Church Music

A rich tapestry of speaking and singing voices create a joyful sound, in both the spiritual and secular sense. The program moves seamlessly between diverse communities bound by their devotion to…
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Secret Asian Woman

A powerful meditation on race and racism that couldn't be more timely! In the wake of Barak Obama's recent speech and coming up on Asian American Heritage Month in May, this piece is programming…
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Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis

A delight to listen to on a cold rainy Sunday afternoon! The interviews are short but interesting and the archival material with Armstrong himself are small gems. But plenty of great music propels…
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2 Years After Katrina: Still Weathering the Storm

Every radio station in the US should make use of this Katrina special - tailered to your needs with one-hour & half-hour versions, or individual segments. I listened to the full hour which flew by…
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Battleship Missouri Memorial

Well-structured, tightly written and nicely narrated, this news drop-in is full of interesting anecdotes about the Battleship Missouri. There's also good use of sound including brief historic archive…
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A "Healthy Living" LABOR DAY SPECIAL (two-hour version)

The gentle rural pace of this special filled me with nostalgia. I grew up just north of the Hudson Valley where husband/wife team Joe & Lorie talk to their friendly neighbors - some natives and some…
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Rufus Wainwright in Concert (59-minute version)

A fantastic concert by perhaps the most creative and unique voice in pop music! I was already a huge fan of his CD recordings - but hearing him perform live is even better. Particularly proving his…
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"Moby Dick" from American Icons series (PRI's Studio 360)

There's much to recommend this hommage to Melville's timeless epic. Studio 360 has carefully chosen smart, engaging, living icons of the art world to discuss the impact of this work on their own. And…
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Finding My Kerouac: On the Road at Mid-Life

Serious road trips are very personal journeys across landscapes of geography and psyche - mundane and mystical. This piece captures these aspects and more as two men approaching 50 (age, not speed…
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The Sound of Bomblets

Powerful material has been collected on this disturbing topic. But the two pieces sound like a work-in-progress. The first introduces victims with a long untranslated encounter which becomes…
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I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn

A fascinating piece which combines investigative journalism with personal storytelling. We are guided through the controversial treatment of heroin addicts with an illegal (in the US) drug by Dimitri,…
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In Verse and In Prose

A 21-gun salute to War News Radio! This timely/topical series is thoughtful and very well-produced (based on listening to this particular program.) The interviews are all by phone in this installment…
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"Beyond Fear: America's Role in an Uncertain World "- A Documentary Special

A polished and well-presented news magazine with indepth, reporter-driven stories. It tackles America's global image problem by focusing on "soft security issues" like military programs providing…
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CL 2006 George Walker 'Education for the nation and the world"

Dull, Dull, Dull. Now that I've got that out of my system, why? George Walker is an extremely intellegent, eloquent and sometimes even engaging speaker (when he ventures off the well-crafted pages…
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The Two Sides of Sgt. Pepper: An Honest Appraisal (New 2-hour Special - Available to All Stations)

Brilliant! Ideal June programming for any station whether music or talk is your format. There's a fantastic balance of both interesting speakers and iconic music. The two-hour special can easily be…
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