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Caption: Nixon RIP
A retrospective of the entire year in sixty minutes, "A Shortcut through 1994" feature no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtapos...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:28
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Back in 1995, LaMont Dottin was 21 years old and a freshman at Queens College when, one evening, he didn’t come home. His mother went to the local ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 09:00
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The Belvedere Hotel is in the heart of New York City’s theater district. Many of its guests come to see the sights, take in a show. But there are a...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:55
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Around 2015, a young man who called himself Stephen showed up in Manhattan's Riverside Park. Locals noticed him sitting on the same park bench day ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 20:54
Caption: GW Bridge June 2023
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSRQ, WJCT, KMSU, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 6
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Social activism by youth during and after the pandemic helped their mental wellness.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nine
An extended reworking of the Beatles track "Number 9" which serves as the introduction to Shortcuts and it's influences with additional music from ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:24
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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One principle guiding Burning Man is "Radical Inclusion." But it's never been racially diverse. Activists like Favianna Rodriguez are changing that.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 56:11
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Most Burners don’t know much about the history of the land or its original inhabitants: the Pyramid Lake Paiute. Reporter Lucy Kang enlightens them.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:09
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The city is temporary and the intersections are conceptual. Are you ready to experience Burning Man — deep in the Nevada desert?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 04:37
Caption: Cellist Anthony Marchese and pianist Francisca de Freitas in Concert, Credit: BGSU/WGTE
Up-and-coming composers and performers from the BGSU Doctor of Musical Arts program share their music, live in concert.

Bought by WRTI, KMUN, and Classic107.3


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Kronos Quartet, Credit: Lenny Gonzales
We hear works by Jennifer Higdon, Adolphus Hailstork, and Samuel Adler, plus the Kronos Quartet plays Terry Riley.

Bought by WRTI, KMUN, and Classic107.3


  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Composer Kevin Puts, Credit: David White
We visit with composer Kevin Puts and the concerto he wrote for the string trio Time for Three. Also, music from Susan Botti which reflects her dua...

Bought by KMUN, WRTI, Classic107.3, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Queen of Rock 'n' Roll is a musical history of the great Tina Turner hosted by musicologist Howard Burchette.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
  • Purchases: 2
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"The Supreme Diana Ross" is a presentation hosted by Howard Burchette on the history of Diana Ross with the Supremes. They were the greatest female...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
Caption: Performers at the 43rd New Music Festival, Credit: BGSU/WGTE
We hear concert performances from the 43rd annual New Music Festival at Bowling Green State University.

Bought by WRTI, Classic107.3, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sarah Cahill, Credit: Christine Alicino
Pianist Sarah Cahill joins us as we revisit her performance project "The Future is Female." Also, music for the violin by Augusta Read Thomas, feat...

Bought by KMUN, WRTI, Classic107.3, and KMXT


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA—The granddaughter of Chief Caleen Sisk holds salmon eggs before dropping them into an incubator (the blue barrel) where they will hatch and juvenile salmon will swim out into the McCloud River. July 11, 2022. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - The Return of Salmon. A War Dance held on top of Shasta Dam brought about a surprising discovery: the Winnemem Wintu's fish s...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: McCloud, CA — A Winnemem Wintu man dances in ceremony for the salmon. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - Speaking for Salmon. At a sacred spring high up on Mt. Shasta, the Winnemem Wintu recount the beginnings of the world when sa...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
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A Prayer for Salmon - A Habitat Destroyed. The Winnemem Wintu and supporters start a two-week Run4Salmon prayer to call salmon back to the waters a...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KALW, KVCR and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: "Shasta Reservoir, CA — Chief Caleen Sisk on the shoreline near where she says a Winnemem Wintu village site was flooded out by Shasta Dam. October 30, 2018. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - It's Illegal. We go to Shasta Dam and learn about the history behind its construction in the late 1930s and early 1940s. We h...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Shasta Lake, CA — The Winnemem Wintu and allies protest the lack of information about the harm caused by Shasta Dam. September 25, 2019. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - A Protest at Shasta Dam. In a peaceful protest, the Winnemem Wintu call out the U.S. government for its refusal to acknowledg...

Bought by KKRN, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, KFCF FM, KVCR and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Stewart Goodyear, Credit: Anita Zvonar
Composers Jennifer Higdon and Stewart Goodyear introduce works written for their instruments, the flute and the piano.

Bought by WRTI, Classic107.3, and KMXT


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Brooklyn Rider, Credit: Marco Giannavola
Violist Nicholas Cords from the Grammy Award-nominated new music ensemble Brooklyn Rider joins us to take a tour of their recent album "The Wandere...

Bought by WRTI, Classic107.3, and KMXT


  • Added: May 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3