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A Shortcut Through 2012
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A retrospective of 2012, mixing the sounds and emotions of an incredibly dark and stormy year into a hour long montage.

Bought by KCLU, KVMR, Moab Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, KSFR and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 7
All Mixed Up: Election Shortcuts (part two)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Karl Rove, Brian Williams, Richard Nixon's Head and others wrap the 2012 Electi...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 59:44
Mediterrania - taste of the music of people of Catalunya and the mediterranian shores
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: Canzioniere
A musician and a restauranteur from Liverpool visit a festival of performances with traditional roots in Catalonia in North East Spain. They meet m...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 33:33
This Week in Texas Music History: Iola Bowden Chambers
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of December (12/14): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who used music to break down the barri...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
'The Stone Age' Program 80
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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'The Stone Age' Program 80 is one complete hour of Electric Music. It highlights the time of the 60's, and 70's when music became the symbol of ori...

Bought by KGLT, KEOS, WTIP, KKRN, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Woodstock ReMashed - 2 Hours Of Peace & Music
From: Jay Spill
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Someone beamed the Woodstock festival into the new millenium: Woodstock Artists remixed, mashed-up and mixed with original festival speeches and at...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:59:26
  • Purchases: 1
Love Me Did: A History of Courtship
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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The History Guys trace the history of courtship conventions from the colonial era to the present.

Bought by WSKG, Marfa Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Tesla vs. the United States
From: Deus Ex Machina
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Who invented radio? Marconi or Tesla? 90% of people get this wrong. Find out by attending the Supreme Court trial in 1943. The answer will surp...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2010
  • Length: 49:13
A Shortcut Back To 1969
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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The 40th Anniversary Mix

Bought by KMUN, KZYX, WUIS, WRVO, and KGLT


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
Chicago's Memory
From: Carolina Wheat
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A walking tour of Chicago's historical disasters

  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 09:47
Compact Discoveries 30: Ravel as Pianist and Conductor
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Maurice Ravel plays his own piano compositions in high fidelity, stereo!

Bought by WMRT, KAMU, 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station, KWAX, WSKG and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2007
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Poetry Provides Peek Into Past
From: Francesca Rheannon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Four women poets tell history through verse

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KVMR, and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 25, 2006
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: Indian Courtesans
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A look at the surprising roots of the rich tradition of Indian classical vocal music.

Bought by WCOM


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut Through 2005
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A year end retrospective of 2005

Bought by WMBR and KVMR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2006
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 2
The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay-Frontier Herbalist-feature
From: Dmae Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay is about a frontier herbalist and acupuncturist in John Day, Oregon.

Bought by WFYI


  • Added: Jun 23, 2005
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 1