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if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Mikie Show #62, Mary
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode Sixty-Two, Mary! Thank you for supporting all that episodic exposition! This episode we speak with romance novelist Mary Tate Engels. Autho...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
A Musical Brain Tease
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Don Hodges studies music psychology. Here, he discusses one of his latests studies that gives us some insight into what our favorite song (and musi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 1
On the Move
From: WAMU
Series: Latitudes
Caption: Commuting to Syria., Credit: Courtesy of Tom A. Peter
Moving up, moving home, and moving your body. In Latitudes’ On the Move special we’ll sample many varieties of mobility. From self-deportation to ...

Bought by KUOW and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:28
  • Purchases: 2
Great Northern Radio Show: Brainerd
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Great Northern Radio Show
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The third edition of the Great Northern Radio Show has us at the John Chalberg Theater in Brainerd. Titled "Maybe About Trains," this radio variety...

Bought by KSRQ and WTIP


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:22
  • Purchases: 2
"The Cartoon Carnival Thanksgiving Special"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Joe Bevilacqua's alter ego, noted newsman Walter Cockeyed fills in again as host and presents a wide array of classic and rare holiday themed cartoon, record and radio audio, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A humorous look at Thanksgiving.

Bought by KTXK and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 53:48
  • Purchases: 2
Washington on the Front Lines
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Agent Michael Bermudez, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent and Public Affairs Officer, US Customs and Border Patrol., Credit: Eroyn Franklin
This story takes us to Washington state's border with Canada, where the Border Patrol arrests hundreds of people each year. Producer Jessica Partno...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
"The Cartoon Carnival Father's Day Special" (53:30)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: "The Cartoon Carnival Father's Day Special" features an interview with Doug Young (the voice of Hanna-Barbera's Doggy Daddy), Credit: Hanna-Barbera Productions (1959)
Another Joe Bev. Holiday Treat! Here's a great Holiday Special your listeners will LOVE!!

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, and KEOS


  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 3
Texas Nuggets: Three Chords and a Station Wagon
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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The incredible story of a lost chapter of music history...and the equally incredible songs now rediscovered.

Bought by KGLT, Marfa Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2010
  • Length: 56:34
  • Purchases: 3
The Green Lama - "The Case Of The Bashful Spider"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! THE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO
Caption: The first NEW Green Lama show since the 1950s!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A brand new radio theater featuring characters from the classic radio show, The Green Lama!

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 46:33
Cartoon Carnival #4
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Clyde Crashcup (Shep Menkin) Invents the Bathtub on the 4th "Cartoon Carnival" with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary, with Bob Clampett's "Time for Beany," Bill Marx, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Myrtis Butl...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 54:38
Talking to Strangers: Chance Encounters with Fellow Americans
From: Aaron Henkin
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a modern American road trip...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 49:30
The Joe Bev Holiday Treat
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a joyful and surprising self-contained hour of Christmas themed stories

Bought by WAMU, WRFA-LP, WLRN, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 8
From Moonshine to Armadillos: The Birth of the Austin Music Scene
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
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Rare archival recordings of Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson highlight this documentary.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, Christmas Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a sound rich, inventive take on Sherlock Holmes for the holidays!

Bought by KMXT, KWIT, KDUR, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Nov 13, 2007
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 4
Eat Your Greens 4: Back to school at Fairview
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Some of the young gardeners have moved on and graduated from Fairview. Will they be able to entice some new ones at the back to school night?

  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 04:54
Eat Your Greens 3: In the garden at Fairview Elementary
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Right beside I 25 a bustling community garden plays host to children and their families.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
Eat Your Greens part 1: McGlone Elementary
From: Maeve Conran
Series: Eat Your Greens
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Miss Hardy teaches her 4th graders about good nutrition in a 'hands-on' way.

Bought by KRZA and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Jul 15, 2006
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 2
Phish: The Final Curtain
From: Vermont Public
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A one-hour documentary on the fan culture of the jam band Phish, told as the band broke up and played its final weekend concert festival in Vermont.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD, KGLT, and KUCB


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
Washington Goes To The Moon PART 1
From: Richard Paul
Series: Washington Goes To The Moon
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The politics behind the Apollo Program

Bought by WCPN, KVCR, MPR News Stations, WXXI Rochester, WITF and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2004
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 44