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Caption: Adam Leon, San Francisco, CA 4/20/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Adam Leon talks anxiety attacks, passing the smell test, and taking what New York threw at him.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
Caption: Passing Notes
Doug Seroff, co-author of a book about some of the most popular songs of the ragtime era, talks about his part in writing the comprehensive study '...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Marlon Wayans, San Francisco, CA  12/3/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marlon Wayans talks Hollywood, going off-script, and the serious business of comedy.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 12:32
Caption: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Rabbi Neil Blumofe joins KUT host Rebecca McInroy along with a live jazz sextet for an evening of discussion and live music to explore the unique r...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: The Apex Club
The Apex Club was raided by federal agents and closed for selling alcohol during Prohibition in 1930. Just before that fateful day, New Orleans nat...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk is an original and unique voice in the shaping and the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano play...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:04
Caption: Ava DuVernay
Host Phalana Tiller talks with retail executive Tony Spring and filmmaker Ava DuVernay about customer-centric sales and marketing. And Rick Wartzm...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Ziggy Marley, Half Moon Bay, CA 4/19/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ziggy Marley talks reggae, filmmaking, and overcoming fear.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 08:06
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From the days of slavery 150 years ago, the African American spiritual grew out of the earliest days of Black America. Over time, spirituals sprea...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring live broadcasts of the great bebop pianist Bud Powell in the prime of his career.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Lady E. aka
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 56:36
Caption: Ashford & Simpson
The musical story of "ASHFORD & SIMPSON", today plus the celebration of the life of NICHOLAS ASHFORD (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011). ASHFORD & SIM...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 57:46
Caption: Max and Kendrick at Goodwill
Max and Kendrick host Tasty Wednesday and visit Portage Bay Cafe in the University District. Meron Fikru shares a story about the double standards ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:21
Caption: Emma Stone, San Francisco, CA 7/11/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Emma Stone talks courage, civil rights, and working from the outside in.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:32
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An hour-long program of classic jazz. It's a tribute to the pianist’s music, featuring recordings from Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Booker Ervin, Be...

Bought by WPTC


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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An hour-long program of classic jazz featuring the 1950s and 60s world-jazz music of bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
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Hour-long program of classic jazz featuring the 1950s and 60s music of saxophonist John Handy.

Bought by WPTC


  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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THESE AMAZING SHADOWS -- Filmmakers Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton talk The National Film Registry, censorship, and THE BIRTH OF A NATION.

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 19:25
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring the mid-1940s - early-1960s music of saxophonist Benny Carter, in big-band, vocalist, and small-gro...

Bought by WPTC


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring the music and story of the premiere all-woman big band of the 1940s.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WPTC, and South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring the early-period recordings of pianist Harold Mabern both as a leader and with Wes Montgomery, the ...

Bought by WPTC


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The show where extraordinary celebrities share their ability to adapt and thrive..."One Conversation at a Time!"

  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 40:40
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, celebrating trumpeter Roy Eldridge.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
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An hour-long program of jazz and American popular song, featuring vocalist Al Hibbler both with Duke Ellington’s legendary 1940s big band, and on s...

Bought by WJSU


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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An hour-long 90th-birthday tribute to Duke Ellington’s longtime writing partner, featuring interpretations of his music by John Coltrane, the Dutch...

Bought by WPTC


  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1