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Caption: Robert Lehman, Credit: Robert Lehman
The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis and the Jerome Foundation partner each year to present the Cedar Commission, two nights of performances fe...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we’re dipping into our archives to welcome the Brian Gephart Quintet, with Tom Garling, Neal Alger, Kelly Sill and E...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WLPR , and WDCB


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Joe Holland, Credit: Joe Holland
Each year, through its MN Spin program, the Hennepin County library acquires music by all kinds of Minnesota musical acts. Then, the public can str...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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Kansas native Ben Lerner penned three collections of poetry before turning to fiction. While at the Kansas City Public Library, Lerner reads from h...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: J. Chester Johnson
Although the Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre in the summer of 1921 is now recognized as part of Americas ugly past, another similar act of carnage of equa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Minneapolis Battle of the Jug Bands has gotten so big now that it straddles the Twin Cities in two venues. Saturday afternoon February 8 at the...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: WoodSongs Kid Ian Shaw performs.
On this week's encore WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes guitar virtuoso Billy Strings plus raucous Austin string band Whis...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, Yellowstone Public Radio, WETS, KHNS, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
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In Red Meat Republic author Joshua Specht brings to life a turbulent era marked by Indian wars, Cowboy myths, Chicago labor unrest, and food riots ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:26
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Joaquín Zihuatanejo discusses poems based on life in his hometown of East Dallas. He also talks about his early life growing up without his father ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Vivian Green Fryd
In October 2017, the “Me Too” movement went viral. Since then more than 70 high profile men have been accused of sexual misconduct or inappropriate...

Bought by WRIR, KRZA, and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Zeitgeist, Credit: Zoe Prinds-Flash
April 4-7 is Zeitgeist New Music’s Early Music Festival. It takes place at Studio Z in Saint Paul and includes concerts, and workshops about the li...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Kendra Ulrich
Growing up watching “The Love Boat,” some of us thought of a cruise as a romantic and exciting way to see the world. New research out of Johns Hopk...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Carter Rubin
The first time you saw a fleet of rent-able electric scooters huddled together on a city sidewalk, what was your reaction? Annoyance at yet another...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Peter Knights
Have you ever seen one of those ads with a celebrity like Jackie Chan or Leonardo DiCaprio beside a beautiful, rare animal? If so, there’s a good c...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome the innovative trumpeter and rising star in Chicago jazz, Marques Carroll, and his group, Trumpet Summit....

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Jan 21, 2019
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: M Jackson
Have you ever noticed that scientists historically are mostly white men? Do you think that this fact has skewed some scientific findings? Well, our...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Mila, Credit: Larry Morisette
The Mila Vocal Ensemble is an expert, professional singing group specializing in Eastern Europe. Phil Nusbaum caught up with the group rehearsing a...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Nathan Hanson, Credit: Benny Moreno
Saxophonist Nathan Hanson and drummer JT Bates are a couple of old friends. But for some reason they’ve hardly performed together. That situation i...

  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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A humorous & engaging look at the misunderstood Millennial generation. We also meet Aaron Vandermark, Chef Proprietor of the incredible restaurant...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Milked performing in WNIJ's Studio A, Credit: Carl Nelson/WNIJ
Milked, a power trio from Chicago joins host Carl Nelson in the studio to share their bombastic, power-chord laden rock. They perform songs off the...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
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Did you know that the majority of insects are good? Recent pollinator declines related to pesticide use have resulted in declines in fruit and veg...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joe Kopel, Credit: Joe Kopel
Joe Kopel. If there is anybody with songwriting in his DNA, it is Joe. As a kid he would write his own lyrics to existing songs. By high school, he...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 06:25
Caption: Brandy Clark on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Grammy Nominated Singer/Songwriter Brandy Clark plus rising country star ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KDLG, KDLG, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Davu Seru, Credit: Andrea Canter
Davu Seru is the current Studio Z composer in Residence. Among his goals is combining west African-based traditions such as drumming and the blues...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: David Trinidad, poet, Credit: Alyssa Lynee
David Trinidad describes a movie set for a cop film set in 1970s San Francisco.

Bought by KALW, WOUB, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3