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The Story of New Orleans' J&M Recording Studios
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Caption: Fats Domino in J&M Studios
New Orleans’ J&M recording studio birthed rhythm & blues in the late forties as well as proto-rock & roll. It had it’s own self-contained backing b...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Blues Unlimited #143 - New Orleans Piano
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Everyone's favorite, New Orleans keyboard legend Fats Domino.
Join us for two great hours of piano blues from New Orleans. From classic R&B party favorites to keyboard legends like Professor Longhair, Fats Dom...

Bought by KHNS, KTRL, and KHNS


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Jingle Bell Jazz
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Various Artists: Jingle Bell Jazz (1962), Credit: Columbia Records
Ho Ho Ho! Start out your holiday with fun Christmas Jazz Classics. They are all here in one solid hour. This musical holiday program includes: "Win...

Bought by WUFT, KTXK, High Plains Public Radio, WICR, WMOT and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 15
In Desperation, Seafood Workers Sign Away Their Rights
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Unemployed oyster shucker Tam Nguyen , Credit: Barry Yeoman
For many of Louisiana's oyster shuckers, shrimp peelers, and deckhands, survival after the BP oil spill meant accepting one-time payments of $5,000...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
How 200 Ailing Pelicans Changed One Man’s Life
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
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The BP oil spill triggered an outpouring of volunteer energy. Concerned Americans lay boom, picked up tar balls, and performed mundane tasks like a...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Researchers Call Oil Spills and Climate Change a Devastating Combination
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:36
Reimagining a New Way of Life
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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New Orleans East is home to the most-dense ethnically Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. In the Gulf region, about 80 percent of Vietnamese ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGNU Community Radio, Vermont Public, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Wilma Subra: Chemistry of the Aftermath
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Chemist Wilma Subra has spent her career defending local communities against Louisiana’s powerful oil and gas industry. Since the Deepwater Horizon...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, Vermont Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Nat Turner: Planting Seeds for a Lifetime
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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For Nat Turner, garden rakes and shovels are tools for transformation. He's transformed an old store in New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward into an urba...

Bought by KOSU, KCMJ Community Radio, KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Kyshun Webster: Reaching for Greatness
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Dr. Kyshun Webster is a man who gets things done. And before that, he was a kid who got things done. Now the founder and executive director of Oper...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
New Orleans Funk: Leo Nocentelli and his music (Part C)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Meters , Credit: www.sundazed.com/
Leo Nocentelli is the legendary guitarist from the New Orleans group THE METERS. On this broadcast of THE FUNK SHOW he talks about his history and ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 56:00
  • Purchases: 1
New Orleans Funk: Leo Nocentelli (Part B)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Leo Nocentelli, Credit: http://www.nocentelli.com/
Leo Nocentelli is the legendary guitarist from the New Orleans group THE METERS. On this broadcast of THE FUNK SHOW he talks about his history and ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:09:14
New Orleans Funk: Leo Nocentelli (Part A)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: Leo Nocentelli, Credit: www.nocentelli.com/
Leo Nocentelli is the legendary guitarist from the New Orleans group THE METERS. On this broadcast of THE FUNK SHOW he talks about his history and ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 1
9th Ward Marching Band
From: George Ingmire
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New Orleans producer George Ingmire covers a story about a marching band not from high school but the 9th Ward of New Orleans. This band is compose...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 13:01
Structural failures of infrastructure projects
From: The Infrastructure Show
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The 24th segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series; 2-11

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 36:20
Crescent City Blues
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: Still Singing the Blues
Caption: Patrons at Young at Heart Club in New Orleans' Pigeontown neighborhood., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Crescent City Blues takes listeners to the hidden world of New Orleans corner joints—bars far from the French Quarter, in neighborhoods like Centra...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KCMJ Community Radio, Radio New Zealand, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 19
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu National Press Club Luncheon
From: National Press Club
Series: The National Press Club Luncheon Series
Caption: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed The National Press Club on Thursday, August 19th at a Luncheon featuring Gulf Coast shrimp, Credit: Terry Hill
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon on Thursday August 19th in Washington, D.C. Noting the 5 year anniversary...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
Hurricane Katrina - Drowning Inside a Locked Cell
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: Terry was eventually evacuated onto this highway ramp
Terry's cell at Orleans Parish Prison became a drowning cage as the flood waters from Hurricane Katrina rose almost to the ceiling. As his drowned...

Bought by WDSE, PRX Remix, and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
Rethinking Teaching...Looking for Supermen?
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Paul Vallas thinks the era of teaching as a career is coming to an end. What does the experiment in New Orleans tell us about what it means to be a...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 11:09
How 'America's Toughest High School' Turned Itself Around
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Walter L. Cohen H.S. in New Orleans, LA was once called one of the most dangerous schools in America. Not anymore.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 08:18
Rebuilding Detroit's Schools: A Tale of Two Cities
From: Michigan Radio
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"Rebuilding Detroit's Schools: A Tale of Two Cities" examines current educational challenges in Detroit and reform strategies being used in New Orl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Working Beyond Unions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s been decades since the U.S. has had a powerful labor movement and recent efforts to revive it have mostly fallen flat. But there is hope for a...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
New Orleans Band Director, Willbert Rawlins Jr.
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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One night High School band director Willbert Rawlins Jr. was walking through the French Quarter with his wife when he came across a group of his st...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
Life Through a New Lens
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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One actor from the cast of the new HBO television show "Treme" is doing more than just acting.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1

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