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Angela Davis: A Revolutionary Roadmap for Building a Better Future
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this first episode of Laura Flanders & Friends (formerly The Laura Flanders Show), Laura is joined by Angela Davis, a leading voice in the movem...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
MN Reads: "Impermanence" by Sue Leaf
From: WDSE
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Author Sue Leaf talks about her new book "Impermanence"

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 08:20
Christmas at Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This holiday season on World Ocean Radio we return with a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson writte...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 04:03
The Happy Prince
From: PJ Ewing
Series: Lester the Nightfly
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The classic holiday tale by Oscar Wilde is interpreted along with sacred Christmas music.

Bought by Michigan Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 2
Family and Friends
From: Wind & Rhythm
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On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we focus on music from friends and family, such as William Alwyn's "Swiss Family Robinson Suite", Dan Welcher’s 4...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRCJ-FM, KCCU Radio, Raven Radio, WKAR and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 17
Yom Kipper: Become A Better Person
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Yom Kipper – The Day of Atonement – Judaism’s holist festival approaches. We’ve got an hour of some of Judaism’s most thoughtful, soulful and gorge...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Scenic Route: Diving into Paul Metsa’s new book and CD – Alphabet Jazz
From: WTIP
Series: The Scenic Route
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Original air date - January 20 2023 Paul Metsa is a lifelong musician, writer, poet, and artist at heart from Virginia, MN known for his band Cat...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 37:39
Interview with Gregg McVicar of Undercurrents Radio on Scenic Route
From: WTIP
Series: The Scenic Route
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Original Air Date - January 4 2023 Gregg McVicar is the longtime host of Undercurrents Radio, a national music program for public stations that f...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 22:39
The Sierra Club’s Ben Jealous: Parables of Healing for the Environmental Movement
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Earth's temperature is rising and time is running out to change direction according to the IPCC. But veteran organizer/strategist Ben Jealous (...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Sacred Christmas
From: PJ Ewing
Series: Lester the Nightfly
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Mostly sacred music. Some familiar. Some fresh. Hear the music of Eric Whitacre and Camille Saint-Seine. Some Tchaikovsky and Handel. Britten and R...

Bought by WVIA and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Untold Story of Doctor Rex Veeder and His Work
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack pays homage and respect to Doctor Rex Veeder, who pass...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Full Moon Hacksaw #1849 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/07/2022
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The turntable must first be warmed up, so we start with saxophonist Paul Desmond, flutist Clifford Jordan and singer Dakota Staton. Next, New Moon ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, WMOT, KHNS, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
All Is Calm: A Quiet Afterglow Christmas
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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At the end the year, relax with Afterglow, as I play some peaceful holiday songs to soothe your soul, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Frank...

Bought by KCNP, Radio Catskill, Troy Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Flashback (Vol.2)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Another reflection backward through life and time via the medium of bluegrass > jazz along the shapeshifting sonic superhighway in between.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
A Community of Glass
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today we're talking to one of the oldest glass artist in Ohio, Jack Schmidt. He received a B.S. degree from Bowling Green State University at a tim...

  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 06:08
#20-49 Quartet for the End of Time
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time

Bought by WNIJ, KWAX, Rhythm & News Service, RadioFreePalmer, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 26, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Monterey Pop Festival Revisited
From: Brandi Howell
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Long before there was Coachella, Outside Lands Festival, and the popular music gatherings of today, the Monterey Pop Festival was the first of its ...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 31:44
A COVID Nurse in New York City
From: Anya Schultz
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A New York City pediatric nurse reflects on her role in the pandemic.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Bob Dylan Jazz Songbook
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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It’s vocal jazz interpretations of the music of Bob Dylan, on this Afterglow special, including covers by Nina Simone, Madeleine Peyroux, and more.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
GRAILVILLE
From: renee wilde
Series: COUNTY LINES
Caption: Oratory at Grailville, Credit: renee wilde
Eighty years ago - in 1940 - two Dutch women came to Cincinnati to start a spiritual center on a farm. They were part of The Grail, a women's movem...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 05:22
Marian and Homer (the cat) shortened (3:13)
From: Paul Messing
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A heartfelt phoned-in story from a woman recalling something special about her late cat. (Excerpt from my pilot "For Kindred Spirits.")

Bought by WOUB and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
Cary Wyninger
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Art, some would say it touches their soul. Some might say the same about nature. If you combine the two, you get something like Art N' Soul, which ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 19:58
S2 E3 A Form of Love
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Hospitalist Peter Barish recounts an intense, intimate moment with a patient.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 36:02
Memorial Day with Lefty Lee
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today is Memorial Day. So happy Memorial Day. Many people have the day off work today and many will be spending time with friends and family. But w...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 15:53
We Remember
From: Wind & Rhythm
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We remember. This week on Wind & Rhythm, host David Lawrence commemorates the US Memorial Day and pays tribute to those who paid the ultimate sacri...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMSU, and KMFA


  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 3