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SHERLOCK HOLMES The Adventure of the Speckled Band pt 2
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes travel to Stoke Moran to investigate the death of Helen Stoner’s sister… and to try and prevent history from repeati...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 27:21
Why Schools Were Never About Knowledge
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Schools were not created with the intention of making geniuses and filling its pupils with knowledge. Hear three historians explain the surprising ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 2
Why We Pay Attention
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Hear neuroscientist, Jacqueline Gottlieb, discuss some of the cutting-edge questions in neuroscience: What is attention on a neuronal level? How do...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Neuron Channel Makes You Dumb
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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New research reveals a strange fact – a special type of neuron channel (HCN) makes us dumb. Hear about basic neuron mechanics and the supposed func...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
How We Hurt Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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A short episode about the things that hurt the learning process: why distractions are distracting and the conflict your brain encounters when given...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Double Bass
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by Jazz Double Bassist Patrick Mulcahy and Classical Bassist Andy Anderson to explore the floor of music, the Double Bass...

Bought by KMUW and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
What is Swing?
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by Larry Kohut on Bass, Jon Deitemyer on Drums, and Jim Gaillereto on Tenor Sax for an hour of music and conversation abo...

Bought by WJSU and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 2
At The Mardi Gras
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1, Credit: Mardi Gras Records
It's MARDI GRAS time! You don't have to be in New Orleans for MARDI GRAS. Just tune in to this show: "AT THE MARDI GRAS" and you will be dancing Tr...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 1
Program I: Route 66 Forever
From: David Dunaway
Series: Across The Tracks: A Route 66 Story
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Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story chronicles the history and peoples of America’s most famous and best-loved road. Produced by David Dunaway and...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Apr 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Praise
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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“Hey, you’re smart!” That feels good to hear, doesn’t it? Praise always feels good to hear, but not all praise motivates us to try new things, ch...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Classical Winter Travels
From: D. Christine
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A winter's journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic, with familiar works by Mozart, Prokofiev and Debussy along with surprises by newer composers f...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCQS, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz on Film
From: D. Christine
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Strangers on a train, partners in crime - the two great art forms of the twentieth century meet. As film composers incorporated new sounds into th...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Experience Shapes Perception
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Your experiences shape who you are as a person. But how do they shape our perceptual abilities? Listen to how our brains process auditory informati...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 2
My Country Music Magic
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Country Music Series
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This one hour program takes a look at the best of the African American Country music artists both present and past. The program features Grand Ole ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIP-LP, KPIP-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:40
  • Purchases: 5
A Very BLUE Christmas (Christmas Blues)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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This is a BLUES Christmas party. Begin this year's holiday with some of the best Blues holiday classics of all time.

Bought by KCME, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WVAS, WJAB, WVAS and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 8
A Halloween R&B Funky Party
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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One hour of Halloween fun with R&B and Soul classics that you will enjoy. Your host is IGOR - the Music Monster!

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2013
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 4
Two Guys On Your Head: Emotions and Decision Making
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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When we make big decisions in life, such as buying a house or getting married, we often consider those decisions to have been based on a ‘gut feeli...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Summer Soul, Summer Funk! (with a dash of Jazz)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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Its "Hot Fun In The Summetime" when you air this show. During this summer break, It summer madness with Sly Stone, Kool & the Gang, James Brown, WA...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
THE LEGACY OF EURIAH PILLAR
From: Steven Oney
Series: CAPE COD RADIO MYSTERY THEATER
Caption: 'THE LEGACY OF EURIAH PILLAR, Credit: SCOTT DICKIE
A Captain Waverly Underhill mystery: A death in the family can be expensive. When an eccentric millionaire leaves a bizarre will, it can cost a...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 41:39
'THE CALLER ON LINE ONE'
From: Steven Oney
Series: CAPE COD RADIO MYSTERY THEATER
Caption: THE CALLER ON LINE ONE, Credit: SCOTT DICKIE
A Radio Thriller (part of the CAPE COD RADIO MYSTERY THEATER series to be uploaded soon) Our most popular radio thriller.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 35:22
SHAZAM!
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Avery Wang helped found the app, Shazam. This app is now part of our cultural consciousness as a flagship app for all smartphones because it is so ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 10:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Musical Brain Tease
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Don Hodges studies music psychology. Here, he discusses one of his latests studies that gives us some insight into what our favorite song (and musi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : LouAnn Shepard Muhm - "Shoveling Out"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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LouAnn Shepard Muhm is a widely published poet and teacher living in northern Minnesota. She has been featured in the mnartists.org series "What Li...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:38
The Beat : Cheryl Wilke - "SeaCrow"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Cheryl Wilke was born and raised on the prairie in small town central Minnesota. She's been published in The Talking Stick, Lake Region Review, and...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:23