts inspired...
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 02:26
Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheese-maker throughout world history and by und...
Bought by KVMR
- Added: May 16, 2012
- Length: 17:10
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 01:59
A review of the intriguing WWII documentary.
- Added: Apr 25, 2012
- Length: 01:59
A review of the Rwandan genocide drama.
- Added: Apr 12, 2012
- Length: 01:59
Dr. L. Michael White challenges us to read the gospels as they were originally intended -- as performed stories of faith rather than factual histor...
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 28:59
My guest this hour is Steven Pinker, who has written a game-changer on the little matter of how quickly humanity is headed for hell or redemption. ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN
- Added: Dec 13, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
![Caption: “MOHAMED ALI JINNAH: His Moslem tiger wants to eat the Hindu cow” [April 1946]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/151840/timemag1946_square.jpg)
Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring no...
Bought by KUOW and WCAI / WNAN
- Added: Oct 25, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
There are eleven tribes of Indians who call Virginia home, among them the Chickahominy. And though they all now enjoy state recognition, the federa...
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:58
- Purchases: 2
We generally think that the first Memorial Day was held in the north. In fact, the very first Memorial Day was held at Blanford Church Cemetery 27 ...
- Added: Oct 14, 2011
- Length: 10:00
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Aug 09, 2011
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
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Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, and Julia Child: All loved to eat. Here's a Cather story about a priest who loved his food more t...
- Added: Jun 25, 2011
- Length: 55:08
- Purchases: 4
Hint: It doesn't have a whole lot to do with paint swatches...
Bought by Public Radio Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 03:19
- Purchases: 2
![Caption: Alan Lomax with unidentified man. [Library of Congress photo]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/125825/lomax1_square.jpg)
Open Source "Shorties" are 7 to 8 minute cuts of our best timely and evergreen material. Today, we're joining biographer John Szwed in thanking the...
- Added: Mar 25, 2011
- Length: 07:47
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Mar 17, 2011
- Length: 05:50
- Purchases: 1
