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In 1942 Glenn Miller broke up his popular big band and joined the military, where he formed a new and even bigger orchestra that included strings, ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Remembering 9/11
A look back on September 11, 2001 on the 20th Anniversary with new music and additional material on Afghanistan, small and just wars and "The War O...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Worker
Labor Day extended special with history of worker's daily struggles mixed with cultural and musical references

  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:07
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As Canadian oil giant Enbridge defies orders to shut down their dangerous Line 5 pipeline in Michigan, indigenous environmental activists gain mome...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KWMR, and KVNF


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew and our team of creatives made a pandemic radio musical. This episode begins with the 35 minute musical and concludes...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Eleanor Alberga, Credit: www.navonarecords.com
"Ebony Classics - The Language of Music" features the music of people of color in the Classical music industry.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2021
  • Length: 56:45
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Our ability to hear is fully formed after just four and a half months in the womb. From this early age, sound shapes our worldview. Jim McKee, a so...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Louise Toppin
Dr. Louise Toppin, noted soprano and professor of voice at the University of Michigan, takes us on a tour of African American folk music: the spiri...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WVIA, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Bix Beiderbecke
Tributes to Robert Downey Sr, Dusty Hill and Bix Beiderbecke with music, covers and film clips

  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:44
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This July, America’s largest remaining generic drug manufacturing plant is set to close its doors forever in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its parent ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A 1 hour show featuring the music of Venezuela and the musicians from the past and present who have played major roles in this rich musical tradition.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:03
Caption: Dylan's Press Conference 1965
Radio presenter and podcaster Ben Burrell talks about his love for Bob Dylan... despite his flaws!

  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 17:07
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The Juke In The Back jumps into summer by spotlighting THE summertime holiday, the 4th of July. We're diggin' the 4th in song, ranging from songs a...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
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Music of the world, as chosen by MTPR's Tom Berich.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and KAMU


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The juke is jumpin' with records focusing on classic R&B songs about cars. Musicologists Billy Vera and Steve Propes drop by the "Juke In The Back"...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:54:22
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From 1939 to 1945, as World War II raged on, American Popular Music responded. On Afterglow’s Memorial Day special, we look at the songs of World W...

Bought by KSKA, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KRCB 104.9, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSKA and more


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Bob Dylan, Credit: 1961
Join us for a celebration of Bob Dylan's Birthday with Bob Fass, Big Joe Turner, Al Kooper, Les Crane, The Band, Richard Ashcroft, John Hammond, Em...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:06
  • Purchases: 1
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew and our team of creatives have made a musical! This show has the full length musical and concludes with more music ex...

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew and our team of creatives have made a musical! This show has the full length musical and concludes with more music ex...

Bought by KQRU FM LP, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KSTK, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad

  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 01:54:13
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Leonard hits shuffle on his iPad

  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 01:55:12
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Way back in the days before the end of The Big Sick, students everywhere were forced to stare at computer screens featuring live video feeds of the...

  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 35:40
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It's FM 91's 45th birthday! WGTE FM first broadcast aired May 2, 1976 and since then has continued to deliver the highest quality arts, entertainme...

  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Atlantic Records was the most influential, significant and important independent record label to come out of the late-1940s, during a time when the...

Bought by KCSM, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8