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Tales from the South 037: Delta Music Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
Caption: Morgan Freeman, Bill Luckett, and Steve Azar, Credit: Shutter That! Photography
In conjunction with the Little Rock Film Festival, our Delta Music Show features Arkansas blues musician Jim Mize, Mississippi native and Ride Reco...

Bought by WMMT and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Joni Mitchell's "Blue"
From: Paul Ingles
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Musicians, music writers, fans and Joni Mitchell herself reflect on Joni Mitchell's most revered album, "Blue," released in 1971.

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WRGY, KMSU, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 25
Tom Perrotta on Flannery O'Connor -- a literary affinity
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Flannery O'Connor in 1962, Credit: Joe McTyre/Atlanta Constitution
Tom Perrotta, the author of "Little Children", "Election" and the upcoming novel "The Leftovers", speaks with ThoughtCast about a writer who fascin...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Everything You Wanted to Know About Islam But Were Too Afraid to Ask with Odeh A. MuhaweshMuhawesh. Part 1 of 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Odeh A. Muhawesh
On This edition of Culture Clique we visit with Odeh A. Muhawesh, a professor from the University of St. Thomas who specializes in theology and mod...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 34:53
Action Speaks! - What's Eating Us?:1987 The Roaming Mobro Trash Barge
From: Action Speaks Radio
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In 1987, a barge filled with New York City garbage was dragged up and down the East Coast and into Mexican and Caribbean waters. Our panelists use ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, WRPI and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Action Speaks! What's Eating Us? 1927 - Father Coughlin "On the Air" and the Birth of Right-Wing Radio
From: Action Speaks Radio
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With the popularity of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and now Glenn Beck, we felt it was time to look at the ‘original’ nationally known conservative ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, Spokane Public Radio, WSKG, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Viva Elvis
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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One hour radio special provides insight to how Cirque du Soliel "shook up" Elvis Presley's classic songs for the new "Viva Elvis" show.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Radio Berkman 162: Lessig & Zittrain Take On… Competition!!
From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Series: Radio Berkman
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Lawrence Lessig and Jonathan Zittrain - two of the greatest minds on the web - talk about how competition works in technology market

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Ghost of Heffron Hall with Patrick Marek Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University
Special Guest Patrick Marek stops by KQAL to discuss the legendary ghost of Heffron Hall at St. Mary's University in Winona MN. This haunt has been...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 21:30
Peacemaking After Divorce: Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Divorce can be one of the most challenging conflicts one can face. On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we'll hear the divorce story of the coupl...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Action Speaks! What's Eating Us? 1998 - The Sonny Bono Act (Copywright Extension)
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks! Underappreciated Dates that Changed America and its panelists -- including famed author Shepard Fairey and scholar and attorney Lawr...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, WFSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2010
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 7
11 (more) from John Lennon: An Appreciation (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Paul Ingles
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A second hour to celebrate the music of John Lennon. Writers, Reporters, Musicians and Beatle fans share their impressions of 11 more standout John...

Bought by KPIK-LP, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
Hockey Diaries: The Almost Season
From: mediachameleon
Caption: Tyler Sloan in the Washington Capitals locker room, Credit: Chris Nelson/mediachameleon
"Hockey Diaries: The Almost Season" documents a journey through the 2009-2010 Washington Capitals' NHL season. The story is told through the eyes a...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
The Handsome Family Live from the Outpost
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
Caption: The Handsome Family , Credit: Stock
With a following that is closely approaching Cult status, The Handsome Family (Brett & Renie Sparks) clue us into the fantastic journeys they take ...

Bought by KKRN, WNMU-FM, WRNC-LP, KRCB 104.9, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Kris Prestidge
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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We’ll hear from Kris Prestidge. He’ll tell the story of his Finnish immigrant grandparents who settled north of Deer River, and the family reunion...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2010
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
It’s Jazz, Charlie Brown: The Vince Guaraldi Story
From: WFIU
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An hourlong program featuring the music and life of Peanuts composer and jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi. A great special around the holiday season......

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WDCB, WICR, WJAB, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Barbès Podcast, Episode No. 3, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra (NY's Best Lounge Music)
From: Adam Pogoff
Series: Barbès Podcast
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NYC’s best lounge band performing the New American Songbook

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 16:13
Learn how to learn
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Gutzmann kids at the radijojo offices
Ever had trouble listening? ever had trouble concentrating? Yes sometimes we all have such problems. But some have it worst than others, some even...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 30:01
Keeping Score (PBS) "Berlioz Symphonie fantastique - Music Fueled By Desire"
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Caption: Michael Tilson Thomas, Host of Keeping Score
Keeping Score" is the PBS television program that has redefined "music appreciation" and "music education" as we know it. Use this 3:07 feature to...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 03:07
Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)
From: Nancy Solomon
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This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 40
One Giant Leap
From: WHRV
Series: How We Saw It
Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed ...

Bought by KWIT, KCNP, Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WVPE and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 12
Guitar Making: The Human Element
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Scott MacDonald in his workshop
Human relations are important even in jobs where you wouldn’t expect them to be. Scott MacDonald may be an internationally renowned guitar builder,...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
  • Purchases: 1
10 Greats You've Probably Never Heard
From: KUT
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Think you know music? NPR music critic Tom Moon has found ten artists you probably don't know...but should.

Bought by KLCC, KGLT, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2009
  • Length: 55:16
  • Purchases: 3
"Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Radio Theater
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Veteran Radio Producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua performs a perfect Halloween bit of story-telling.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Sep 04, 2008
  • Length: 23:42
  • Purchases: 1
Show 3: The Joker and the Thief
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Folksong Night in Gunnison
Joker and Thief: Two Masks of Bob Dylan

Bought by Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, KZYX, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 9