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Hidden Messages (Pledge Drive Special)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
As far back as the 1920s, jazz bands were performing music that had hidden messages inside their songs. Messages that asked their audience to pled...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 49:30
  • Purchases: 1
KUT's Views and Brews: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and The Art of Invisibility
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Rabbi Neil Blumofe joins KUT host Rebecca McInroy along with a live jazz sextet for an evening of discussion and live music to explore the unique r...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Great Northern Radio Show: Bigfork
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Great Northern Radio Show
Caption: The Great Northern Radio Show
This is the fifth edition of the Great Northern Radio Show. This time we're at The Edge Center For the Arts in Bigfork Minnesota. Northern Communit...

Bought by WDSE and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:56:02
  • Purchases: 2
"The Legend of the Hero Bush" ( A fable from the future that may hold water today)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this episode First half: : a fable from the future told now..based on half remembered tales of the past and present. Second half: excerpts from...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 57:19
"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
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
THE LAST SHUTTLE ( May 2012 Update/Remix)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On April 27th, 2012, I stood on the banks of the Hudson River in NYC.. and watched Space Shuttle Enterprise make a fly-by, strapped to the back of...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 57:37
MORE About Animals in the News (UPDATE/REMIX 2012)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: 'Sugar' the Cat
A "newsical" overview of the news media craze for stories about animals, our own personal relationships with animals and my own experience as a per...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 56:21
On a String
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lonnie Johnson 1920s
Blues, jazz and folk music of the 1920s and '30s featuring the guitar, piano, violin and more.

  • Added: Feb 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Memphis Bound
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cannon Jug Stompers
With the closure of Storyville in New Orleans, many talented musicians landed in Memphis before making their way to Chicago and New York.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
The Very Special Holiday Episode for People Who Don't Like Very Special Holiday Episodes. ( DEC. 2011 Update/Remix)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This program is a "newsical" look at how "the holidays" affect our daily lives, our media...even journalism....told thru narration, music and actua...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 58:13
State of the Union 2011 Coverage: A Complete Musical Analysis
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tired of the usual pundits? This program provides a unique "take" on The State of the Union events--the seating, the speech by the President and th...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 49:38
I Wake Up Holding My Alarm Clock
From: One Hello World
Series: One Hello World
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For all the tragedy, death, destruction and chaos in the world, I really think there is twice as much beauty.

Bought by KUOW, KUT, KCRW, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 5
Movies When You Die
From: One Hello World
Series: One Hello World
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I’ve always thought it would be kind of interesting if, when we die, we got to watch our lives play out like a movie.

Bought by KUT, PRX Remix, and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
Whatchutalkin'bout?!
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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This episode looks at music as communication. In Africa drums were always used to send messages across the jungle. These same drums are now used to...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 18:08
  • Purchases: 1
Iggy & The Stooges: Raw Power
From: Joyride Media
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Tracing the creation and influence of The Stooges 1973 album.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WOMR, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WFAE and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 19
The Chieftains: San Patricio
From: Joyride Media
Caption: The Chieftains and Ry Cooder, Credit: Judith Burrows
The Chieftains and Ry Cooder present the history behind their collaboration inspired by The St Patrick's Battalion of Irish-born soldiers in the Me...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 50
VOICES4theSoul Show 723
From: Lori Holladay
Caption: Xavier Rudd
AAA Music show featuring songs that express a more meaningful side of life. This hour features songs by various artists, including a personal conve...

Bought by WVRU


  • Added: Aug 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
"Mutabaruka: Jamaica's Original Dub Poet "
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Dred-Scott Keyes and Bernard White interview Jamaican poet Mutabaruka.

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WNCU, and WNCU


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 3
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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American icon Nina Simone in words and music

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WFUV, WKMS, KNKX, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 54
Show 11: Art/Artist/Audience in Dylan' Songs
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Bill King dusting his broom
Dylan's Relationship to His Art, to himself as Artist, and to his Audience

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 4
Show 12: Dylan and the Traditions
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Dylan & the Traditions: Literature, Popular Song, Folk Song

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 5
Biography of Leonard Cohen 1HR
From: Steve Damien
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A one hour look at this Canadian singer songwriter, featuring various songs from his career.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Prairie Public, KREV-LP, KGOU, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2007
  • Length: 59:27
  • Purchases: 7
Cullen Anderson; Come On Home
From: Ryan Smith
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6 minute thought provoking piece on local musician...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
Style Warz: an underground M.C. battle from the inside out
From: Aaron Henkin
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A look at Baltimore's preeminent M.C. competition, Style Warz, from the perspective of the rappers who square off in front of a live audience to do...

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 1