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Notes On Autumn - A Seasonal Music Special
From: Charlie Warren
Series: "Notes On" - Seasonal Specials
Caption: Into Autumn, Credit: L. Sponsler
A sound picture of nature's restful season of change and anticipation, along with its accompanying human happenings, all framed by music as varied ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KAAD-LP, RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 11
2024-08-02 Thirst Trap: When Big Cities Run Dry
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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This week we take a trip to Mexico, a petrostate that just elected climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president. She’s also the former...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KALW and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
240802: Thirst Trap: When Big Cities Run Dry, 8/2/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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This week we take a trip to Mexico, a petrostate that just elected climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president. She’s also the former...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Sing Cuckoo!
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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On this edition of Harmonia, we're exploring music inspired by the bird who often proclaims warmer weather...the cuckoo, and its association with h...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
Songs In The French Style
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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This week on Afterglow, for Bastille Day, we turn to the music of Paris to hear music written "dans la Mode française," performed by Madeleine Peyr...

Bought by WLRH


  • Added: Jul 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
NL 24-27: A Big Band Fourth of July, 7/1/2024
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 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
Radio Was There: D-Day
From: WRVO Public Media
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The sounds of American radio from D-Day on June 6, 1944.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Benny Goodman at 115: Swingin' On Air!
From: Jim Raposa
Caption: Benny Goodman at 115: Swingin' On Air!, Credit: (c) Raposa Media, LLC
A one-hour tribute to The King of Swing...Benny Goodman! 2024 marks the 115th anniversary of his birth. We're celebrating with an impressive playli...

  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 55:24
A Big Band Fourth of July
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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The rise of big bands in the 1930s and 40s played a key role in the popularization of jazz, and provided a soundtrack for Americans navigating a ch...

Bought by KTNA, WSKG, and WHRV


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
NL 24-10: Jazz Women of the 1960s, 3/4/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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The 1960s is one of the most talked-about, argued-about, mythologized periods of American history. This edition of Night Lights highlights some wom...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
HARM 24-14: The Black Hour, 4/1/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia
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In 1433, around 3:00 PM in Scotland in high summer, the sun vanished. This total solar eclipse came to be known as “The Black Hour.” Join us this ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
The Black Hour
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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Eclipses are awe-inspiring even today, but imagine witnessing an eclipse in the days before dollar-store glasses. You might not know why the sun wa...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
To Be Somebody: The Hazel Scott Story
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A profile of the pianist, singer, actress, and civil-rights activist, whose music drew on influences from classical to boogie-woogie, and who was t...

Bought by KVCR


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Note to Self
From: WFIU
Series: PorchLight with Tom Roznowski
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https://indianapublicmedia.org/porchlight/note-to-self.php

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Early Morning
From: WFIU
Series: PorchLight with Tom Roznowski
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The hours around dawn, reflected upon in story and song.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Buddy
From: WFIU
Series: PorchLight with Tom Roznowski
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One of the greats of early rock 'n' roll, remembered in story and song.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Taking Us Higher (An Appreciation) [Optional Hour 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
An optional second hour with more of our celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from Sly and the Fam...

Bought by WETS, KFSK, WUTC, KSJE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Taking Us Higher (An Appreciation)
From: Paul Ingles
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A celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from group leader Sly Stone and the FAMILY STONE band - tha...

Bought by WETS, KFSK, WCVE, WDDE, WUTC and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
NL 24-07: Suite History: Jazz Composers and the African-American Odyssey, 2/12/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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From the 1940s to the 1990s, several jazz composers undertook several large-scale orchestral compositions that portrayed the journey of black peopl...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:03
Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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Perfect for Women's History Month programming. "Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects," a new special from The Kitchen Sisters, h...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM, WILL, KALW, WRGY, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 54
WITNESS THE GENIUS: RAY CHARLES (An Appreciation)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Ray Charles
A deep dive into the remarkable career of RAY CHARLES, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is still clearly felt today. ...

Bought by WDDE, WUTC, WJCT, KSJE, WABE and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
It's Time! Max Roach In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A centennial tribute to Max Roach, who set the pace for modern jazz drumming and became an outspoken activist for civil rights.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Are We A Democracy Or A Republic?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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Is the US a democracy or a republic? And why do we only have two dominant political parties?

Bought by KERA, Connecticut Public (WNPR), MPR News Stations, KSKA, and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 5
Gerrymandering
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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The line between fairly splitting a state into voting districts, and purposely grouping voters to give one party an advantage.

Bought by KERA, MPR News Stations, KSKA, WKSU, and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 5
How Secure Are Our Elections?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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A wave of recent legislation across the country promised to make our elections "more secure." Where did this suspicion of our voting process come f...

Bought by KERA, WYSO, MPR News Stations, KSKA, and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 5

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