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NL 24-39: The Scene Changes: The Life and Music of Bud Powell, Part Two, 9/23/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Powell biographer Peter Pullman joins us again to help chronicle the up-and-down final years of a bebop piano legend.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 07:00
NL 24-38: Time Flies: The Life and Music of Bud Powell, Part One, 9/16/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Bud Powell revolutionized jazz piano for the bebop generation and beyond. For this centennial tribute, we focus on his early years and talk with Po...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
Decades of Activism with Angela Davis: A Blueprint for Social Justice in Our Times
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Special: Laura Flanders & Friends Unabridged Conversations
Caption: LF&F Unabridged Conversations, Credit: Angela Davis
From Civil Rights to Abolition: Angela Davis Shares Her Journey and firsthand experiences from her latest book on abolitionism with Laura in the in...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 56:59
StoryCorps: Freedom School Summer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freedom School students Deborah Carr, Stephanie Hoze, Theresia Clark-Banks, Julia Clark-Ward, Glenda Funchess, and Don Denard came to StoryCorps to...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:09
Bluesin w/ Steve Freund
From: Doug Hillyard
Series: Doug the Jitterbug's Audio Collage
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Radio show aired 7/31/24 with guest Steve Freund blues guitar player who for many years was a fixture on Chicago scene on KZCT 89.FM Vallejo, CA (O...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:57
Rosanne Cash
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 1022 (Air Dates: July 29 - Aug 4, 2024) Our guests this week on Art of the Song are Rosanne Cash, and her husband/collaborator John Leventhal....

Bought by Raven Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WETS, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCUW 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
National Writers Series: Hampton Sides
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Five
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Doug Stanton talks with author Hampton Sides.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
EE 24-27: Indigenous foodways as tools of empowerment., 7/5/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Keitlyn Alcantara studies pre colonial burial sites to understand indigenous foodways of the past and present.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Civics 101: Strikes, Unions, and Workers' Rights
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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This is the story of what happens (and what's happening) when the American workforce tries to get a seat at the table.

Bought by WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 12
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
Disclose! Divest!: Behind the Fight Over College Endowments
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A child running through the Stanford Divestment Encampment., Credit: Photo by RJ Lozada.
What does it mean to disclose and divest? We take a look at the demands behind the student encampments for Palestine and talk to Kelly Grotke about...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Eisenhower's D-Day Dilemma: Triumph, Tension, and the Birth of a Superpower
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🇺🇸Happy Memorial Day! 🌟 Join us for an unforgettable journey into history! 🌟 📚 New Episode Alert: Dive into the heart of WWII with Smithsonian Asso...

  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:43
Lillian Faderman: The Emotional Truth of "My Mother's Wars"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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LGBT and Ethnic Scholar and Author Lillian Faderman discusses her book My Mother’s Wars a reconstructed memoir of her mother’s life as an Jewish i...

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


  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
TRAVELING ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL with author Ann Powers (2 of 2) - Music Archive Showcase #170
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Ann Powers, Author of TRAVELING ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL
DESCRIPTION: Part 2 of a 2-part deep dive into the creative and personal path of revered musician Joni Mitchell with NPR Music Critic Ann Powers, a...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WHRV, WXXI Rochester, KCUR, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
RESISTANCE: THEY FOUGHT BACK -- Paula Apsell Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Paula Apsell, 4/10/24
Paula Apsell talks uncovering history, creating unity, and depicting Jews saving Jews.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 25:10
Music Archive Showcase #165 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Bob Costas' Music Interviews on NBC's LATER (Part 3)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Bob Costas
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NBC...

Bought by KUNM, WGZS, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, WHRV and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Music Archive Showcase #164 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Bob Costas' Music Interviews on NBC's LATER (Part 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Bob Costas on LATER set, Credit: Bob Costas
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NBC...

Bought by KUNM, WGZS, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, WHRV and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Riding the waves of feminism: a conversation with scholar Bettina Aptheker
From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery
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Noted feminist scholar Bettina Aptheker explores the dawning of her feminist consciousness in waves. Daughter of a communist, Aptheker had to throw...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Music Archive Showcase #163 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Bob Costas' Music Interviews on NBC's LATER (Part 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Paul McCartney with Bob Costas, Credit: Bob Costas
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NB...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUNM, WGZS, KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
A Jazz-Age Murder That Toppled Gotham’s Mayor
From: Francesca Rheannon
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We talk with Michael Wolraich about his book, The Bishop And The Butterfly: Murder, Politics, And The End Of The Jazz Age. Then, we re-air part of ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 01:10:45
Audacious Live! Show & Tell in Stamford
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode, Audacious takes the show to Third Place by Half Full Brewery in Stamford! Hear stories about special doilies, passports, and even ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Liz Cheney on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Liz Cheney shares the enthralling details from her book, Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning, of defending the Constitution while inside the Cap...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 25:14
  • Purchases: 1
Music Archive Showcase #162 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author Peter Neff on the Late Singer/Songwriter Fred Neil
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Music specials host Paul Ingles talks with music author Peter Neff, whose 2019 biography of under-appreciated singer/songwriter Fred Neil, tells th...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media, WUTC, KUHF, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Military Voices: Estel Roberts, Mariann Roberts, William Pickens, Benjamin Jenkins, Candice Francis and Sidney Francis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sidney Francis and Candice Francis at their StoryCorps interview in New York, New York on November 29, 2005., Credit: Justina Mejias for StoryCorps
Sidney Francis and his daughter, Candice Francis, reflect on his time as one of the first Black Marines to serve at Montford Point during World War...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Haunted artifacts & serial killer art: When one person's treasure is another one's nightmare
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a man who collects items that are supposedly haunted; And another man explains why he collects art made by murde...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
  • Purchases: 1

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