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Gems #1614 The Deep Melancholy: A Recent Bluegrass Mood. Piece suggested for Apr 2-8, 2016. But there's no real date peg.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Philip Nusbaum, Credit: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk Karen Van Norman
The history of bluegrass is mostly evolution. So what’s new under the bluegrass sun? Some say it’s a new kind of sung expression: the deep melancholy.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 06:49
"Why Philosophy Won't Go Away"
From: Prairie Public
Series: Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
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Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of “Plato at the Googleplex, Why Philosophy Won't Go Away.”

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meet the brilliant and pioneering soprano Martina Arroyo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Martina Arroyo, Credit: Marty Umans
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Art Works presents a 2010 interview with the great Martina Arroyo. We salute Martina Arroyo for her brilliant v...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
I Heart Obama
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Erin Aubry Kaplan
In his nearly two terms as president, Barack Obama has solidified his status, as something black people haven’t had for fifty years: a folk hero.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Fifth Beatle: A George Martin Appreciation
From: Paul Ingles
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Radio Producer Paul Ingles mines his many documentaries on Beatles albums for a few stories that show off producer George Martin’s contributions to...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KGOU, KVMR and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Paddling the Big Fork River with Dave Harrington
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
Caption: Dave Harrington with Jim Gallagher
Producer Jim Gallagher talks with Dave Harrington about paddling the Big Fork River.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Taking It to the Streets (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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We learn about the power of actively-engaged scholarship in this program about the University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and its ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 24:39
Playwright Kirsten Greenidge keeps it real
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Playwright Kirsten Greenidge
In her new work Baltimore, playwright Kirsten Greenidge grapples with the issue of race on college campuses.

Bought by WABE, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Flying into Methane//Climate Change on Steroids
From: How On Earth Radio
Caption: Pilots prepare to fly into a methane plume, Credit: Scientific Aviation
FLYING INTO METHANE (5:10 – 13:40) Boulder’s Scientific Aviation director, Steve Conley, talks about how his company’s painstaking and nauseating ...

Bought by KVNF and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 25:20
  • Purchases: 2
SoundsLA - Fire Engine Sirens
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Fire engines roar through the city with their sirens warning cars to move out of the way. For most of us, these sirens are nothing more than that, ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 01:01
Wee Willie Walker, Saint Paul's Blues Master
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Wee Willie Walker, Credit: Doug Knutson
Wee Willie Walker and We’r (We Are). Now this is one top flight blues band. The group plays the groove most people expect from a blues band, but wi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Lauret Savoy - Trace, Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: Lauret Savoy
WV talks with environmental earth scientist and writer Lauret Savoy about her stunning new book, TRACE. In it, Savoy examines how the country’s sti...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Jazz Master Archie Shepp-- A Life in Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Archie Shepp: I Hear the Sound, Credit: Created by WOZNIAK
Archie Shepp shares his musical biography—and his thoughts about the legacy of African-American music.

Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Bluegrass Review #1613. Program for Mar 26-Apr 1, 2016.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
In the old days of bluegrass there were the happy sounding sad songs. But sad songs today frequently embody musical textures that are also sad. Our...

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KRZA, KBRP Community Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Karen Babine: Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Heidi Holtan speaks with Nevis, MN author, Karen Babine about her new book, "Water and What We Know." Karen's book has recently been nominated as a...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 13:08
Carmen As Other
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In this Arts Interchange, Carmen as Other, we’ll hear some of these well-known songs, sung by well-known performers, while we speak with two studen...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:07
Bluegrass Review #1612. Program for March 19-25, 2016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
There are many songs about trains in bluegrass, but what the trains stand for vary greatly. We open the show with a couple of recent examples. Then...

Bought by WEZU, WVRU, WOUB, KKRN, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
2016 Features Editor of THE NATION Kai Wright
From: New Letters on the Air
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The 2016 Features Editor of THE NATION, Kai Wright, discusses his 2009 anthology, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUG...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Neuroscience of Peacemaking
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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We talk with two experts about how advances in the field of neuroscience may transform conflict resolution on an individual and global scale.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KRZA, and KUNM


  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz at Studio Z Concert Feb 27 Features Both the Expected and Unexpected
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: J.T. Bates, Credit: Andrea Canter
A mixture of the expected and unexpected. You could say that about all the music at the monthly Jazz at Studio Z series in St Paul. This Saturday i...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
The Meaning of Science
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Tim Lewens
From the origins of human culture to space exploration, the achievements of science have been extraordinary.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Top Peacemaking Communication Themes
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Common themes that Peace Talks Radio guests have cited as keys to peaceful and productive communication in conflict scenarios.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight - John Oates - 620
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Music and conversation with singer songwriter John Oates, who along with his musical partner Daryl Hall form the most successful pop music duo in h...

Bought by WZRE, KGLT, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Cultural Critic Rashod Ollison on music and memories
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his memoir Soul Serenade, Rashod Ollison describes how music was a lifeline during a difficult upbringing.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: Encountering New Technology (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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We live in an age of new technology, expecting any day to wake up to yet another jaw-dropping device or a discovery that simply changes everything ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2016
  • Length: 24:09

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