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Caption: Stanley Nelson, San Francisco, CA 10/1/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Stanley Nelson talks history, irony, and delivering the unexpected.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2015
  • Length: 15:03
Caption: Pete Seeger entertaining Eleanor Roosevelt, honored guest at a racially integrated Valentine's Day party marking the opening of a new chapter of United Federal Labor in then-segregated Washington, D.C., Credit: Joseph A. Horne via Library of Congress, 1944
A conversation with Andrew Revkin, who's best known as a longtime New York Times environmental journalist but is also a songwriter and was for 20 y...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 1
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"Plummeting Approval" is about Sam Patch.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KPIK-LP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2015
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 2
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"The World Within the World" is about Walter Siegmeister, otherwise known as Doctor Raymond Barnard.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:21
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"Oh My!" is about urban planner Robert Moses.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:27
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When you get into a taxi, you usually know where you are coming from, where you are going. But what about your taxi driver? This week we travel wit...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:02
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Join us as we take a look at the recordings that Memphis Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Otis Spann made in New York City for the Candid label in 1960...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:59
Caption: Hollis Brown *3 Shots*, Credit: Official Album Cover
Brooklyn band, Hollis Brown, takes their name from the Bob Dylan song, then goes electric with their indie rock sensibility.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Cartograph by Ruth Taylor White, for the Hawaii Tourist Bureau, circa 1930. , Credit: Via the University of Oregon’s Knight Library.
Scholar and chef Ben Davison helps the Guys answer a burning question: What’s the origin of Thousand Island dressing, anyway? This piece comes from...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Mar 25, 2015
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 2
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Noa Guy was a promising Israeli composer. When she came to New York twenty-one years ago to rehearse for a concert at Carnegie Hall, she never imag...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 14:09
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What do square dancing and the AIDS crisis have in common?

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: After 55 Years, Obama Acknowledges U.S. Cuba Policy Was a Failure; New Yor...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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A weekly news report about water and water issues around the globe.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Invasion of the Pines on Fire Island, Credit: Mike Fisher
For most of the 20th Century, New York's Fire Island was virtually the only place on Earth where gay men and lesbians felt safe to live and to love...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and Wild Planet Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The complete story behind Bob Dylan and The Band's 1967 recordings in Woodstock, NY, now known as the Basement Tapes

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Radio Catskill, KOSU and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 35
Caption: The Infamous Stringdusters Let It Go, Credit: Official Album Cover
Sloane Spencer talks with Chris Pandolfi and Andy Hall of The Infamous Stringdusters about self-producing their most recent album, Let It Go, and h...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WSLR, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Kara Walker, A Subtlety, Credit: Amy Sherald
This episode features A Subtlety, the first ever public art project by American artist Kara Walker.

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 14:53
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer and songwriter, Ge...

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:37
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter and DIY...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
Caption: Aaron Lee Tasjan, Credit: Crooked River Burning album cover
Aaron Lee Tasjan has played guitar for the New York Dolls, Drivin N Cryin, and The Golden Palominos, his own bands, Semi Precious Weapons and the M...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KRPS, WLPR , WLPR , KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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This week in history (March 23-March 29) takes a look back at Senator Ted Kennedy's landslide victory over Jimmy Carter in New York's primary on Ma...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:40
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The Northern East Coast is a hub for hockey, but how does that translate to Central Indiana’s interest in the game?

  • Added: Mar 18, 2014
  • Length: 05:05
Caption: Adejoke Tugbiyele, Credit: Harriet Hirshorn
In a Global Day of Action, LGBT Nigerians and their allies fight back against new anti-gay laws.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:14
Caption: Mouth Of The Abyss, Credit: Lauren Gurney
An episode about appointments featuring Randall Jarrell, Tina the Tyrant, and Pillowman. Music by The Suitcase, Film Society for Nomads, Tumblewee...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 51:07
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The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1