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Maria Callas: The Enduring Icon
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Holiday Specials from WFMT
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas, the WFMT Radio Network and Jon Tolansky present an exclusive documentary memo...

Bought by KENW, Troy Public Radio, WDPR, WQXR, WILL and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
A Sinéad O'Connor Sampler: Thank You For Hearing Me
From: Paul Ingles
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles leads a thoughtfully curated hour of 11 of Sinead O'Connor's most impressive and varied performances,...

Bought by KTNA, Prairie Public, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, North State Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 23
Southwest American History, 8/7/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the three hundred eighty third anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt on August 10th, 2023 and we cover the origin...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
TONY BENNETT - Class Act
From: Paul Ingles
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Music highlights from the remarkable career of one of the most revered pop singers in American history, Tony Bennett, who passed away July 21, 2023...

Bought by Prairie Public, Morehead State Public Radio, KOSU, RADIOLEX, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Growing Up Here
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
This is the last episode of our fourth season, which we have dubbed Susitna Valley origin stories. Over the course of the season, we have explored ...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Up The Tracks
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’ll hear stories from people for whom even Talkeetna was too crowded. Instead of the hustle and bustle of the booming metropolis of Talke...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Homesteaders
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them. Today, we’ll hear about people who came to th...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Oldtimers
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
So far in this season about arrivals in the Susitna Valley, we have covered the first people to arrive here, whose ancestors are still here, all th...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
NL 23-27: A Big Band Fourth of July, 6/26/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates America’s Independence Day with music from James Reese Europe, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and other c...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
Just Visiting Part 2
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
This is The Blue Tarp, stories from Alaska’s Northern Susitna Valley as told by those who lived them. In this episode, we’re continuing our explora...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Just Visiting Part 1
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
As we focus in Season Four about how local residents found their way here, a common trend emerges fairly quickly. Many who call this area home did...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Newcomers
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Our fourth season is focusing on Northern Valley origin stories, how people found themselves here at various points in history. In episode one, we...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Susitna Valley Origins
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Our fourth season focuses on Susitna Valley origin stories. Everyone who lives here today got here, somehow. To begin this season, we hear about t...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg
From: The GroundTruth Project
Caption: The Whistleblower, Credit: The Ground Truth Project
To mark the passing of Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers, the GroundTruth Project presents a special one hour program that traces the path o...

Bought by Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, WORT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 37
TINA TURNER: Simply the Best (A Tribute) [Optional Hour 2]
From: Paul Ingles
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In this second optional hour of a music special from producer Paul Ingles, listeners will hear more tracks from over 50 years of recording and perf...

Bought by Prairie Public, RadioStPete Florida, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUT and more


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Summit '63 - The First American Tops Mt. Everest
From: Charlie Warren
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A dramatic retelling of the challenging American expedition to climb the world's highest mountain 61 years ago.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WRFA-LP, PRX Remix, KUER, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 21:26
  • Purchases: 8
THE EMERGENCE OF JONI MITCHELL (2023) - Single Hour
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: JONI MITCHELL, Credit: Baron Wolman (used with permission)
UPUDATED! Single-hour exploration of the seminal work of heralded songwriter Joni Mitchell. Scores of Mitchell songs are featured. Special guests i...

Bought by WJCT, WHRV, KTNA, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVMR and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Trobairitz: The Women Troubadours
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
Caption: 12th-century trobairitz Azalais de Porcairagues
Troubadours have been romanticized and re-imagined in popular culture for centuries now, but rarely does that evocative re-imagination include the ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #396 - "DAVID LINDLEY TRIBUTE 2"
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: David Lindley
On this 10,000 GOOD SONGS special, you'll hear another hour-long mix of tracks ALL featuring the instrumental greatness and sometimes unique vocal ...

Bought by KSJE, KFSK, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #395 - "DAVID LINDLEY TRIBUTE 1"
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: David Lindley
On this 10,000 GOOD SONGS special, you'll hear a mix of tracks ALL featuring the instrumental greatness and sometimes unique vocal stylings of one ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KUHF, KRVS, KSJE, KMXT and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Jazz Women of the 1940s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz, featuring women instrumentalists who thrived in the upside-down jazz world of wartime America.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WJCT, WGBH Radio Boston, High Plains Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Jazz Women of the 1980s*
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A decade that saw female artists making further inroads into the male-dominated world of jazz.

Bought by KLCC and KMUW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz Women of the 1990s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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As the 1990s brought the 20th century to a close, women musicians continued to increase their visibility in the jazz world and to erode the notion ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KLCC, and KMUW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Renaissance Women: The Music of Courtesans
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Before they were tragic characters in nineteenth-century opera, courtesans were the original Renaissance women: highly educated, socially refined, ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
20 Years of PEACE TALKS RADIO
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Co-Founder / Series Host Paul Ingles, Credit: Genevieve Russell
A special broadcast marking 20 years of the PEACE TALKS RADIO series and podcast on peacemaking and non-violent conflict resolution. On this annive...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1

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