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Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Meet My Wife)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When violinist Gil Shaham plays recitals with his sister Orli Shaham, members of the audience are often the victims of an innocent case of mistaken...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Sunny Side Up)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Prokofiev's two Violin Sonatas, in music and mood, represent the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Violin Sonatas. The first is dark and even contains a ...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 1
Where You Least Expect It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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As a maintenance man at The Waynflete School and a working writer, Michael Macklin?s world is filled with sawdust, kids, and poetry.

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Different Take on Life
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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On the night before graduation, seventeen year old Chad O'Neil looks at the past and thinks about the future.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 2
Picking Up the Pieces
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In the summer of 2006, Linda Boutaugh and Keri Fuchs were victims of a violent hate crime. Their home was destroyed, but their relationship survived.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 2
I'm a Monk, You're a Monk, We're All Monks
From: Aaron Rietz
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personal essay on obscure yet revolutionary 60's ex-gi band "the monks"

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:42
Virtuoso Voices - Richard Stoltzman (Bed Time)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Richard Stoltzman
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman's two children both grew up to pursue musical careers. It's not something he pushed, but music was one of the parenti...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Awadagin Pratt (Loud and Colorful)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Pianist Awadagin Pratt likes to play music loud. Unlike most piano students, Pratt didn't spend hours studying the recordings made by famous piani...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 2. The Streets Were Paved with Gold: A Journey Through The Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 1
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Jewish immigrants found a harsh life and no gold on the Lower East Side. The program describes aspects of daily immigrant life including tenements,...

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 3. Becoming Americans: A Journey Through the Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 2
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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The Yiddish Theater - Culture and religion of the Old Country abandoned - The Triangle Shirtwaist fire - Assimilation into mainstream America

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 10
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 4. White Christmas: The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley & Hollywood, Part 1
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Jewish immigrants like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and George Gershwin reinvented American popular music

Bought by WCPN, KCSM, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 15
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 5. Over the Rainbow: The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood, Part 2
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Yiddish-speaking moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Samuel Goldwyn created Hollywood, and an idealized, small-town Protestant America that never was.

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 9
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 6. No Dogs or Jews Allowed: The Story of Antisemitism in America.
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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The Story of Antisemitism in America - Father Coughlin, Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh publicly denounce Jews - Joe Lieberman chosen to run for V...

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 9
Connecting With Nature Profile
From: The Environment Report
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Nature Profile #1: Kissing Your Fish

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
What Music to Listen To When Writing? A 3-minute primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:52
Relief Work in Tanzania, Part 2
From: KJZZ
Series: Relief Work in Tanzania
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Ben helps with the health clinics in the Maasai villages.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 07:12
Relief Work in Tanzania, Part 1
From: KJZZ
Series: Relief Work in Tanzania
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Ben travels from Phoenix to Tanzania.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:59
Me and Hank
From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views
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The story of a boy and his hero, baseball home run champion Hank Aaron, and an exploration of the hatred Aaron endured in chasing a white man's rec...

Bought by WXDU, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 8
Interview with award-winning poet, ALICE FULTON
From: Out of Bounds
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Conversation with award-winning poet ALICE FULTON

  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
The Crooked Road
From: With Good Reason
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A CD series with an ear for folklife

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 15:11
HEAT -- The End of the Beginning
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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A reflection on changes in 1990 South Africa from a poet, the playwright Athol Fugard, musicians, Ambassador Lindewe Mabuzeh and everyday people.

Bought by WCPN, KERA, KLCC, WCQS, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
HEAT -- A Long Sweet Visit
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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John Hockenberry visits with bluesman Mose Allison and his daughter, singer Amy Allison.

Bought by Prairie Public, Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 7
"Identity Crisis" by Andrew Laluz
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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People have such problems being themselves - this piece is about issues with individuality. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
My Grandparents in WW2
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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Interview with the Zeller Grandparents about their lives during WW 2.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Byron Katie's Path to Personal Peace (59:00/54:00/29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Best-Selling Author Byron Katie shares details about her method to help individuals deal with the turmoil within themselves. She's captured in an ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, WNYC and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6

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