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Renowned jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington discusses the subtle difference between being an "amateur" musician and a "professional." Friend of the...
- Added: Jun 29, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
In 2017, Bonnie "Prince" Billy released a collection of Merle Haggard covers called "Best Troubador." To celebrate it, he recorded an hourlong radi...
- Added: Jun 21, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff talks about how identity and artifice inform music — and why you need to just dance sometimes. We pay tribute to...
Bought by KWIT, KBBI Alaska, KRSC, WLPR , and KWIT
- Added: Jun 08, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Musician Damien Jurado discusses a spiritual awakening that took hold on a beach in Florida and how that affected his music. Actor Jesse Eisenberg ...
- Added: May 18, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Nick Twemlow navigates the often bizarre and alienating world of the modern office.
- Added: Apr 30, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the seminal Zombies album "Odessey and Oracle." We'll chat with Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of The Zom...
- Added: Apr 20, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Black History Month concludes with the Past American Voice of essayist and fiction writer James Alan McPherson (1943-2016). In this archive recordi...
- Added: Feb 28, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This episode features a conversation with Peter Heller about his sophomore novel, Celine. He also reads short selections from the book.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Feb 15, 2018
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 3
With its strong emphasis on improvisation, the Silverback Trio of Minneapolis does “outside” well. But it also plays with a strong group feeling. Y...
- Added: Feb 05, 2018
- Length: 08:00
David Bazan and Damien Jurado have been close friends since high school. That said, they hadn't seen each other in years when they just so happened...
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 57:00
- Purchases: 3
With its strong emphasis on improvisation, the Silverback Trio of Minneapolis does “outside” well. But it also plays with a strong group feeling. P...
- Added: Jan 17, 2018
- Length: 08:00
Milt Lee talks with Mona Meittunen Abel, a cookbook writer and local storyteller.
- Added: Jan 16, 2018
- Length: 07:59
In the second half of our conversation with former California Poet Laureate Al Young, he shares more from his book SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: AN UN...
- Added: Jan 09, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Originally from the reggae capitol of Kingston, Jamaica Clinton Fearon found a new home for his music in Seattle, Washington as well as a unique co...
Bought by KBBI Alaska
- Added: Nov 01, 2017
- Length: :45
- Purchases: 1
CHANGING OF THE GUARD features two short comedies about getting outpaced by a world zooming way ahead. In The Mandela Effect, written and directed...
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, KZYX, and WHRV
- Added: Oct 24, 2017
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 4
Growing up in Santa Cruz, singer songwriter Melissa Forrette decided to forgo a volleyball scholarship to work as a wilderness outfitter in the Bob...
- Added: Jun 06, 2017
- Length: :45
Blayne Weaver, of Bossier City, Louisiana, began his acting career in high school with the film The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (1993), an N...
- Added: May 29, 2017
- Length: 59:17
Death Cab for Cutie bassist Nick Harmer talks about the past and how it relates to the band's present — and how it doesn't. Music supervisor Thomas...
- Added: Mar 24, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Comedy writer all-star, Alan Zweibel (“SNL,” Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays), and young comedy writer MVP, Jon Kern (“The Simps...
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Connecticut Public (WNPR), and KUNM
- Added: Mar 23, 2017
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 4
Host Bob Kustra talks with Jonathan Evison about his novel.
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Mar 11, 2017
- Length: 30:32
- Purchases: 1
Though known worldwide as the lead singer for the multi-platinum selling pop-rock band Men At Work, Colin Hay has been performing for now almost tw...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Mar 03, 2017
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
Though known worldwide as the lead singer for the multi-platinum selling pop-rock band Men At Work, Colin Hay has been performing for now almost tw...
Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Mar 03, 2017
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 3
Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh, singer, fiddle player and founding member of the legendary Irish group Altan visits with host John Floridis and reviews the g...
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: :45
Grandkids is a group from northern Illinois, who met while attending school in Urbana. They released a new album at the end of 2016, 'This Guitars'...
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 59:00
Seasaw is a duo from Madison, WI. They originally met while waiting tables together in Freeport. They released an album in 2016 entitled 'Too Much ...
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 59:00
