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Inside Studio 54 – The Real Story of Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll – Chapter 2
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Written by Mark Fleischman, with Denise Chatman and Mimi Fleischman Chapter Two: The Raid on Studio 54 Studio 54 first opened in April 1977 and b...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 27:38
Dispatch 318: A Tale of the City
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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After watching “Tales of the City” on Netflix, Sandip reflects on his own tale of the city.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
1970s Black Rock, or the Ties that Bind
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
Caption: a band called death
Recently at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, Ayana Contreras caught a documentary about Death, a 1970s all-black proto-punk band out of Detroit. The do...

Bought by WFHB and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2
In Between
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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Tales of being stuck between two worlds.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1
What happens when you do puppetry?
From: Brian Cauley
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A short documentary on the Banff Centre Puppet Theatre Intensive.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
"The Joe Bev Valentine Treat" (One Hour Special)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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A charming hour of stories about love, hosted by Joe Bevilacqua

  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:31
Acoustic Stories : Steve Downing : " Romance and reason aren't the mismatch that they appear to be."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #014: “Mesoamerica”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In the 14th episode of the RPM Podcast, host Ostwelve speaks with two musical architects of the Mexican Indigenous revival - Yaotl of Aztlan Underg...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KDNK


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 2
RPM Podcast #013: “Motherhood”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In Episode 13, RPM looks at Indigenous motherhood and music.

Bought by KZYX and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 2
RPM Podcast #011: “Music is the Medicine”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our 11th episode, we talk with one of the hardest working musicians on Turtle Island – Mohawk blues-rocker Derek Miller.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:40
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #010: “Electric Pow Wow”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island have been dancing and drumming for generations but, in the 21st century, that rhythmic spirit is finding ne...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #009: “Indigenous Rock”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In episode nine, RPM turns up the volume on Indigenous rock music, from metal to punk.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #008: “Singer-Songwriters”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our eighth episode, the great oral tradition of our Indigenous cultures thrives in 21st century song.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:37
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #007: “Native Hip-Hop”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Hip-hop is one of the most popular musical genres in Indian Country. In our seventh episode, we explore why the art of hip-hop is such a strong for...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 18:48
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #006: “Six Nations”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora. In our sixth episode we look at the music from the Six Nations.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 1
RPM Podcast #004: “New Traditional”
From: Christa Couture
Series: The RPM Podcast
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In our fourth episode, RPM looks at New Traditional, beginning with the question: What is it? And how can something be new and traditional at the s...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 2
Igor's Halloween Jazz Party
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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
Carapace: The Mad Years
From: Joyce Mitchell
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This true gothic story was told by author Randy Osborne in which he recounts life with his eccentric grandmother, her 35 cats, and a retribution th...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 10:24
Commentator Guido on Stormy Weather
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Stormy weather brings out our animal instincts.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 3 Hour 3
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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With help from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, KVSC has sent Wayne Bergerson, host of Frets on Saturday mornings, and long-time KVSC d...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:18:15
The Last Word on Homemade
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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A wooden bowl is also the tree, the saw and the sanding...everything we make is a story.

  • Added: May 03, 2010
  • Length: 02:48
Commentator Aaron Brown on Homemade
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Aaron Brown was a chubby kid with unkempt hair and homemade clothes who says, "punctual fat kids reap the rewards."

  • Added: May 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:39
Commentator Guido on Homemade
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Handmade & homemade isn't a guarantee of anything, is it? For example, you don't want to make your own submarine...

  • Added: May 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
The Last Word on Junk Drawers
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Why did we ever reserve a drawer for the probably-useless, but not quite discarded?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
Commentator Guido on Junk Drawers
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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You want a junk drawer in every room, don't you?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:00