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Against The Grain
From: Things That Go Boom
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In this fall special from from Things That Go Boom, Inkstick Media, and PRX: how Indigenous knowledge is challenging the military industrial complex.

Bought by KCBX, KUOW, WXXI Rochester, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Tina Turner the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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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
Ebony Classics - The Language of Music
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Eleanor Alberga, Credit: www.navonarecords.com
"Ebony Classics - The Language of Music" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2021
  • Length: 56:45
A Latin Jazz Christmas Experience
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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"Ho ho ho," A mixture of Mambo, Rhumba, Latin Jazz and fun in this blend of "Christmas Season" arrangements all in this musical presentation.

Bought by KSFR, KPSQ-LP, WNMU-FM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WCVE and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 17
Special: Our Economy, For and By The People
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Our city's economy – what is it for? New York's has been very good at piling up profits and building tall buildings. But all that private profit ha...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh Century Martyr (1 of 2) (ENCORE)
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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Scholars and religious leaders explore the impact of Husayn and the devotion of the 15-20 million pilgrims who visit his shrine each year. Part 1 o...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
Unsung: Puerto Rican People's Power #1YearAfterMaria
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Trump administration claims its response to Hurricane Maria was a "tremendous," "unsung" success. Yet, what has been truly tremendous since the...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (full version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
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Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 48:30
  • Purchases: 1
Out of the Blocks: 4700 Eastern Ave (mini version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
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4700 Eastern Ave: One block. Everybody's story.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (mini version)
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks
Caption: The intersection on Pennsylvania & North Avenues in Baltimore, Credit: Wendel Patrick
Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Anti-Abortion War Games with Children
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Anna Reidy is unable to forget the sound of the "war games" her family involved her in when she was a child, in this detailed report on the organiz...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 10:55
Music and Noise
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
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Music-induced hearing loss and the shifting borders between noise and music.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 2
Engineering Gotham From Below
From: Bishop Sand
Caption: This is a look up from the 86th Street Station construction site.
The New York City Subway is a complex system that keeps NYC running and it is still being built. Hear the reasons for the initial construction, the...

Bought by Hark!, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 5
Mozart Comes to America
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: Mozart's own violin, in its case, Credit: Greg Shea
The violin and viola once owned by Mozart himself speak through the composer's music during the Boston Early Music Festival, thanks to the Salzburg...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', 'The Sea', WVIA, WDPR and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 6
Overnight Metropolis
From: Ashley Cleek
Caption: Luxury hotels and apartments across the street from an earthquake-risk neighborhood., Credit: Ashley Cleek
Istanbul is a massive city of around 15 million people living in 3 million apartments. But Istanbul is also a city that is slated to have a major e...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 1
"WHERE IT'S AT: I'VE GOT TWO CONVENTIONS AND A JOBS REPORT"...TOLD THRU NARRATION, MUSIC AND SOUNDBITES
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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A "newsical" analysis and roundup of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions... plus the spin war to come over the closely watche...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 56:02
Etta James 1938-2012
From: John Luttrell
Caption: Etta James "At Last!" 1960, Credit: Argo Records
We remember the remarkable life and amazing career of one of the greatest female performers in music history, the legendary Miss Etta James, who pa...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Mother Tongue: Monologues from The Middle Passage to Today's Justice Movement"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Mother Tongue Monologues present Black women telling it like it is, with all its' truths, brazen acts, shouts and silent revolutions, from slav...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KZYX, WOMR, WJSU, and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 5
"German Soul: The Music of Xavier Naidoo"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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BORN IN MANNHEIM. GERMANY IN 1971, XAVIER NAIDOO IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BRIGHTEST STAR TO EMERGE ON THE GERMAN POP AND SOUL MUSIC SCENE. XAVIER N...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:09
"Before The Legend: The Rise Of Bob Marley"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Produced by Dred Scott Keyes, "Before The Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley", this entertaining and informational interview/music mix with author Chr...

Bought by WNCU, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and WCPN


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
Aceh: Preserving the Peace, Post Disaster
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Jocelyn Ford examines how American aid after the tsunami is impacting Aceh, Indonesia, for better or worse.

  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: 06:39
Kawthoolei
From: Outer Voices
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Along the Thai-Burma border, we meet the women peace activists working in the midst of the world's longest running civil war.

Bought by KUER, WUFT, WGBH Radio Boston, KWIT, KUER and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2006
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Kawthoolei with newshole
From: Outer Voices
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Along the Thai-Burma border, we meet the women peace activists working in the midst of the world's longest running civil war.

Bought by KQED, WUFT, KGLT, KUER, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
The Psychedelic Legacy of Roky Erickson
From: Adam Allington
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Roky Erickson is the godfather of pyschedelic rock.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: Releasing the River - Restoring the Rhythms of the Zambian wetlands
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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ABG visits a Worldwide Fund for Nature project to restore the Zambian wetlands which - since the construction of two huge hydroelectric dams on the...

Bought by CKMO and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 09, 2004
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 2