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773: As Read By The Author / 774: Hope: Where Does It Come From?, 3/4/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
EP218 "From the Cradle" Eric Clapton
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at Eric Clapton's 1994 album "From the Cradle"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
733: The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace / 734: Guilt Tripping, 10/15/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
601: Everything is Exhausting / 602: Traditional Knowledge, 7/10/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Everything is Exhausting" - Staying productive is harder than ever these days. When everything is exhausting, how do we stop the burnout...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
EP169 Hollywood Fats Band
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann) was a young guitar player who loved the sounds and style of musics from a time long past.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
EP166 A Tribute to Jeff Healey
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Jeff Healey was well known for his Blues/Rock, but his true love and passion was for American Jazz.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 59:56
EP162 Stevie Ray Vaughan
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Remembering one who introduced Blues to a new generation.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:02
EP152 Dion DiMucci
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Dion has been in the music business for over 60 years. For the past decade he's turned his attention to the Blues and recently came out with a new ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:57
EP146 Rick Holmstrom
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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West Coast Bluesman Rick Holmstrom learned from the best!

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:06
Finding Hope in a Haircut
From: Anya Schultz
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My parents, Randy and Vicki, were high school sweethearts in the 1960s, but they broke up when my mom went off to college. Twenty years later their...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:48
EP30 The Boogie Man
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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John Lee Hooker

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 2
EP41 Koko Taylor
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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She had a singing voice and could belt out the blues like no other. Her last release ("Old School" on Alligator Records), before her passing in 200...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 1
433: More Than Just A Game / 434: Traditional Knowledge, 11/30/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "More Than Just A Game" - Playing board games is fun. And more complicated than you might think. Uncover the secret history of board game...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
215: Even Stranger Things / 216: Story Worlds, 10/28/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Even Stranger Things" - Paranormal psychic spy hunters? It was a real U.S. Army project. Join us for an hour of even stranger things. ...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1523 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04/07/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Directed intensity from Buddy Rich sounds more like a lift than a jolt, but Horace Silver's loping tempo tells the truth. Mongo Santamaria's Afro-C...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 5
George Gershwin and The Art of America
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
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Rebecca McInroy and Rabbi Neil Blumofe discuss Gerwin's music and legacy.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:26:08
Gone With The Wind
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
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In this episode, Rebecca McInroy is joined by Dr. Coleman Hutchinson, Dr. Dina Berry, and Steve Wilson to discuss the some of the creative decision...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:03
Stan Getz
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Stan Getz
“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Benny Goodman
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Benny Goodman
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef on Joining Dizzy's Big Band; Finding One's Voice; Lifetime Student; and Musical Beginnings.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard on Rejecting Categories; Chicago; Composing; Early Influences; Early Band; Founding AACM; and Listening Habits.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on Hearing Coltrane Live; Improvisation; Yusef Lateef; and Moving to NYC.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master George Avakian
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master George Avakian on "Discovering this strange music"; Wrong Microphone incident; Most Important Accomplishment; Revolutionizing the L...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton on Mosaic; His Early Influences; Remembering Arriving in NYC and College Education.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9