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It’s Black Music Month and we’re celebrating with a look at only a few of the many many incredible artists who have shaped music, crossed genres an...

Bought by WJSU


  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
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A reading from the Kings James Version of the Bible from Acts: Chapter 2 Verses 1 thru 39.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:43
Caption:  Floor in Raphael’s Stanza della Segnatura (library of Pope Julius II). The room signifies unity, and the Star of David which has 6 points represents also the six day creation story which is in the Christian Bible (of course), so there in the floor it
A walking tour of the Vatican's floors, which are frequently made from re-purposed bits of ancient history.

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Theater of Dionysus, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Prof. Timothy Moore describes the historical context of Greek tragedies and shares his own research into the music of ancient Roman comedies.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 12:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sidney Hill, leader (Tadodaho) of Onondaga nation, Credit: Octavian Coman
Speeches at a Washington DC conference about Native Americans can exude optimism and many promises. But from time to time words used in a hurry p...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
Caption: Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Credit: Michael Clapp
Waffling. Flip-flopping. We hear a lot about the pros and cons of politicians changing their minds in modern politics. So how long has that debate ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:08
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For the third week of November (11/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a talented drummer whose career was almost dera...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of April (4/21): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at how one of the states most famous songs is based on...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of January (1/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering female R&B artist who is a triple th...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the second week of December (12/11): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a talented Texan who could sing, dance and mag...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the fourth week of May (5/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a record label that was a real feather in the cap of...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the first week of April (4/4): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a West Texas wild man who contributed to both 1950s ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:39
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Producer Dred-Scott Keyes converses with photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker and her husband, writer Jeff Walker about their collaboration in producin...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and WGDR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2010
  • Length: 57:21
  • Purchases: 2
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The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and ...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Our guest is one of the greats in sound, Tom Clack. We talk about early days at BBC, MTV and traveling the world to record sounds. He performs the ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A profile of a centuries-old martial art with roots that go back to Angola, Africa

  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
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This Story is free! With the Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Ravi Shankar started the tradition of the super-concert for a humanitarian ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Native News show spotlighting Mesa Verde's 100th Birthday.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 21, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A look at the past, present and emerging music in Jacksonville, FL w/ Derek Trucks interview

  • Added: May 29, 2006
  • Length: 59:02
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A look at the past, present and emerging music in Fort Worth, TX w/ Delbert McClinton interview

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 29, 2006
  • Length: 21:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Looks at the music past, present and emerging in Portland w/ Kelly Joe Phelps interview

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
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Looks at the music past, present and emerging from Charlotte w/ Jorma Kaukonen interview

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 52:00
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Profile of the American Museum Of Natural History in New York's Darwin Exhibit

  • Added: Dec 23, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
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In the 80's Marc Smith invented the Poetry Slam, which has swept the country and created a spoken word revolution.

Bought by KRZA, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUHB, WEKU and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2005
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 7
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A tour through the audio visual exhibits of the Jersey War Tunnels Museum tells the story of the 5 year German occupation of The Channel Islands d...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:30