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In this Valentine's Days Special, we'll meet Jo and Harvey. Tune in and hear how they met and married 58 years ago in California.
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 06:11
Roman historian Karen Acton explores the historical identities of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 14:58
History of Thanksgiving celebration (bye bye Jack-O-Lantern)...
- Added: Aug 16, 2015
- Length: 02:31:19
Often imitated, but never duplicated, the "Jucy Lucy" is a Minneapolis food favorite. In this piece, learn the backstory and true mark of this icon...
- Added: Sep 28, 2014
- Length: 03:58
A walking tour of the Vatican's floors, which are frequently made from re-purposed bits of ancient history.
- Added: Sep 02, 2014
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Oct 20, 2013
- Length: 29:00
The 2nd in a series of Conversation with the Newsmakers from around our region.
- Added: Apr 21, 2013
- Length: 21:11
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Feb 12, 2013
- Length: 57:26
- Purchases: 3
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM Jazz with sense of humor, including Cab Calloway, The Mills Brothers, and Coon Sanders.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 58:02
- Purchases: 3
Robert Jevne discusses his former love of the Chicago Cubs in a lighthearted tone and how their incessant losing seasons defeated his passion for b...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 02:27
- Purchases: 1
Ellis was first a jazz pianist and later jazz vocalist who recorded numerous sides with the Dorsey Brothers, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, and many other...
- Added: Sep 21, 2012
- Length: 58:54
It’s Windy Hear! But, in the late 1920s and early ‘40s, much of that wind was coming from the great horns of musicians like Ruben Reeves and Louis...
Bought by WDCB
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
A collection of sounds and voices from William Devine Golf course, one of America's oldest public courses, located in inner-city Boston in the hear...
- Added: May 16, 2012
- Length: 01:55
This segment on the early years of jazz is devoted to the small group session between 1924 and 1930. Oh, yes, we also drift over to 1945.
- Added: Mar 14, 2012
- Length: 58:58
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with this edition of Kaleidoscope. From Mose the Firefighter to terminology and Irish practices, here is a look at th...
Bought by KREV-LP
- Added: Feb 14, 2011
- Length: 47:56
- Purchases: 1
Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 01:33:41
- Purchases: 2
Dmae Roberts features an in-depth and lively interview with Northwest Writer Ivan Doig.
- Added: Dec 02, 2010
- Length: 28:02
For “Patterns in Music,” Mike Whorf presents this special program of music, poetry, and thought-provoking reflection.
Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, 'The Sea', KKWE Niijii Radio, and KMXT
- Added: Nov 08, 2010
- Length: 01:07:36
- Purchases: 4
The Cartoon Carnival Presidents Day Special - Noted fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev.) offers up cartoon audio and comedy about George Wa...
- Added: Feb 12, 2010
- Length: 54:06
- Purchases: 2
The author goes in quest of the Boars Head Tavern that was often frequented by Falstaff and Prince Hal in Henry the IV Part 1.
- Added: Feb 09, 2010
- Length: 30:08
A visit to the home of Mardi Gras Indian Chief Mr. Ike
- Added: Jun 06, 2008
- Length: 04:46
Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman and Joshuah Bearman on Presidents' Day, along with a fifteen-piece marching band and a new song about all forty-three pr...
Bought by KWIT, Nevada Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KXOT Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 30, 2006
- Length: 58:34
- Purchases: 13
