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Imitation
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we discuss hackers, video games, and Project Xanadu.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 32:10
Obsolete
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week, we talk about self-driving trucks, Malthusian catastrophes, and human obsolescence.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 47:03
Protests
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we discuss protests in several different contexts.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 52:53
Frontiers
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about the net-casting spider, space junk, and Kessler syndrome.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 42:04
32 Life is a Drag
From: KCME
Series: Dinner and a Movie
Caption: Film music you remember, even if you've forgotten the film.
Quinn Riley and Robert Bruce explore the scores from films where men are women and women are men!

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 2
Loot & Morality
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about the German kunstschutz unit, the Venus de Milo, and slavery reparations.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 44:53
Kansas City Kitty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Kansas City was a hotbed of jazz in the 1920s. Their inventive style is heard in works the of Walter Page's Blue Devils, Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A conversation with 2017 NEA Jazz Master, Dr. Lonnie Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Credit: Mathieu Bitton
One of the best jazz organists, ever…and one of the most sampled jazz musicians.

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, WTJU and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 7
Food Sleuth Radio, Daryll Ray Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that food and agriculture are different from other commodities? Food is a biological need and national security issue. And, the consu...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair that Shaped the First Lady
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Susan Quinn
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took up residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in 1932, Eleanor looked upon the move to the White House with...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz at 100 Hour 1: Jazz Comes to Records – First Jazz Recordings and Precedents
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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On February 26, 1917, five musicians from New Orleans recorded for Victor Records in New York as the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, bringing a new s...

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCNY, KMUN, WMOT and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 28
Teens Sue U.S. Gov’t over Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Philip Gregory
What do a 13 year old in Louisiana, a 14 year old in Oregon and a 16 year old in Hawaii all have in common besides possibly the number of hours a d...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Bluegrass Review #1711. Program for March 11-March 17, 2017
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Early on the show today, we play some and old bluegrass relating to staying true to one’s values instilled while growing up. The Gem of Bluegrass f...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and Prairie Public


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1569 (Hour 1 & 2) - 02/23/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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The cool alto sax of East Coast Lee Konitz glides into a more bittersweet Charlie Parker tone, the pleasures of bebop continue with Buddy Rich play...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 5
Composers who have never won an Oscar 17-9
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week on The Score with Edmund Stone, Composers who have never won an Oscar, but deserved to.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
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
Shelf Discovery: The Young Wives Club by Julie Pennell
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the challenges of young love with the four characters in Julie Pennell's The Young Wives Club.

Bought by KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
New Music by Zack Baltich Combines Several Elements
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Zack Baltich, Credit: Matt Barber
If you want to know about a creative spirit, take the case of Zack Baltich. Zack synthesizes his informal and formal music experiences to create so...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
Musician's Spotlight - Jake Koelzer- 643
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Former Bozeman, Montana and now Portland, Oregon based singer Jake Koelzer brings his blend of jazz inspired blue-eyed soul to Musician’s Spotlight...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Nightingale Trio Sings Virtuosic Versions of Eastern European Folksongs
From: KBEM
Caption: The Nightingale Trio, Credit: Margie O’Loughlin
The Nightingale Trio presents Eastern European folksongs. In the process, the group gives American audiences glimpses into the ways of life in East...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2017
  • Length: 07:34
The Future Seems Bright for the Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra, Credit: Diego Ramallo
The Twin Cities Latin Jazz orchestra is a 19-piece group playing in the 21st century. The size of the band might seem incongruous in an era of stri...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2017
  • Length: 06:59
10,000 Good Songs - Show #012
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. This week: Todd Snider, The Pretenders, Lyle...

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2017
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 14
Bluegrass Review Spring 2017 Fund Raising Edition II
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/2013 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
4 programming segments adding up to about 40 minutes

  • Added: Feb 18, 2017
  • Length: 38:28
Dave Whitehead - Sound Designer and Composer from New Zealand - Lord of the Rings, The World's Fastest Indian, Out of the Blue, Eagle Vs Shark, District 9, Snowpiercer, Chappie, and Arrival
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Arrival
Dave Whitehead - Sound Designer and Composer from New Zealand - Lord of the Rings, The World's Fastest Indian, Out of the Blue, Eagle Vs Shark, Dis...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
10,000 Good Songs - Show #011
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. This week: Robbie Robertson, Nils Lofgren, M...

Bought by KFSK, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, KIYU-FM, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14

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