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Program 09: Marriage and Near-Disaster at Sea
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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After the Civil War ended, Alec worked helping freed slaves find jobs off the plantations. During this time he met his future wife, Sally Early, th...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
Program 08: The Doctor's Letter
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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Daisy recites a Civil War-era poem--a doctor's letter to the parents of a dead soldier who was his comrade in arms.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
Program 07: The Raid
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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Alec Turner guides the First New Jersey Cavalry on a raid of the plantation that had been his home.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 2
Program 06: The Blood-Stained Primer
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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Daisy recounts the story of how her father learned to read

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 2
Program 05: A Fishing Story
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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John Gouldin's plantation was on the Rappahannock River in Port Royal, Virginia. He owned 2,000 acres and 77 slaves. If the slaves didn't work fast...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2
Program 04: More Stories of Plantation Life
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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Alec Turner was born on the Gouldin plantation in 1845 and remembered his childhood there in stories he told his children and grandchildren. Many o...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
Program 03: Young Alec and His Red Moccasins
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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In this episode Alec Turner's mother, Rose secretly makes a pair of red moccasins for Alec with disastrous consequences.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 2
Program 02: Africa, Slave Ships, and a Cherokee Princess
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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The story of Daisy's grandfather Alexander, whose parents were a shipwrecked English merchant's daughter and an African chieftain's son.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 2
Program 01: Daisy Turner, Vermont Storyteller
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family
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Introducing Daisy Turner who lived to be 104 and was an extraordinary storyteller, sharing experiences from her lifetime and from her parents and g...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX


  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 2
Black Classical Masters: Moses Hogan series
From: David Person
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Series of programs featuring the music and words of arranger Moses Hogan

  • Added: Jan 10, 2007
  • Length: 19:24
Interview with singer and human rights activist SAMITE known as "the soul of Africa"
From: Tish Pearlman
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Singer/composer and human rights activist SAMITE talks about his life and work

  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Being Black
From: Radio Rookies
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Allison Jones excels academically, but struggles with how her peers in her Brooklyn neighborhood pressure her for ?talking white.?

Bought by The Story, KUOW, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 6
Buddy Guy: Can't Quit the Blues
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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Brand new one-hour music intensive radio special features legendary bluesman Buddy Guy in his own words and music.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KCNP, KNKX, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 46
R-Tist: Rap & Poetry
From: Tanya Ott
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Rap and poetry don't usually occupy the same space in most people's minds, but rapper R-Tist isn't "most people".

  • Added: Nov 15, 2006
  • Length: 11:10
Gospel Goes Classical
From: Tanya Ott
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Discussion with conductor who mixes classical, gospel, hip-hop, country and other genres

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 13:50
  • Purchases: 1
Ed Bell's Sweetgum Bottom Blues
From: Tanya Ott
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Interview about a little-known, but influential Alabama bluesman

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ed Bradley's First Love
From: Murray Street Productions
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WETA's David Ginder interviews Ed Bradley

Bought by KCUR and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 09, 2006
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
Wheels within Wheels: Jazz Percussionist Nasar Abadey Contemplates Rhythm
From: Aaron Henkin
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Jazz drummer Nasar Abadey demonstrates his skills and shares his thoughts on the nature of rhythm

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KVMR


  • Added: Oct 02, 2006
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 2
AARON NEVILLE: BRING ON THE SOUL
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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New one-hour music intensive radio special features Aaron Neville performing classics songs by the all-time great R&B artists who have inspired Aar...

Bought by WUFT, WUFT, KCMJ Community Radio, KMUW, WSLR and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2006
  • Length: 56:39
  • Purchases: 11
Fats Waller: If You Gotta Ask
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour music intensive documentary about Fats Waller, one of America's great composers and performers of the 20th century.

Bought by WICR, KNKX, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WVIA and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 37
The Jones Family Singers' Triumphant Gospel Sound
From: KUT
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a profile of the gospel band, the Jones Family Singers

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Sep 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
Kevin Goodman, Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows
From: Sarah Yahm
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the Big Chief of the Flaming Arrows mardi gras indian tribe talks about his new life post-katrina in Austin

  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
Kansas City Central Debate: Rules of the Game
From: KCUR
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Kansas City Central's debate squad is shaking up the national circuit, by rapping their arguments to music, and making the case that the activity i...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2006
  • Length: 20:51
The Undiscovered Explorer: Imagining York
From: Claire Schoen
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One hour documentary, narrated by Danny Glover, that explores the making of an American myth.

Bought by KUHF, KWIT, WEKU, WGBH Radio Boston, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:03:13
  • Purchases: 14
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Going on Again: Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Special
From: Tres Hombres Productions
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This new music-intensive one-hour special features the Dirty Dozen Brass Band?s unique tribute to their New Orleans home on the one-year anniversar...

Bought by KMUW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRPS, KALW, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2006
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 18

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