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Abraham Lincoln's Portrait (Part 1)
From: GW Global Media Institute
Series: GW Presents Beyond Category
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Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer joins host Dick Golden to paint a portrait of America's 16th president through words and the music of Tony Bennett.

Bought by KUCB and KUT


  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 57:28
  • Purchases: 2
NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef on Joining Dizzy's Big Band; Finding One's Voice; Lifetime Student; and Musical Beginnings.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard on Rejecting Categories; Chicago; Composing; Early Influences; Early Band; Founding AACM; and Listening Habits.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on Hearing Coltrane Live; Improvisation; Yusef Lateef; and Moving to NYC.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master George Avakian
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master George Avakian on "Discovering this strange music"; Wrong Microphone incident; Most Important Accomplishment; Revolutionizing the L...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton on Mosaic; His Early Influences; Remembering Arriving in NYC and College Education.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson on Connecting tot he Audiences; Quotes Eric Dolphy; First Performance; Milt Jackson rock the boat; and Pee Wee Mar...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 11
NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross on The Contest that Launched Her Career; Being Raised in Hollywood; Working with Lambert and Hendricks; Recording "Singi...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman on Writing for Stan Kenton; Dangers of Success; Starting his own Big Band; Changes to his Arrangement; and Composing

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
Acute Bibliophobia
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: There's too many books!, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, chrisrobinsonphotography
How does a lifelong passion for books transform itself into an acute fear?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
Riddles from the Border Regions, 1/16/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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BROUGHT ALIVE ON A GUST...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Wicked Maine Limericks
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The limerick is a form of poetry that is short, rhyming and often of a sexual nature.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
Low Power Max
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Somewhere near Portland, Maine a man -- known here as Max -- is likely be found breaking the law almost 24 hours a day... from his attic.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 1/2/10
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THIRTY PANES UPON TWELVE WINDOWS...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/19/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THE AGED LEAN NOT ON THIS CANE...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
TND: Chillwave and Highlife
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop
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This week, chillwave and Ghanaian highlife.

Bought by WTIP, KSJD, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 4
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: Disney animators Mark Henn and Mike Surrey talk to Andrea Chase
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG: Animators Mark Henn and Mike Surrey talk to Andrea Chase about the pleasures and perils of returning to hand-drawn anima...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 15:03
NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on India
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, NEA JAZZ MASTER DAVE BRUBECK HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD, FORGING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUSIC. HE’S BEEN ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz on Early Inspiration; Alto Verses Tenor; Spontaneous Improvision; His Sound; and Sideman Mentality.

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


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton on First Gig with Duke Ellington' First Gig; Dedication to the Music; Racism; and Al Jackson.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Jim Hall
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Jim Hall on Spiritual Awakening; Technique vs. Ideas; Bill Kirchner; Nat Hentoff; Pat Metheny; and Meeting Sonny Rollins

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Herbie Hancock
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Herbie Hancock on Branford Marsalis; Stefon Harris; Watermelon Man; and Becoming Interesting in Jazz.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw on The Concerto For Clairnet
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Artie Shaw explains that "You do things that some people think are impossible, and that’s what separates the men from the boys."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Audience and Pop
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis on Connecting to Audiences; and Pop.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/05/09
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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One falls, one breaks...

Bought by KMXT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2

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