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The Green Mill
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe "Wingy" Mannone
It’s rumored to be the oldest continuously running jazz club in the country. While the outside may be dark and unassuming, stepping inside is somet...

Bought by WNMU-FM and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Waters: A Conversation with Bonnie Jo Campbell
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Bonnie Jo Campbell, Credit: Fran Dwight
Join Jo Reed as she talks with acclaimed author Bonnie Jo Campbell about her latest novel, "The Waters." Set in the swamps of Southwest Michigan, t...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:56
Creating Conversations Through Art: The Vision of Charleston's Gaillard Center
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Lissa Frenkel CEO of the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, discusses this cultural cornerstone which presents vibrant art, honors loc...

Bought by WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 5
Are sewers the best way to deal with stormwater?
From: Possibly
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Paved surfaces like roads, sidewalks, and driveways send stormwater into our sewers, but engineering solutions that filter water through the ground...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 15, 2024
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 4
Combo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s Combo
In the early 1920s, a small collection of musicians was referred to as a combination rather than an orchestra. In America, though, there’s frequent...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Praying for Peace in The New Year
From: Paul McDonald
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What might really happen if every warrior on the planet beat his sword into a plowshare?

Bought by PRX Remix, WSLR, KDNK, KUT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 6
My Experiences With The "N" Word
From: Paul McDonald
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A double standard still exists for this racial epithet.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
How did the Narragansett Bay get so much cleaner?
From: Possibly
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During heavy rain, Rhode Island's sewers used to get overwhelmed and dump untreated sewage into the Bay. But thanks to a project to increase the ca...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Turn On the Heat
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
Summer. Those three months are loaded with ups and downs. Along with rising temperatures, there’s a remarkable increase in travel – not to mention ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Is climate change funny?
From: Possibly
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At Possibly we think a lot about how to make complicated climate science easy to understand. And we’re not the only ones! Some comedians are playin...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KTNA, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: Jul 01, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Hubs
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Dumaine's Band
Jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans thanks in part to Congo Square near the French Quarter. That’s where the slaves ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Embracing Queerness in Ballet: A Conversation with Adriana Pierce
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Adriana Pierce, Credit: Courtesy of Adriana Pierce
Dancer, choreographer, and founder of Queer the Ballet, Adriana Pierce shares her personal story, the inspiration behind and the work of Queer the ...

Bought by WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Sunset Cafe
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Sunset/Grand Terrace Cafe
When mob boss Al Capone took control of the Sunset Café in Chicago in the mid 1920s, it was already considered to be one of the best performance sh...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Despite the name, flushable wipes are not flushable
From: Possibly
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Despite what the packaging says, flushable wipes should never be flushed down the toilet! They can cause blockages in the sewer system and create a...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WRFA-LP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 4
Are we close to 100% renewable energy?
From: Possibly
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For decades now, people have been installing solar panels, wind turbines and more to transition our energy to renewable sources – but we wondered, ...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KTNA, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Celebrating African American History and Heritage with Pat Johnson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Discover how 2024 National Heritage Fellow Pat Johnson transformed her former segregated one room school into a thriving center for Black history a...

Bought by WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 5
Barnacles
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1910 Excursion Steamboat
Rivers throughout America were critical for commerce from the 17th through the early 20th century. Think of the iconic steamboat. Bales of hay and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tyler Blackwell: Contemporary Art at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Tyler Blackwell, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Speed Art Museum, discusses the museum's rich history, community engagement initiatives, and in...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 09, 2024
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 4
Electrified
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Electical Recording studio
Imagine what traveling would be like if everyone followed different rules of the road. Total chaos. Well, that’s just about the story of the record...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Blues Musician Phil Wiggins (1954-2024)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis
A heartfelt remembrance of blues harmonica master and 2017 National Heritage Fellow the late Phil Wiggins

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Smalls' Paradise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Smalls Paradise
Ed Smalls, an African American, had the longest running nightclub north of New York City. 1917 to the 1960s. The club Ed opened reached its zenith ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Scrappy Ohio Pride Survives
From: Christopher Beale
Series: Stereotypes
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A pair of conservative small towns hosted their first LGBTQIA pride in 2023 to much success, then local residents tried to shut it down.

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 06:30
Transforming Lives Through Music: Shanna Lin and the Paterson Music Project
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Director of Education and Violin/Viola Teaching Artist at the Paterson Music Project (PMP) Shanna Lin discusses the program and its impact.

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KECG and more


  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 6
Rita Dove: Rara Avis
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rita Dove, Credit: Photo of Rita Dove by Fred Viebahn
Pulitzer prize-winning poet Rita Dove.

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 24:10
Why did I see a bunch of dead fish in the Providence River?
From: Possibly
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One Possibly listener wondered why she saw so many dead fish in the water last spring. Turns out it’s called a fish kill – which can happen when th...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Raven Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 3

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