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Artie Shaw
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: The swing era's reluctant hero: Artie Shaw
In the 1930s, clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw reigned as one of the great kings of the swing era. But just 20 years later, he mysteriously le...

Bought by KMUN, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNCU, Spokane Public Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
The Hitchock Nine -- SF Silent Film Festival Anita Monga Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Anita Monga, San Francisco, CA 6/10/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
San Francisco Silent Film Festival Artistic Director Anita Monga talks innovation, creativity, and why Hitchcock proved his genius in the first fra...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 24:10
Archeology in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: Archeologist Michael Holt at work in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve., Credit: NPS photo by Andrea Willingham
Some of the earliest records of human occupation in North America are in northwest Alaska. Archeologists in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve te...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
Boston
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Even though we are broadcasting from Louisiana, today we are all "Bostonians"! We got "Boston Bill" (Bill Robison) to add to the big Boston show, a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Return to Sender -- Groks Science Show 2013-06-05
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ken Weiss discussed the controversy surrounding the Yanomami blood samples.

Bought by KPVL and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: Views and Brews Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
A day at Herring River
From: Ben Harden
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Every spring, river herring return to the rivers and ponds of Cape Cod to spawn. They are met by a group of volunteers who, come rain or shine, sho...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:58
Island Signs
From: Dylan Peers McCoy
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This is the story of the life and death of Martha's Vineyard Sign Language. It was produced for the Transom Story Workshop.*

  • Added: Jun 02, 2013
  • Length: 08:21
Poet John Ciardi
From: New Letters on the Air
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This month's Save America's Treasures Archive selection features the perfect poet to hear around Memorial Day--the late John Ciardi, who was a gunn...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hippies - then, now and to come
From: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow- Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A comparative generational discussion about hippies

  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
REBELS WITH A CAUSE -- Nancy Kelly Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Nancy Kelly,, San Francisco, CA 9/27/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Nancy Kelly talks cause, effect, and how saving the Marin Headlands paved the way for Alice Waters.

  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 24:05
Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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It's a time of military memorials in our world, and that's the hallowed path we walk on this week's edition, with musical reflections on battles--a...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
Patent Pending: A History of Intellectual Property
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Caption: 1814 wood engraving of two types of locking mechanisms., Credit: (Library of Congress).
Can genes be patented? Are downloaders inhibiting musical creativity – or enhancing it? This week’s BackStory explores how Americans have viewed “i...

Bought by KUOW, WRPI, KBRP Community Radio, WMMT, WFPL News and more


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Rainbow Effect
From: ASR American Student Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Michael shares the empowering journey of claiming his own gender.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:17
You’ll Be Mine: Bringing Musical Tourism To West Memphis
From: Eleanor Boudreau
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Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
Novelist Alex George
From: New Letters on the Air
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After working for years as a corporate lawyer in England, Alex George moved to the states with his family and opened his own law practice in mid-Mi...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author Susan Orlean
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A dog lover and long-time journalist, Susan brings to life Rin Tin Tin, the orphaned German Shepherd found on a battlefield in Europe who became t...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 09:57
A Negotiable End Date
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balough explores the meaning of "wartime" with Mary Dudziak, an historian at Emory University's School of Law. Well after V-J Day, Dudz...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 2
Bounding Manifest Destiny
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Peter Onuf talks with Amy Greenberg, an historian at Pennsylvania State University, on the rogue diplomat that ended the Mexican-American War ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 11:01
  • Purchases: 1
100 Years of Jazz's Avant Garde
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Free jazz innovator Ornette Coleman
This week on the program, we dare to go where many jazz fans dare not tread as we explore 100 years of the jazz avant garde.

Bought by WNCU, KBGA 89.9 FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Caption: Woodcut of the 1886 Haymarket Square Bombing., Credit: Harper's Weekly, LOC.
With recent events in Boston highlighting the horrors of domestic terrorism, we're re-broadcasting this episode of BackStory, which originally aire...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN, WTJU, WOUB, WXDU and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Dizzy Gillespie
From: KUT
Series: Views and Brews Liner Notes
Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Clifford Brown
From: KUT
Series: Views and Brews Liner Notes
Caption: Clifford Brown
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Roots Thinning In Rural America
From: Eleanor Boudreau
Series: Roots Thinning In Rural America
Caption: Beverly Johnson is the Program Director at the Alex Haley House and Museum. She is also a relative of Haley.
A century ago more than 60 percent of Americans lived in rural areas. Today 16 percent do. As more and more people flock to cities what used to be ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
American Exodus: A History of Emigration
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Caption: African-American emigrants to the U.S.S.R., aboard the German ship Deutschland, c1930s, Credit: Yelena Khanga.
With lawmakers tackling immigration, we're devoting an episode to its flip-side -- emigration. We’ll consider the stories of those who left the U.S...

Bought by KFOK-LP, KREV-LP, WRPI, WOUB, and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5

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