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230827 Overtime Free Form Radio - Colorado 1969-72
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
Caption: Jaime Brockett LP
Songs and sentiments from where the long sedimentary history of Great Plains of barren flatness were ripped open by an newer era's upthrust of the ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:22:03
  • Purchases: 1
Overtime Free Form Radio - Evolution of "Heaven" Lyrics
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
Caption: Washington Phillips
The mystery of who and what happens in heaven from scolding abstractions to humerous specifics, pop song lyrics have evolved over the last 100 year...

Bought by KFCF FM and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Civic Standard
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Actors from Developed to Death, a mystery dinner theater show from the Civic Standard in Hardwick Vermont. The mission of the Civic is to give neighbors excuses to get together, even if someone had to die before the salad course. , Credit: photo by Terry J. Allen.
"The Civic Standard" chronicles the making of a unique theater production in Hardwick, Vermont. "Developed to Death" is a play about Hardwick and w...

Bought by KWGS, Prairie Public, KALW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 6: Finding Digital Comfort in a Time of War
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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The trauma of war and intergenerational PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is discussed. And how state of the art ‘telepresence’, a technology ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 24:40
Information Golem
From: Jerry Gaura
Series: #Dragonsbread
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Artist Joseph Matheny struggles to manage the chaos unleashed by the world’s first ARG “Ong’s Hat.”

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:02:35
How Mae West's Singing Style Is In Bob Dylan, Chrissy Hynde, and Lucinda Williams Stylings.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
Caption: Rickie Lee Jones
My friend Rickie Lee Jones pointed out to me the similarities between Mae West and all these contemporary singers. Hear it for yourself.

Bought by KFCF FM and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 21:56
  • Purchases: 2
220709 Fabric Bands, The New Jersey Record Companies, and That Mrs. Jones.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
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A twist on the "bird bands" names of the 1950s, the first two hours feature bands named after ... fabrics. Tweeds, wool, cotton, velvet, denim, s...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Passover Seder Sounds
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next "Sounds Jewish" for our annual global musical seder.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Boats & Bluegrass 2021: People Brothers Band
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tonight on The Live Feed we revisit the Boats and Bluegrass festival to hear more from People Brothers Band. The group is originally from Madison, ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 55:41
220305 First Rock and Roll Song - Sandy Nelson and Glen Campbell As You've Never Heard Them
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
Caption: Los Crazy Boys
The great rock drummer Sandy Nelson sound like a very traditional swing drummer and Glen Campbell sounds like a primitive surf band as our perspect...

Bought by KCHU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, Prairie Public, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:07
  • Purchases: 6
Karate Camp 2021: My Grandma's Cardigan
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tonight on The Live Feed we hung around Karate Camp to hear from Winona's own, My Grandma's Cardigan. They would describe themselves as an upbeat f...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:44
These Films Keep People Out of Prison
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What if judges could know a person more completely before sentencing them to prison? An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KWMR, and KDNK


  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Global Rosh Hashanah Playlist
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for a global Rosh Hashanah playlist inspired by the holiday liturgy and some deep thinking.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shortcuts Back To Work
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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
Conger Beasley Jr.: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features the Past American Voice of Conger Beasley Jr. whose last book, ON BECOMING APACHE, was published posthumously at th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Granite City Radio Theater Season 9 Episode 3 with Special Musical Guest Keith Secola
From: KVSC
Series: Granite City Radio Theater
Caption: Keith Secola at the Granite City Radio Theater 6.16.2021, Credit: Jo McMullen
WE GOT OUR LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE BACK! That's the big deal here! Well, special musical guest and Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame induct...

Bought by WGZS


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:26
  • Purchases: 1
The View
From: Chris Attaway
Caption: The View, Credit: Chris Attaway
Producer Chris Attaway has a word with himself

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
YBYG1132: You Bet Your Garden # 1132 Now is the Time to Care for Spring Bulbs, Correctly, 4/15/2021
From: You Bet Your Garden
Series: You Bet Your Garden
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In this episode of YBYG Mike goes over how to care for your Spring Bulbs- and correctly! Plus your correcting phone calls!!

  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
210324 Satellites Zooming, Mexico Singing, and Girl Groups
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
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This week's search for the first rock and roll record is in songs about satellites, songs with the word "zoom" in the lyrics, Mexican rocanrol, and...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, Prairie Public, and KPRG


  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:34
  • Purchases: 4
210314 The First Rock and Roll Record - Fund Drive Edition
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
Caption: The Creeps (with Ronnie Dawson on the far left)
A special show featuring songs that include mouth noises as a substitute for SFX (special effects) noises. Unlike SFX, humans imitate natural soun...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:16
  • Purchases: 1
210214 Mardi Gras and Girl Groups
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
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It's Covid time so Mardi Gras is going to be less on the streets and more in our heads. But Mardi Gras and music are so similar that we really don...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPRG, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:21
  • Purchases: 3
The Devil's Radar
From: Hans Anderson
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A Straight-to-Audio Book

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, Minnesota Public Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 20:23
  • Purchases: 4

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