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The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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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
A Library Sounds Like This
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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From defunct recording technology to vinyl’s comeback, we've been through a lot of media changes over the last 125 years. And we're still changing!...

Bought by KVNF, KGNU Community Radio, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 3
King Denslow
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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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
Fred & Toody Cole of Dead Moon
From: Alex Kime
Series: Alex Kime - Chicago
Caption: https://alexkime.com/podcasts/
Listen in as Fred and Toody talk about their durability as a band & how a DIY mentality attributed to their 20-year success. Alex Kime edited this ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 21:41
Radio Retrospective: The Woman Behind "Let's Pretend"
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
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
On the same wavelength
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WORT, and GraceRadio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 3
Nitty gritty
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
What the Truth Costs: An Advanced Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
When we see the tools of discrediting the truth happily taken on, now or in history- we might say this. The cost of the truth is, it turns out, th...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 11:09
Been there done that
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
Fly off the handle
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:33
Nobody here gets out alive
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Right on the money
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
Dance Until the World Ends
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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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
Studs Terkel: A Heart as Big as the World
From: A World of Possibilities
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Despite his best efforts, like the very establishments he excoriated, Studs Terkel became an American institution. A man of the people, he was also...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, XRAY.fm, WZEN.org, KBGA 89.9 FM, WDSE and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 11
'Gays Need Not Apply'
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
The Miracle Case and Film Censorship
From: WRPI
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In 1950 the Roberto Rossellini film "The Miracle" was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency and censored by the New York State Motion Picture...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 25:43
  • Purchases: 1
WNYC's Fishko Files: Pre-Dean Teens
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Sara Fishko finds the root of the teen movie, in this edition of the Fishko Files.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2