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Butterfly in the Typewriter
From: With Good Reason
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A Confederacy of Dunces, by New Orleans-born John Kennedy Toole, is one of the great stories of American literature. A new biography of Toole tells...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
Lincoln: Great Movie. It's Fiction. Here's the Truth.
From: Burton Cohen
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It's certainly Oscar material. But if you are interested in the real story of the 13th Amendment and the actual legacy of the Lincoln presidency, l...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:05
After the Blacklist
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason news features
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In the early years of the Cold War, a number of Hollywood directors and writers were blacklisted from the motion picture industry. One author says ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
Paul Simon Graceland
From: Joyride Media
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Paul Simon recalls the creative sparks and controversies surrounding his landmark album, "Graceland"

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, Prairie Public, Spokane Public Radio, WNIJ, WNIN and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
Joey Ramone...ya know?
From: Joyride Media
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Joey Ramone's close friends and family salute him by rocking out and finishing the tracks Joey left behind when he died.

Bought by CBC Inside the Music


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Indie on Demand Reviews CITIZEN GANGSTER
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A review of the stylish crime film.

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Indie on Demand Reviews GARBO THE SPY
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A review of the intriguing WWII documentary.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Indie on Demand Reviews KINYARWANDA
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A review of the Rwandan genocide drama.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Episode 10 - What's Past is Present
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: The Music of Downton
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Innovation is often a simple matter of reinventing the past.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 08:57
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 9 - The Sea
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: The Music of Downton
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Exploring the effects of the ocean, on the Island Nation's music.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 8 - The Lost Concertos
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: The Music of Downton
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Listening...and finding out about some curiously overlooked early 20th-century English concertos.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 7 - Songs From the Colonies
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: The Music of Downton
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You know the sound of English music when you hear it - but what IS that quintessentially English sound, really?

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5 - Voices of Spring
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: The Music of Downton
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In a place famous for grey, drizzly days - springtime has a multitude of meanings.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4 - The British Wind Band
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: The Music of Downton
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Hearing the resonance of British wind band music in America.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3 - The World of the Planets
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: The Music of Downton
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Think you know Gustav Holst's "The Planets"? Think again.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2 - The English Pastoral Tradition
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: The Music of Downton
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Discovering the surprising origins of so-called British "pastoral" music.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
U2: Achtung Baby
From: Joyride Media
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Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr look back on the year they almost broke up but decided put out a little album called "Achtung Bab...

Bought by Northstate Public Radio, CBC Inside the Music, and WUIS


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Paul Simon: Songwriter
From: Joyride Media
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Archival Paul Simon interviews from various moments of his career are intertwined to show the evolution of his creative process. Hosted by Rita Ho...

Bought by Northstate Public Radio, WETS, CBC Inside the Music, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Big Speakeasy: Jazz And Prohibition
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring jazz from the Prohibition era and an interview with historian Michael McGerr.

Bought by KHNS and WPTC


  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Sting: The Solo Years
From: Joyride Media
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Brand new one-hour special features exclusive Sting interview looking back on music from his solo career.

Bought by Prairie Public, CBC Inside the Music, WAMC, WNIN, Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 5
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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Includes a few demo recordings, a musical pair from 1974, and a thematic set of Beatles/solo music in which the only two Beatles on record are Paul...

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 4
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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ELT 4 includes a "Songs Within Songs" set (songs with references to other Beatles songs in the lyrics,) plus a two-fer from a John Lennon collectio...

Bought by KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 3
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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ELT 3 includes a Beatles "Home"-themed set, and Ringo Starr discussing songs from his 2010 album "Y Not."

Bought by KUT and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 2
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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This show includes a sampling of the Beatles' work with Eric Clapton, and a few songs from 2010 remasters from John and Paul.

Bought by KUT and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Beatles: Every Little Thing - Episode 1
From: Andy Cahn
Series: The Beatles: Every Little Thing
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Our debut show includes a Beatles/solo Peace music set, we'll get Anthologized, and hear a Beatles cover from the Smithereens.

Bought by KUT, KGLT, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:06
  • Purchases: 3