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HARM 18-44: Living and Dead, 10/29/2018
From: Harmonia
Series: Harmonia
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On Harmonia this week, we’re exploring music composed for the feast of All Saints, celebrated each year on November 1st in the Western church. Musi...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
HARM 18-43: A Mighty Fortress, 10/22/2018
From: Harmonia
Series: Harmonia
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“A mighty fortress is our God,” reads the text of a popular English-language translation of Luther’s classic hymn, “a bulwark never failing.” Marti...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
HARM 18-42: The Bad Boy of the Bassoon, 10/15/2018
From: Harmonia
Series: Harmonia
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This week, we’re celebrating the “Bad Boy of the Bassoon,” Michael McCraw, in honor of his birthday on October 19th. Join us as we explore music fo...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Got Blues... A Rolling Stones Special - Paul Ingles' Music Showcase Edition (HOUR 1) - #019
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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HOUR 1 of a 2 hour public radio special from award-winning producer Paul Ingles called "Got Blues If You Want It! A Rolling Stones Special". The pr...

Bought by KFSK, WRVO Public Media, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUPR low power FM, KSJE and more


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Triumph of Christianity: A Conversation with Bart Ehrman
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Bart Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity
Bart Ehrman asks how did a religion that began with a small group of illiterate day laborers become the dominant religion of the Roman Empire in ju...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KPIP-LP, and WETS


  • Added: Mar 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
NL 17-49: Ramblin' Man: Charlie Haden, 11/27/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Charlie Haden, who passed away on July 11, 2014 at the age of 76, set the style for the role of the bass in the free-jazz movement as a member of O...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
NL 17-48: Returning the Call: More Jazz From the Unsung Heroes of Chicago Hardbop, 11/20/2017
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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A program featuring jazz recordings from the late 1950s and early 1960s by lesser-known Chicago jazz artists such as the MJT + 3, John Young, Paul ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
Florida: Liquid Landscape
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Michele Currie Navakas
Florida is an ever-changing landscape. With little warning, what was once land, becomes water, and what was once water becomes land. Frequently. E...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tragedy: A Goat's Lament
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
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Tragedy n. “goat song” Named for the dramatic plays of the ancient Greeks, characterized by a protagonist whose flaw or error in judgment leads to ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 16:26
Two Books: "The Beatitudes of Peace" & "1941: Fighting the Shadow War"
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
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On this episode, we spotlight two books - 1941: FIGHTING THE SHADOW WAR. by Marc Wortman that, in part, tells the story of the considerable popula...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Secret Keeping
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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In today’s confessional culture, secrets are generally considered bad, but this episode explores what opportunities open up when someone keeps a se...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Indigenous Experiences, Values, and Peacemaking (59:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we explore how Indigenous people in the United States handle the conflict of living in a world taken from their anc...

Bought by KRWG, KUOW, WCPN, WEKU, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN -- Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller, San Francisco, CA 3/19/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller talk revealing human nature, looking a Galapagos tortoise in the eye, and babysitting Cate Blanchett.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 21:31
Young Americans: A History of Childhood
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Harlem newsboy, 1943. Photograph by Gordon Parks, Credit: Library of Congress
With summer in full swing — and kids all over the country enjoying a blissful respite from school — BackStory is taking on the history of childhood...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBRP Community Radio, KREV-LP, WMMT, and WXDU


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Woodcut of the 1886 Haymarket Square Bombing., Credit: Harper's Weekly, LOC.
With recent events in Boston highlighting the horrors of domestic terrorism, we're re-broadcasting this episode of BackStory, which originally aire...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUFT, XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Decline in Violence & The Pursuit of Dignity (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Steven Pinker
Two Harvard scholars with recent books are featured on this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO. First Steven Pinker, talks about his 2011 book "The Bett...

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


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 3
India's Techies Hitchhiked on the Way to the Moon
From: Mahi Palanisami
Caption: First prime minister of India and science visionary, Jawarhalal Nehru!
Indians don’t just happen to be good at math and science. The effects and fears of the Cold War, and the united leadership of India and the United ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:42
Peace Corps Voices (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Peace Talks Radio rebroadcasts excerpts from the 2011 program produced by Amy Mayer. Produced in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Peace ...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 4
American Book Award-winner Luis Alberto Urrea
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Luis Alberto Urrea
Known for his book THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction, and his American Book Award-winning memoir, NOBODY'S SON, Luis Al...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Call for Interfaith Dialogue and Harmony (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Religious liberty and tolerance are complex issues, impacted by a variety of factors including education, politics, and the media. On this edition ...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Gail Carriger on the Parasol Protectorate Series
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Maddi Frick's conversation with Gail Carriger.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 19:19
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Promo 2.
From: Carl Stiansen
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
Thelonious Monk, Tar Heel
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
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A musical portrait that explores the Jazz great's overlooked Southern roots.

Bought by WTJU, WNCU, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WSNC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 6
Paul McCartney: An Appreciation (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Paul Ingles
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Producer Paul Ingles joins with Richard Goldman, an L.A. musician, writer and fan, to detail why Paul McCartney matters in this program of commenta...

Bought by KSUT, WCMU Michigan, WUTC, KRCB 104.9, KGLT and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2007
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 11