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Ebony Classics - Fascinating Rhythm
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Classics
Caption: Lieutenant James Reese Europe, Credit: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lieutenant James Reese Europe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917.
Ebony Classics - A Classic Exposure features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 56:59
  • Purchases: 1
Trans in the Eyes of God: Yvonne Taylor
From: Interfaith Voices
Series: Trans in the Eyes of God
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In the Church of England, you can only be baptized once. But some transgender people are seeking a new liturgy to reintroduce themselves to God, an...

Bought by WVTF and WPSU


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Empathy
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Qualia
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In this IMMERSIVE episode, “Empathy,” our goal is to immerse you in a soundscape that evokes empathy and persuade you to block empathy through rati...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:13
Balancing Denial
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Qualia
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Cindy Gagnon was betrayed by her friends for a very common reason. And you'd do the same.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 16:55
Sport Fandom: Why we care about sports
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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As sport fans, we subject ourselves to anxiety and depression nearly every week. Why do we do it? This episode explores the reasons why we care so ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 15:07
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Record Changers
From: Kabir Bhatia
Caption: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 30th induction ceremony is being held in Cleveland this year, and 'The Record Changers' have a look at the inductees, plus rock trivia., Credit: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Rock Hall 2015 edition

  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
African American Voices
From: Daniel Gilliam
Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Carl Van Vechten
Fifteen, 3-minute vignettes celebrating the contributions of African Americans in classical music.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, Texas Public Radio, Vermont Public, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 45:00
  • Purchases: 10
Mississippi Blues Project: Cedric Burnside Project; Big George Brock
From: WXPN
Series: Mississippi Blues Project
Caption: Cedric Burnside
The Cedric Burnside Project and Big George Brock, in concert at The Philadelphia Folk Festival

Bought by WNMU-FM, WHRV, WMHT, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 4
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
Remember the Bird! (The Music of Charlie Parker)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: 1995 32 cents Commemorative stamp, Credit: U.S. Postal Stamps
CHARLIE PARKER was one of the most influential improvising soloists in JAZZ, and a central figure in the development of BOP in the 1940s. A legenda...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 50:43
  • Purchases: 1
Define Life
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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What is life? In the first installment of our "origin of life" topic, hear various attempts to define life and ponder the life of the internet.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 2
Dream Jobs 2011 Promos
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
15 and 30 second promos for "Dream Jobs 2011: Outside the Cubicle"

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KMXT, WEKU, WNIN, WCPN and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: :45
  • Purchases: 9
Engineers of the New Millennium: The Water Energy Crunch A Powerful Puzzle
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
The Water-Energy Crunch is a clash of essential needs. Humans are thirsty creatures who need water to drink and bathe, but also to produce most for...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Return to Camelot PT. 2
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
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As the Kennedy presidency begins, a veritable Who's Who of artists, writers, and composers visit the White House.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Without Comment: The First 100 Days-Week Six"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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Without Comment is a 13 week series looking at the first 100 days of the Barack presidency.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
Blue Highways #2: Energy Frontiers
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at our sources of energy - present and future - beginning with our Virginia producer who traces her househo...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
PART 4: TOO MUCH MANURE?
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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A look at the environmental costs of a large-scale dairy operation.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:32
Eat Your Greens 2: Open day at Fairview Elementary
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Nutrition education also means educating parents on what's good for kids.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
HEART-to-HEART Pgm II: Children Sometimes Die
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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We expect that children will get sick from time to time. But we don't expect them to die.

Bought by Audible and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:39
  • Purchases: 2
HEART-to-HEART Pgm III: Respecting Diversity
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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Respecting Diversity looks at the influence of culture, race and religion on dying; how the assumptions behind "good end-of-life care" do not nece...

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Audible, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KALW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 5
Skywalkers of Akwesane
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How the dangerous skill of high steel became a rite of passage for a Mohawk tribe.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WFHB, KMXT, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 26