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Caption: Duncan Ley on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, life coach and your show host, this episode Duncan will chat about his experiences as a small business owner and how he is Ma...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 20:21
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"Burgoo" and "Horton Hatches the Egg"

  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:06
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"Ijapa the Tortoise" and "Titeliture"

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 28:08
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British music royalty, Kami Thompson and James Walbourne have combined both their personal and musical lives to form the super duo The Rails. They...

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Broadway
Show Tunes in Jazz. This features those popular songs of the 1920s and early '30s that became jazz standards, and jazz that made its way to stage.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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"Sody Sallyratus" and "How Chipmunk Got Its Stripes"

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:08
Caption: 1920s Chicago
It's the rough and tumble 1920s Chicago’s speakeasies. You had to have a password to gain entrance through a side door.

Bought by WDCB, Radio New Zealand, and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Twin Cities Jewish Chorale, Credit: Peter Eckert
The Twin Cities Jewish Chorale was formed six years ago to provide opportunities to sing types of Jewish music other than that which is sung in syn...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Young adult author Stuart Gibbs has lived a life of adventure as well as having written several books. Read more about him at http://stuartgibbs.co...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 15:38
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"Elephant's Wrestling Match" and "The Name of the Tree"

  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:06
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"The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey" and "Feathers"

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
Caption: The Tennessee Tooters
They called themselves the Tennessee Tooters and the Hottentots … along with other monikers. There was Red Nichols, cornet - Miff Mole, Trombone -...

Bought by KMUN and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We invited Billboard's Judy Cantor-Navas to help us pick out some nominated artists who make great music and deserve the spotlight the 15th annual ...

Bought by WART FM and WKAR


  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Thomas Edison
In the early 20th century there was a recording war - a war of recording studios. There was Thomas Edison on one side. Then there was everybody els...

Bought by KCBX, Radio New Zealand, WSLR, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Milton Brown
“The Father of Western Swing” is the moniker tagged to Milton Brown. In 1932, he left the Light Crust Doughboy’s to form his own band: The Musical ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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"The Toll-Bridge Troll" and "The Frog Prince Cont..."

  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:08
Caption: The Mills Brothers
From winning an amateur contest at Piqua's May's Opera House in the 1920s to the rise of rock and roll in the early fifties and their number one hi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ethel Waters
She was known for her terrific voice. Her ability to shift gears from playfully light to low down growl was unmatched. But Ethel Waters’ is also k...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs!

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs! And...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Gene Kardos
The Gene Kardos Orchestra wasn't know for their hot jazz, but that's not what their bandleader/alto saxophonist had in mind when he brought his gro...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 09, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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"Rabbi and the 29 Witches" and "Man Who Tricked a Ghost"

  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:07
Caption: Chicago Prohibition
By the mid 1920s, Chicago had become, not only a hot bed of jazz, but the home of a thriving bootleg business. Hundreds of speakeasy’s sprung up ov...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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"Legend of Slappy Hooper" and "Lazy Jack"

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:09
Caption: The Savoy Orpheans
To say that London was not known as a mecca for early jazz is an understatement, however, Britain adopted America’s music very quickly. The Savoy ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1