KUT's On the Record: Ruthie Foster

On The Records a series of interviews presents an interesting scenario: musicians talk about the music that inspired them, and then that music is featured. In this particular episode, Texas based…
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Healing in the Cards

Reporter David Kates visit to the local botanica/sprit healer shop could have been a fun venture, but is limited by "newsy" narration, uninspired scripting, and minor technical glitches.
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The Big Payback-A Tribute to James Brown

Peter Bochan offers up James Brown cleverly edited in this lively half hour of beats, actualities from the Godfather of Soul, samplings of studio outtakes TV appearances and more. There are a few…
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OPEN SOURCE: Coming Home: Iraq Veterans

Sure to heart up the discussion on the fallout of the Iraq War in this engaging hour of talk, host Christopher Lydon turns his attention to the plight Iraq Veterans on this edition of Open Source,…
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"Lincoln Memorial" from American Icons series (PRI's Studio 360)

Kurt Anderson gives the Lincoln Memorial the Studio 360 treatment for an hour study of one of the country's most recognizable icons. A great program for midday on the 4th of July or President's Day,…
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The Tristan Mysteries: The Mythic Mysteries

A compelling telling of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde told with many voices, a rich and near perfect soundtrack to the expertly chosen interviews, scenes, and narration. Producers Amy O"Leary's…
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Roots 30th Anniversary

Nannie and Bill Haley, the wife and son of author Bill Haley, talk about the 30th Anniversary of Roots with host Dan Kramer. The mix of clips from the TV series, as well as the ambiguous ambient…
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Why the Dudes Dig Me

This one woman personal essay on life lessons in female male relations is a witty, irreverent tale of looking love in a few of the wrong places, and would make a fun drop in to a music program, just…
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Brothers at Odds: The U.S. Army vs. Lt. Ehren Watada

This episode of Making Contact explores the court martial of Lt. Ehren Watada, the first Army officer to be tried for publicly opposing the war. There are no surprises here; the political bent of…
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Radio Lab, Show 304: Memory and Forgetting

Exploring memory in this edition of Radio ab with Jad & Robert, has never been so fascinating...or hallucinogenic. Many engaging stories are told: a wife whose husband has no memories past a few…
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Me and Hank

This story is a loving tribute from Sandy Tolan to his boyhood sports hero, Hank Aaron. Tolan roams the country and his memory for this well told story of the legendary ball player. With Barry…
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Kansas City Central Debate: Rules of the Game

Sylvia Maria Gross attempts to reconstruct the story of a couple of students from Kansas City's Central High School who shake up the national debate circuit with rap and by making the case that the…
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Blues File: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"

Jonnny Meister's look at Coltrane's masterpiece "A Love Supreme" with author Ashley Kahn is like a rich desert, packed with informaion, music clips, author observations, and more. I only wish the…
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Art of the Song Darfur Special

This engaging hour long tale of compassion, music, and citizen diplomacy will move your listeners with its deceptively simple story of a few american women who reached out to oppressed women in the…
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Pastures of Plenty: Sailing East: Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos in the Fields

California's historical relationship with asian and filipino farmworkers is skillfully rendered in this first of a four part series .It is narrated by playwright Luis Valdez at the top and bottom, byt…
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