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Radio's First Announcer interviewed
From: JAMES MEHRLING
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On the centennial of the first US commercial broadcast, this is a rebroadcast of an interview with its announcer, recorded 65 years later, in 1985,...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 07:44
Houston, We have Dippin' Dots
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Over 50 years ago, humankind went to the moon. This episode is all about how astronauts, space enthusiasts, fictional explorers and future Mars res...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 21:53
Riots and Refuge: Queering the Table on the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Happy Pride! In today’s episode, we honor the trailblazers and celebrate the community builders by exploring the role food has played in the fight ...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 21:32
Remembering the Great War in India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy remembers the veterans of World War 1, the Indian veterens.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
A Language Teacher's Fight to Save the Western Armenian Dialect
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: Hratch Sepetjian stands in front of his class on a typical day. He gets frustrated when his students do not take the Armenian lessons seriously., Credit: Andy Vasoyan
A century after Armenians fled genocide in 1915, language teacher Hratch Sepetjian is fighting to keep their dialect – Western Armenian – alive in ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:09
Fresh Talk: Tania Bruguera
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Tania Bruguera reading Hannah Arendt in Havana, Credit: Enrique de la Osa, via PRI
Recorded in Havana, this Fresh Talk episode features controversial Cuban artist Tania Bruguera and her recent launch of a new initiative: the Hanna...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 09:31
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
From: Joyride Media
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Brand-new one hour special from Joyride Media takes in depth look at Roy Orbison's 1989 posthumous comeback album, "Mystery Girl."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Harford Community Radio, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Back to War
From: Traveling 219
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A weekend with the West Virginia Re-enactors Association, as they re-create the Battle of Droop Mountain.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton Tells His Story
From: Candice Ludlow
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Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton tells his story about taking that eerie ride to Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:47
Pearl Jam Twenty
From: Joyride Media
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The official radio companion to Pearl Jam Twenty - a new documentary by Cameron Crowe in theatres Sep 2011, on PBS American Masters Oct 21, 2011.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, CBC Inside the Music, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:10:00
  • Purchases: 8
Hard Times, Great Music?
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Volatility on Wall Street, talk of a double dip recession---bad news for the markets. But good news for music? During times like these, we witness...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 57:46
  • Purchases: 1
Texas Music Matters featuring Texas Soul Power
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Today we'll honor some of the best known soul musicians from around the Lone Star State - as well as some hidden gems. Austin-based music journali...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 50:22
  • Purchases: 2
Texas Music Matters featuring ZZ Top, Wooden Birds, Crooks, Earle & Nash
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features a song from the nearly mythical forthcoming album by ZZ Top is leaked to the Space Station crew. Also new tunes by Austin’s Wooden Birds, ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:07
Texas Music Matters featuring Joe King Carrasco, The Guacamole Queen, Larry Lange, Texas Top 5
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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On this edition of Texas Music Matters, we’ll talk with Travis Stimeling, author of “Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks,” about the music that transform...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 57:30
Texas Music Matters featuring Arcade Fire, T-Bone Walker, Amy Cook
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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During this edition of Texas Music Matters, Austin’s Amy Cook takes on Janes Addiction, Suzanna Choffel debuts a new album, and we take on a new un...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and NPR Illinois


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 55:51
  • Purchases: 2
Texas Music Matters featuring Adele, Iron and Wine, Monarchs, Fresh Millions
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features the unreleased music of Birmingham/Austin rockers Monarchs, also Adele covers a Sam Cooke classic in Austin's historic Studio 1A, Paul McC...

  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 53:32
Texas Music Matters featuring Nakia, Steve Earle, My Morning Jacket, David Grissom
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features the music of Blues-belter Nakia as well as Steve Earle, Athens' Of Montreal, Austin guitar-legend David Grissom, Texas rockers The Couch, ...

  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:10
Roy Orbison 75 Modules
From: Joyride Media
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Ten 75-second modules to celebrate Roy Orbison's would-be 75th birthday in 2011 (birthday is 4/23/1936).

Bought by Sun Radio - KDRP Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 12:30
  • Purchases: 1
One Last Word: Signs
From: Mark Blackmon
Series: One Last Word
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Signs. They’re everywhere, but do we ever stop to examine them? Probably not, unless there’s something about them that one finds funny. Or weird. O...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:56
THE ELVIS PRESLEY 68 COMEBACK RADIO SPECIAL
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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One hour of radio about one legendary hour of television...the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's "68 Comeback Special."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WGZS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIK-LP, WGZS and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 19
MY OWN PECULIAR WAY - THE SONGS OF WILLIE NELSON
From: Joyride Media
Series: WILLIE NELSON: 80th Birthday Celebration
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The stories behind Willie's career and his songs.

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KCSM and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
Burj el-Shemali Refugee Camp
From: Stefan Christoff
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A radio documentary on Burj el-Shemali refugee camp, located on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and home to upwards of 20 000 P...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: 29:03
Battleship Missouri Memorial
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Battleship Missouri Memorial, Credit: USS Missouri Memorial Association
The Battleship Missouri is best known as the site where World War II officially ended on Sept. 2, 1945. Veterans share tales about the ship, nickn...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Delta College Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KVMR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 4
A Wake-up Call
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by Raven Radio, CKMO, Internet Partnership Radio, KGOU, BSR Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
After The White House
From: Talking History
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Max Skidmore takes a look at what America's former Presidents have done in their post presidential years. The show features our regular segments.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1