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Caption: THE CALLER ON LINE ONE, Credit: SCOTT DICKIE
A Radio Thriller (part of the CAPE COD RADIO MYSTERY THEATER series to be uploaded soon) Our most popular radio thriller.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 35:22
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Growing Native Associate Producer Blue Tarpalechee speaks with renowned Native filmmaker Chris Eyre.

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 11:27
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Word of Mouth is New Hampshire Public Radio's show about new ideas, emerging trends, and unexplored history. In this hour, "A New View" of Jane Au...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
Caption: Valaida Snow
This one hour program highlights some of the greatest and obscure female jazz musicians of all time. These great ladies are masters of the harp, vi...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 56:08
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Conversations about where women are (and aren't) in pop culture, from the impact of "Free to Be You and Me" to the evolution of Wonder Woman.

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
Caption: Jazz icon Dave Brubeck
In this hour, we remember the great Dave Brubeck—from his roots growing up on a California ranch, to his smash hit 1959 recording "Time Out," to hi...

Bought by WRGY, WNCU, WVAS, KPVL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Tin Pan Alley duo Rodgers and Hart
This week on the show, it's an hour with jazz's legendary songwriting teams—from Tin Pan Alley duo Rodgers and Hart, to Duke Ellington and Billy St...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WRGY, KPVL, KDRP Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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What if the curse that ruined your life could be turned into a money making proposition? “Everyone I have ever spent New Year’s Eve with has died ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2013
  • Length: 07:28
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Recounting a difficult life.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:26
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It grows on emptiness.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:15
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If you like your rock and roll with a little country swagger, chances are you’re gonna love Ronnie Fauss. With a vocal quality not a little unlike,...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
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The Tontons have taken over Houston's indie rock scene, but elsewhere they may well be described as one of the best kept secrets in Texas rock. Pro...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
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Scott -- called "The Tomboy of the Air" -- was part of Curtiss' exhibition team, flying upside down and plummeting to the earth in "death dives," ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:21
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John Irving reads from and talks about his novel "In One Person," and sits down with Virginia Prescott about writing, sex, and why he'd never becom...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
Caption: Anita Monga, San Francisco, CA 2/1/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Artistic Director Anita Monga talks the context of German Expressionism, the birth of celebrity culture, and why Buster Keaton will always be cont...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 18:40
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
The tenement windowsill is the instrument of social interaction between neighbors and the social control of children on the street. The front wind...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 16:11
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Michael Johnson shares what it's like to be act as a patient for med students training to be physicians and how being a fake patient has actually m...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
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Michael Johnson opens up and shares the key to living a happy life. His band's legal troubles hint at larger issues of name and identity, but Micha...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
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Michael Johnson shares two stories from two schools. A look at race vs. gender on the playground leads to a reflection on academic failure.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:58
Caption: Living sax legend Sonny Rollins, Credit: Francis Wolff
In this hour, it's the myth and magic of the label that defined mid-century jazz: Blue Note Records.

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


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker
Chet Baker's James Dean-like good looks and emotional trumpet playing represented everything that was cool about "cool jazz." But his life was the ...

Bought by WRGY, KDRP Community Radio, WCMU Public Radio, WNJR, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Guitarist Pat Martino survived a brain aneurysm to become one of the most soulful voices of jazz guitar.
It may be hard to imagine, but in the 1950's, the great Duke Ellington was seen as a "has been." This week we explore the real-life legend of Duke'...

Bought by WRGY, KMUN, WNJR, WCMU Public Radio, WEMU and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Eddie Harris, Credit: Atlantic Records
EDDIE HARRIS was an jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also flu...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 1
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 WRGY, WNCU, KDRP Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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This is a special musical tribute to Eunice Kathleen Waymon, known as the great NINA SIMONE. This special contains some of her biggest hits.

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 55:45
  • Purchases: 1