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The 2018 Musician Memorial Special
From: Paul Ingles
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The 2018 MUSICIAN MEMORIAL SPECIAL honoring Aretha Franklin, Tony Joe White, Dolores O'Riordan, Roy Hargrove, Mac Miller, Roy Clark, Marty Balin an...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRGY, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 30
The Best of The White Album Listening Party
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album. 11 of the best tunes ...

Bought by WSKG, WVPE, KUOW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #010 - The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt (Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 2 of this heart-felt special. The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writ...

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KFSK, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
NL 18-08: Say It Loud: Black-Pride Soul Jazz, 2/19/2018
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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As the black-pride movement gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an increasing number of jazz artists began to incorporate the messag...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
IN PRAISE OF RINGO: HIS BEATLES DRUMMING - Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #007
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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This special program explores Ringo Starr's drumming technique and style during his time with The Beatles. Includes a "Top Ten" of Ringo Drum Perfo...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KSJE, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #006 - The Emergence of Otis Redding (Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour Two of a lively ride through the story of the soul star’s all-too-brief career but long-enduring legacy. We’ll hear from other musicians, musi...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KMUW, KUHF, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
NL 17-52: The Night Before Christmas: Holiday Jazz, 12/18/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Holiday jazz from Fats Navarro, Dexter Gordon, Louis Armstrong, Duke Pearson, Frank Sinatra, and others.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
Your Tour Through Magical Mystery Tour (Extended Play Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatles documentarian Paul Ingles is joined by two super Beatles fans to provide an annotated tour through The Beatles chart-topping album, release...

Bought by WXXI Rochester and KMSU


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:26
  • Purchases: 2
Your Tour Through Magical Mystery Tour
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatles documentarian Paul Ingles is joined by two super Beatles fans to provide an annotated tour through The Beatles chart-topping album, release...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KBBI Alaska, KGLT, KSRQ, KMSU and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
NL 17-40: That's Rich: The Buddy Rich Story, 9/25/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, featuring the music of his big bands and small groups, as well as some of his vocal recordings.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
NL 17-32: It’s All in the Game: Louis Armstrong, 1947-57, 7/31/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program about Louis Armstrong’s mid-career years, in which he led the small-group All-Stars, scored chart hits with pop ballads, and became a Col...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Why Monterey Pop Mattered
From: Paul Ingles
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An appreciation of the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, generally recognized as the first pop or rock festival of all-time. It featured 3...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KUNM, KMUN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSKA and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 23
Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
After an abrupt reversal 20 years ago, some prisons and colleges try to maintain college education for prisoners.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, KUER, WSKG and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
What It Takes: Chasing Graduation in High-Poverty High Schools
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: What It Takes: Chasing Graduation in High-Poverty High Schools
The nation's high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, but high-poverty schools face a stubborn challenge. Schools in Miami and Pasadena ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WSKG, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Spare the Rod: Reforming School Discipline
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
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A get-tough attitude prevailed among educators in the 1980s and 1990s, but research shows that zero-tolerance policies don't make schools safer and...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WSKG, KUER, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
In Memory of Boulez: A Conversation with Andrew Patner
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Caption: Pierre Boulez, Credit: New York Philharmonic Archives
Critic at large, Andrew Patner shares an exclusive interview from 2009 with the legendary Pierre Boulez, Helen Regenstein conductor emeritus of th...

Bought by WDPR, KOWS, KDX Worldround Radio, KGUA, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 14
Jazz Her Way: Nancy Wilson In The 1960s
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Wilson's records blended big-band and small-group elements with pop orchestration and doses of soul that could be both big-city hip and suburban cool.

Bought by KAAD-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMUW, WCPN, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Proving Herself: Melba Liston, Arranger and First Lady of Trombone
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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An hour-long program of classic jazz: An exploration of the path of Melba Liston as she became an arranger/composer and an instrumentalist in the j...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMUW and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Sound is...
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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What is sound? We'll define it physically and through our experience. Interesting descriptions abound as we learn why a piano sound is different th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 14:39
  • Purchases: 2
The West Cambridge Youth Center
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
Series: Green Audio Tour of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
An older building in West Cambridge is renewed in an eco-friendly way

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
Fresh Pond
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
Series: Green Audio Tour of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
Fresh Pond. A great name for where Cambridge's water comes from.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
Danehy Park
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
Series: Green Audio Tour of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
A park built on reclaimed land?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
Sustainable Transportation
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
Series: Green Audio Tour of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
Getting around Cambridge without a car.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
The Rise of Phoenix: For-Profit Universities Shake Up the Academy
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A class at the University of Phoenix's Hohokam campus in Arizona. Phoenix is the nation's largest for-profit university and largely serves working adults. , Credit: Brian Pobuda/University of Phoenix
The rapid rise of career-oriented, for-profit colleges and universities has provoked heated debate about the costs, quality and purpose of higher e...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1