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On this episode, we talked about the book "The Musician as Philosopher," which explores several important musicians who worked in the New York City...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:13
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Transfigured New York," which features interviews with NYC experimental musicians of the 1980s, first fe...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 27:36
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Subcontinental Synthesis," a collection of essays that document a brief period where a Moog Synthesizer ...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly advanced and is now capable of with minimal human intervention. This technology is transforming the way ne...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 06:50
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Jean Shepard, a renowned American storyteller, captivated audiences for decades with his unique blend of humor, wit, and nostalgia. His radio caree...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 04:55
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Radio Art Zone," which is both a survey of what's happening in radio art, and part of a 100-artist radio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we talked about a new book in the 33 1/3 series that documents the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose early efforts intro...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we looked at the new book "Music for Prime Time," which documents the rich history of music writt...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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The Wizard of Oz started as a perfect partnership between L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow -- until they became bitter rivals, with each owning half ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:22
  • Purchases: 3
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Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel has become my favorite living director. That might sound extravagant to say about someone who has only made fou...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:38
Caption: 90% of young adults use social networking sites., Credit: (C) Kaitie Pearson 2016
Whether you tweet, snap, like, or share social media is the way to communicate; but can it be used for more then just a home for dog memes? Report...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:48

  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 13:15
Caption: A microphone on the dashboard of my car., Credit: Matt Croydon
It takes a lot of people and a lot of time to put together an episode of 99 Percent Invisible. A lot of the stuff they do can be scaled down to a o...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
Caption: Nila Mack
There weren’t a lot of female directors during the Golden Age of Radio. Nila Mack was one of the few who earned herself an office on the 14th floo...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: A Vision To Success
Seton Hall University Athletics competitive rise to the top of Intercollegiate Athletics behind the Vision and dedication of their Athletic Directo...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 15:59
Caption: John Fanta Reporting
INN's John Fanta looks at the Seton Hall University Golf Program for the 2014-2015 College Athletic Season.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:55
Caption: Khushwant Singh at his home in Delhi
India just lost its grand old man of letters. Khushwant Singh was 99 and still writing when he died in Delhi last week.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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When the publishers Penguin and Random House merged, it called itself The world's first truly global book publishing company". Sounds powerful. But...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Remember the sixty second moral inquiry asks questions about what is the right thing to do. Today, we ask "How can you tell If a government is bec...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:02
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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 PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Is three really the magic number?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Philly Joe Jones - Blues for Dracula , Credit: Fantasy Records
Hey! It's Halloween, it's Jazz and it's a party! Join Igor as he presents Halloween Jazz classics from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Lambert Hendrick...

Bought by KHNS, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, Delmarva Public Media, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2011
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 12
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After 54 years, the soap opera "As The World Turns" has come to the end of its run. A passing worthy of note? Commentator Mark Blackmon thinks so. ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:58
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The mainstream media are in effect censoring labor news that's important to all of us.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:24
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Although much media attention is being paid to "Milk," the movie about gay rights hero Harvey Milk, we shouldn't forget that not long ago media co...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:13