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Transfigured New York
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Transfigured New York," which features interviews with NYC experimental musicians of the 1980s, first fe...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2024
  • Length: 27:36
David Bowie
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about a recent book that gathers all of David Bowie's interviews with BBC television and radio into one handy and very r...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Noise: Influence of Futurism on Music
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we traveled back in time to early 20th. C. Italy, where the Futurists were dropping manifestos and proposing exciting new ideas th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
The B-52s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town," the first critical biography of "the world's greatest party band," wh...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw #1927 (Hour 1 & 2) - 01/04/2024
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We will not wait to be drafted into jazz radio service, we shall volunteer, and do it gladly. When Quincy Jones recorded for A & M records, the sou...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, KHNS, WOUB, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
Radio Art Zone
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "Radio Art Zone," which is both a survey of what's happening in radio art, and part of a 100-artist radio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the new book "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape," which explores the many ways that the humble...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Prison Creative Arts Project: Imagination in the Face of Incarceration
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) is an independent program of the University of Michigan that supports formerly incarcerated artists, facili...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
Brian Eno's Diary
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about ambient and pop music polymath Brian Eno's Diary, which was recently re-published in a special 25th anniversary ed...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Re-Sisters
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book Re-Sisters, which intertwines her own life and work with that of electronic music pio...

Bought by Raven Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Pat Metheny
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "Beneath Missouri Skies," a biography of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's early years growing up in Lee's Summit, Miss...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
Bob Moog
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about "Switched On," the great new biography of Bob Moog that documents his life and work. We would have a very differen...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
The music of Toby Driver
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the music of Toby Driver, and his essay in the book Arcana Volume IV, which you can borrow from the library. Drive...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:19
The Big Three
From: melodically challenged
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost Welcome to another edition of melodically challenged whe...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:06
The Power of One
From: melodically challenged
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Together we can change the world, just one random act of kindness at a time. Ron Hall Welcome to this week’s melodically challenged when we will ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:04
The Mandorla Letters
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about "The Mandorla Letters," the new book by flautist and composer Nicole Mitchell Gan...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
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
The Write Question - Charmaine Wilkerson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer Charmaine Wilkerson discusses her bestselling debut novel, "Black Cake."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Robert Wrigley
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Robert Wrigley talks about his new essay collection, "Nemerov's Door" and reads from his upcoming collection of poetry, "The True Account of Myself...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Laura Kolbe
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Doctor and writer Laura Kolbe talks about her new collection of poems, "Little Pharma."

Bought by WETS, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Doug Chadwick
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and wildlife biologist Doug Chadwick discusses his new book, "Four Fifths a Grizzly: A New Perspective on Nature that Just Might Save Us All."

Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KVNF, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Kaveh Akbar
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Kaveh Akbar discusses his new collection, "Pilgrim Bell," and reads three poems.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Kelly Schirmann
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Artist Kelly Schirmann discusses her newest book of poetry and prose, "The New World."

Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Gretchen E. Minton
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and scholar Gretchen E. Minton discusses her book, "Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair with the World's Most Famous Write...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
RDD: Art, Books, and 2020.
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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From one artist to another, this week we're talking to Jordan Buschur, an artist, educator, and curator, with her work being shown in numerous loca...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 06:19