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Dawn Powell
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 22:02
  • Purchases: 1
Witches Brewpub
From: Mike Flanagan
Series: Professor Mikey's Old School
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Magical witchcrafted brews and tunes that hit the voodoo jukeboxes 1957-1971. The Witches Brewpub, where it is always midnight and always happy hour.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 23
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'The Adoration Of The Mystic Lamb', Credit: van Eyck
This program is a 5 minute spoken word exploration of renaissance fables. Leon Battista Alberti is one of the four great authors presented in this ...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 20
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Magnificato', Credit: Botticelli
This program is 5 minutes of spoken word that presents the living fables of the prolific humanitarian...Bartolomeo Scala. Part of the series that c...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 19
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: 'Lady With An Ermine', Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This 5 minute program brings to your audience the fables of Leonardo da Vinci. Part of the spoken word series of 76 programs, we explore some of th...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
'Renaissance Fables For The World' 7
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World
Caption: Self Portrait, Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This program is 5 minutes in length, and celebrates some of the renaissance fables of Leonardo da Vinci.

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
John Prine discusses his life and formation in music with Studs Terkel (1975) from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Conversations with John Prine from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive
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The opening song is a rebroadcast from a previous recording with Studs Terkel. John Prine talks about his family history in Paradise, Kentucky and ...

Bought by KSFR, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Prairie Public, KWTF community radio for Sonoma County, and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 54:21
  • Purchases: 5
Places
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Rio Grande Gorge, Taos, NM, Credit: Brian Aust
The only logical sequel to "Road Songs" celebrates the destinations along the way while saying hello to the radio stations of cities where WoodWarb...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:55:45
By Changing Role, Landmark Theatre Stays on Center Stage
From: Matt Mitchell
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The sound-rich journey of an opulent movie palace's transition from working class fantasy land to revered community asset.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 07:00
The Forgotten Superstar
From: Matt Mitchell
Series: The Forgotten Famous
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In a time when women couldn't even vote, she wielded incredible power, blazing her own trail to unrivaled fame and fortune. So why don't we remembe...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 14:33
The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. The result...

Bought by KCUR, WWNO, Michigan Radio, WWNO, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2017
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 68
A Woman's Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Join Gloria Steinem, Jane Wyatt, Snow White, Lucille Ball, Rex Harrison, Diana Ross & the Supremes,George Burns & Gracie Allen, James Brown and a c...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:12
The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves
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Look around your daily life.  There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 7
Liberace & His Spectacular Crystal Closet
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: One of Liberace's incredible feather capes, Credit: Glen Rutter
A half-hour music-rich documentary on Liberace and the former Liberace Museum. His story is told using historical clips from Liberace himself in pe...

Bought by WORT, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 3
The Symphony of Sirens, Revisited
From: Charles Maynes
Caption: Avraamov conducting the Symphony of Sirens in Moscow. November 7, 1923., Credit: Andrey Smirnov
In November of 1923, a Soviet composer named Arseny Avraamov stepped onto a Moscow rooftop clutching two oversized flags. His plan: to conduct an ...

Bought by KUER, WABE, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 7
Harlem Renaissance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Music and stories from "The Jazz Age."

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KMUN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Doors of New Orleans
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Typical French Quarter Door, Credit: Jamie Dell'Apa
An audio postcard mimicking the famous posters showing images of a city's famous doors.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
Shortcuts To Freedom
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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July 4th Classic

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Spokane Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 32
Ripple Rock meets its doom (short version)
From: John Ryan
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The greatest hazard to navigation on Canada's west coast, then and now.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Womemories -- Dory Previn
From: Bernadette Cahill
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Singer/Songwriter Dory Previn talks about her life and work

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Ripple Rock meets its doom
From: John Ryan
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The greatest hazard to navigation on Canada's west coast, then and now.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Transit Duchess
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Inner thoughts riding bus late at night in New York

  • Added: Mar 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:10