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Fourth of July Feature: Playing with Fire: Behind the Music and Fireworks at the Hollywood Bowl
From: Anny Celsi
Caption: Eric Elias and Sara Hiner, Credit: Anny Celsi
In communities all over America, summer means outdoor concerts – and fireworks. Can you hear the “1812 Overture” without picturing brightly colored...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, KHNS, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Spectrum 01/01/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: New Year’s Resolutions The most common aspirations for the New Year are to eat healthier, have more time for your family a...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 03, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
How can we make our new year resolutions last?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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2019 is here, and many of us resolve to do various things when the new year comes around. We wanted to know how to give ourselves the best chance ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 17:05
Living Planet 12/28/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: How will Christmas change as the world gets increasingly warmer? We take a look at how reindeer are affected, whether a re...

Bought by KVSC, WNMU-FM, KMUN, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
18-51 Christmas Music, Interviews: Liona Boyd, Mark Cruz
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: 2005 Christmas Sign White House, Credit: Tony Morris
This week’s Classical Guitar Alive! features traditional and new music for Christmas and interviews with Canadian guitarist Liona Boyd and American...

Bought by WKGC, KXIQ , WVIA, RadioStPete Florida, WETS and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 46
18-26 American Composers, Giovanni De Chiaro Interview
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Scott Joplin
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! is a celebration of music by American composers, and features an interview with Giovanni De Chiaro...

Bought by KXIQ , Bandon Community Radio, KTXK, WICR, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 44
Resisting Empire By Resurrecting Easter
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: John Dominic Crossan and Sarah Sexton Crossan
John Dominic Crossan discusses the Christian myth through his book Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and East Kept the Original Easter Vision.

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Mar 25, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Love Me Do (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Holiday Specials
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Wine, chocolate, and flowers. We talk with experts about these Valentine's Day essentials.

Bought by KRDP, WVAS, WJCU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Love Me Do (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Holiday Specials
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Wine, chocolate, and flowers. We talk with experts about these Valentine's Day essentials.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, KKRN, and KEDT


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 5
Seeking Peace On Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special 2017
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Our annual compendium of highlights from a season of PEACE TALKS RADIO, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. This time li...

Bought by WHRV, KUOW, KVMR, KMSU, and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Christmas Radio Show Paul Sannerud Interview
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we talk to Paul Sannerud, writer and director of Theatre du Mississippi’s 6th Annual Christmas Radio Show at the Black...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 22:10
Psychologist weighs in on toys vs. experiences for kids at the holidays
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: Consider replacing some toys with activities
You've seen it before...too many toys for kids at holiday time can result in overstimulation and tantrums. Dr. Josh Klapow, a clinical psychologist...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 31:08
Folklorist Moira Marsh Loves The Krampus
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Monsters descended on Bloomington's B-Line Trail Saturday evening.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Holidays
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: John Clare and George Crumb, Credit: John Clare
We'll hear masterpieces for the holidays by George Crumb, Krzysztof Penderecki, Christopher Rouse, Samuel Barber, and Rick Sowash on this episode o...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, WETS, and WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
America's Melting Pot
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Cover of Theater Programme for Israel Zangwill's play "The Melting Pot", Credit: Wikipedia
We’ll speak to some talented conductors in America’s melting pot from Finland and Poland, plus the young composer Adam Schoenberg

Bought by KMUN, KWAX, WETS, KMUN, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Ani Tuzman, THE TREMBLE OF LOVE & Terry Tempest Williams, FINDING BEAUTY IN A BROKEN WORLD
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ani Tuzman talks about her novel based on the life of the 18th century Jewish mystic, the Baal Shem Tov. Its called The Tremble of Love. Then, we r...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:38:32
  • Purchases: 1
A Soulful Christmas Comes to the Black Dog in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
It’ll be familiar Christmas songs, but not the same old way as Cedric Fuller leads Global Sound into the Black Dog in Saint Paul. Cedric told Phil ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Vegan Thanksgiving made easy!
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Vegan Holiday Kitchen author Nava Atlas shares holiday cooking tips. Whether hosting a vegan Thanksgiving or bringing a dish as a guest, she has ti...

Bought by WMPG, 'The Sea', and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
My Life as a Wild Turkey (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Thanksgiving Specials
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All about turkeys: how a naturalist became a wild turkey mother, a pilot gives a play by play of the moves of the wild turkey in flight. And more...

Bought by KXCR, WFSU, KMUD, Wyoming Public Radio, KHSU and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
Free Annual Bluegrass Festival in Minneapolis on Labor Day
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Alan Jesperson, Credit: Craig Evans
To many, the Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis serves as the exclamation point at the end of a Twin Cities summe...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Reduce your stress by practicing mindfulness--expert & teacher explains
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Mindfulness has been linked to reduced stress and improved mental clarity, creativity and productivity. Alex Haley, who teaches mindfulness at the ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 18:08
Talking turkey with Butterball expert--the best tips for the best turkey
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The Butterball Turkey Talk Line fields thousands of calls at this time of year. WTIP's DaveTerSteeg chatted with turkey expert Rochelle Kirwan to l...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 14:15
Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis Hosts a Fourth of July Festival
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Powderhorn Park always does it with flair, and this 4th of July, it hosts musician Greg Herriges and troupes of puppeteers and dancers. Phil Nusbau...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Banshee: A Short Play by John Patrick Shanley
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Aidan Quinn
In BANSHEE, a teacher (Aidan Quinn) who's home sick receives a visitation from an Irish sprite (Geraldine Hughes) and an out-of-this-world proposal...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 25:46
Bringing Back the Chestnut (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Most of the chestnuts roasting on open fires this winter are from Europe or Asia, not America. In the early 1900s, American chestnut trees from Mai...

Bought by WJCT, KWMR, KKRN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4