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This time, we profile “Key to the Highway” — one of the enduring classics of the blues, first recorded by pianist Charlie Segar in 1940.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
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This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Paul Saunderson
Paul Saunderson - British Film Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist - 100 Streets, Starfish, Three Identical Strangers, and The More You Ignore Me

  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Matthew Fox
In November 2016 I released an interview with activist, Matthew Fox. This is a rebroadcast of that episode.

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Midwife
Yves Cape - Belgian Cinematographer - Ma Vie en Rose, The Buffalo Boy, Flanders, White Material, Violette, Chronic, The Midwife, April's Daughter, ...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Yo Yo Ma, Credit: Graham Willoughby
Graham Willoughby - Cinematographer - The Black List, 20 Feet from Stardom, The Music of Strangers, Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal, and Won't Y...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Aug 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: American Animals
Anne Nikitin - Canadian Composer based in the UK - The Imposter, Dark Horse, Sanctuary, American Animals, and Calibre

  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Phantom Thread, Credit: Focus Features
Denis Schnegg - Supervising Art Director - 28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Phantom Thread, and The Girl in the Spider's Web

  • Added: Jul 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Little Walter, “Honeyboy” Edwards, Muddy Waters, and J....

  • Added: Jul 14, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Hereditary
Olga Mill - Costume Designer - Dog Eat Dog, Beach Rats, First Reformed, and Hereditary

  • Added: Jul 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Phantom Thread
Veronique Melery - Set Decorator and Production Designer - Ma Vie en Rose, A Very Long Engagement, I Am a Soldier, Jackie, and Phantom Thread

  • Added: Jul 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Womanimation! 2017 Award, Credit: Britt Raes
Britt Raes and Lori Malepart-Traversy - Past Womanimation! Film Festival Audience Award Winners

  • Added: Jul 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Tully
Perry Robertson - Supervising Sound Editor - Black Hawk Down, Lars and the Real Girl, Juno, Up in the Air, Jeff Who Lives at Home, The Perks of Bei...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Lean on Pete
Jonathan Alberts - Film Editor - Wristcutters: A Love Story, Like Crazy, 45 Years, and Lean on Pete

  • Added: Jun 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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Review of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, reader/listener recommendations, and another installment of Show Me Your Shelf with Rose and Will...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 08:33
Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel
The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Denson Baker, Credit: Ophelia
Denson Baker - Cinematographer - The Black Balloon, Oranges and Sunshine, The Dark Horse, Measure of a Man, and Ophelia

  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Chappaquiddick
Keith Fraase - Film Editor - Tree of Life, To The Wonder, Knight of Cups, Song to Song, Long Strange Trip, and Chappaquiddick

  • Added: May 26, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Martha Sherril prepares hominy over a wood fire outside the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Credit: Carla Seidl
This piece investigates the recent history of Cherokee foodways and examines lifestyle changes brought to the Eastern Band by the construction of H...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Square
Josefin Asberg - Swedish Production Designer and Art Director - Lilya 4-Ever, The King of Ping Pong, Mammoth, Monica Z, Force Majeure, and The Square

  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 03:29