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Linda’s debut novel, "The Sixth Station," is an irreverent religious thriller with lots of controversy that touches on the Vatican, history books ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
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A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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It kind of destroys the point of radio plays if you have to show up in costume. But two quirky guys built one quirky radio troupe anyway. This is r...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2012
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 1
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They came to Hollywood to escape the Nazi regime.

Bought by WCPN, WEKU, KREV-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Pink Floyd's The Wall was one of the biggest blockbusters in rock history. Does it still hold up?

Bought by KISU and WAMC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 2
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Actor Ralph Fiennes has appeared in a number of films about the Holocaust. In this podcast, he talks with journalist Bob Woodward about his role as...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2010
  • Length: 10:37
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This week on The Score with Edmund Stone we are looking back at the amazing soundtracks from 1939.

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Just in time for debut of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's film PIRATE RADIO, here is the true story of RADIO CAROLINE -- grand-daddy of British pirate st...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 24, 2009
  • Length: 12:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, Credit: James Edward Mills
In this interview documentary filmmaker Ken Burns shares the story behind his latest work.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 15:00
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Young musicians' take on 60's and 70's music.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: 07:58
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David O. Selznik once ruled Hollywood with memorandum

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Patti Smith hosts this hour of Bob Dylan music and conversation covering 1965-1974

Bought by KFOK-LP, WFIU, KUMD, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, Northstate Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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Sara Fishko finds the root of the teen movie, in this edition of the Fishko Files.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Rare archival interviews about the film industry that are perfect to run prior to this year's Academy Awards, but can be run anytime.

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Feb 02, 2005
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 1
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GREAT EVERGREEN: One half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team describes the founding of their company

Bought by KSTX (KPAC)


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 19:57
  • Purchases: 1