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The Emergence of James Taylor (3 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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A program exploring and celebrating the career of singer/songwriting legend James Taylor. Musicians, music writers and fans offer thoughtful commen...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WUTC, WFHB and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Emergence of James Taylor (1-hour version)
From: Paul Ingles
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A program exploring and celebrating the early career of singer/songwriting legend James Taylor. Musicians, music writers and fans offer thoughtful...

Bought by KGOU, KSUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KAAD-LP, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Lynching and Lunacy: Mab Segrest on the Racist Roots of American Psychiatry
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Acclaimed “Race Traitor” author, Mab Segrest, takes Laura through deep south to trace the racist roots of American psychiatry. They explore the inf...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Late Lady: Billie Holiday On Verve In The 1950s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In 1952 Billie Holiday began her last great period on record with a series of small-group sessions that capture the twilight glow of a jazz star. ...

Bought by KMUW, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KLCC, High Plains Public Radio, WKMS and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
NL 20-12: Late Lady: Billie Holiday On Verve In The 1950s, 3/16/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1952 Billie Holiday began her last great period on record with a series of small-group sessions that capture the twilight glow of a jazz star.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
The Man Behind the Projector
From: Out of the Blocks
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It was a good living. If you can stay in business 53 years, that says a lot.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
NL 19-51: A Cool Christmas, 12/16/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Night Lights celebrates the holiday season with from Paul Bley, Duke Ellington, Wes Montgomery, June Christy, and more.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
Becoming a U.S. Citizen
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Why is it a breeze for some and the doldrums for others?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 2
Electoral College
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The intentional barrier between the people and who they want to be President.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 3
How to Run for President
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Almost anyone can do it... but what does it actually take?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 31:46
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Carols, Chant and Legend
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
Caption: A Saint Nicholas miracle legend: The dowry for the three virgins, depicted by Gentile da Fabriano, (c. 1425, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome)., Credit: (Wikipedia)
An hour-long program of early music, celebrating Christmas from a variety of traditions, including the original tunes of two well-known carols, me...

Bought by WUAL, KTTZ, Tri States Public Radio, KWIT, KTTZ and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
Holiday Special: "There Were Shepherds"
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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It may be nearing the Christmas season, but don’t pour the hot cocoa just yet! On this holiday edition of Harmonia, we’re going outside – not into ...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Emergence of Emmylou Harris (1 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable musical journey of Emmylou Harris is explored in this one-hour version of a special from music documentarian Paul Ingles. Guests in...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSUT, WVPE, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KGLT


  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Emergence of Emmylou Harris (2 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable musical journey of Emmylou Harris is explored in this two-hour version of a special from music documentarian Paul Ingles. Guests in...

Bought by KNCT FM, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KUHF and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 9
In Italia: A Renaissance Christmas from Venice, Naples, Milan and Beyond
From: WFIU
Series: Harmonia Early Music: Specials
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We’re celebrating the holiday season with Nativity music from the late Renaissance to the early 17th century in Europe, performed by the musicians ...

Bought by Tri States Public Radio, Maine Public Radio, KWIT, WNIJ, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
TRAILER TO: The Emergence of Emmylou Harris (coming early Sept. 2019)
From: Paul Ingles
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The musical journey of Emmylou Harris is to be explored in this one or two hour special from music documentarian Paul Ingles. 8:30 preview not for...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2019
  • Length: 08:28
NL 19-28: Jazz Impressions of Paris, 7/8/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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For the week of Bastille Day, jazz odes to the City of Light from Bud Powell, John Lewis, and others.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
NL 19-27: Freedom Jazz!, 7/1/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A Fourth of July jazz celebration featuring the music by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Nina Simone and more.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
NL 19-21: Turn Out The Stars, Volume 5, 5/20/2019
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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More jazz eulogies for departed jazz musicians, in honor of Memorial Day weekend.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
New Pine Valley Restaurant
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Dr. Martin Luther King, I waited on him. He had ham and egg and hash browns.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 2
First Fusion: Jazz-Rock Before Bitches Brew
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In the late 1960s, young musicians such as The Free Spirits, the Fourth Way, and other now-forgotten fusioneers made the first attempts to blend ja...

Bought by KLCC, WVAS, and KLCC


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Speakeasy: Jazz and Prohibition
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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America in the 1920s: Wall Street was on the rise, cops were on the take, jazz was in the air, and alcohol had been banished—but it certainly hadn’...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KLCC, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WVAS, KLCC and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
One for Marian: Marian McPartland
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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We’ll hear some McPartland recordings with a special emphasis on her own compositions, as well as excerpts from a 1975 interview in which she talks...

Bought by KLCC and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 2
Prisoners of War
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Inmates at LBJ
During the war in Vietnam, there was a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon called Long Binh Jail. But LBJ wasn’t for capt...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 18:19
  • Purchases: 1
Maiden Voyage: Herbie Hancock In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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In the 1960s Herbie Hancock seemed to be everywhere on the jazz scene, recording both as a leader for Blue Note and as a sideman with Miles Davis a...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WMOT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4