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This Week in Blues History #11 - June 10-16
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time, we profile Mississippi blues legend Charley Patton, who made his debut for Paramount Records, this week in 1929.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #012 - Right on Target, So Direct: Bob Dylan's BLOOD ON THE TRACKS (Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 2 of a celebration and exploration of "Blood on the Tracks," the Bob Dylan album voted his best in a Rolling Stone magazine fan survey. Music ...

Bought by KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Freight Train
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Freight train off of US1, St. Augustine, FL. Recorded while driving in the car, window down, mic following along. Late afternoon. January 2017. EQ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:04
A Toad's Solo
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Landscape Ambience: a southern toad (buffo terrestris) singing solo over a chorus of toads and frogs that erupted after 3 weeks of rainfall. Northe...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:14
Heavy rain, wind, frogs & toads (Hurricane Irma)
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Field recording of Hurricane Irma just as it was hitting St. Augustine, FL.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 05:20
Sound Ecology: Raptors
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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What is a raptor? Naturalist Ken Burton offers up some details on these amazing birds, including addressing the concept of convergent evolution.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 916: Roots Music Summit Spectacular
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: WoodSongs Kid David Julia performs with legendary bluesman Bob Margolin.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes amazing WOODSONGS KIDS from around the nation plus special guests from th...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KKRN, WOUB, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WVRU and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 11
Sound Ecology: Harbor Seals
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Remarkable facts about the ubiquitous resident of our coastal regions, the harbor seal.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Snowy Plovers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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On this segment of Sound Ecology, Ornithologist Mark Colwell features one of our dynamic coastal residents, the western snowy plover.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Keeping Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teacher Christopher McFadden is a member of The Fellowship, a group in Philadelphia trying to recruit and retain black male teachers. Only 2 percent of teachers in American public schools are black men., Credit: Emily Hanford
(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 10
Monday Music Special Crown Guitar Festival 2017 Part 2
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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A Monday Music special highlighting the 2017 Crown Guitar Workshop and Festival set in Bigfork, Montana. This year’s lineup includes Jerry Douglas,...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Ingles' Music Showcase #003 - Why Monterey Pop Mattered (Hour 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Hour 1 of an appreciation of the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, generally recognized as the first pop or rock festival of all-time. It f...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KSER, KFSK, WPVM 103.7, KSJE and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Finding Home: Displacement and Homelessness from Cape Town to California
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California— three cities grappling with evictions,...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Adult use marijuana sales get underway in Reno
From: Brian Bahouth
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Just before midnight on Jun 30, two lines of smiling, well-behaved people snaked around two sides of the Blum marijuana dispensary on Virginia Stre...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2017
  • Length: 10:02
Interview with Melissa De La Cruz and listener-reader reviews
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
Caption: Melissa de la Cruz, Credit: from author website
Tammy Bobrowsky interviews young adult author Melissa De La Cruz on her new book, Alex and Eliza, and we hear what our What We're Reading online co...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2017
  • Length: 09:02
Behind the Scenes at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
From: renee wilde
Series: Culture Couch
Caption: Samuri Armor, Credit: Renee Wilde
The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is nestled in a beautiful stretch of public parks that mark the confluence of the Stillwater and Great Miami Rive...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:02
My Life, My Love, My Legacy - Coretta Scott King
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Interview with Barbara Reynolds,founding editor of USA Today on her 2017 book My Life, My Love, My Legacy biography of Coretta King, condensed from...

Bought by WMMT and WVAS


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 2
Pistol shrimp or bacon frying?
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The inter-coastal waterway, St Augustine FL, the pier near Bridge of Lions, pistol shrimp and more, warm, 10 am, November 2016, hydrophone, no effe...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: :31
17-05 Women Composers, Connie Sheu Interview
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Connie Sheu, Credit: Connie Sheu
This week’s program features music by women composers and an interview with guitarist Connie Shue. ------------------------------------------------...

Bought by KXIQ , Ohm Radio , KXIQ , KMXT, WKMS and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 44
Insects..species unkown
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: insects (crickets? cicadas?) Evening, 7pm, warm, comfortable, windy. St Augustine, FL. *No effects, only EQ for wind noise.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: :38
Thunder Storm in St. Augustine
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
Caption: field recording
Thunder storm early evening hours. St Augustine, FL. Original clip with no effects, no alterations. Stereo mic/track. No Effects: No EQ.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 09:55
Footsteps #2 Winter NYC
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: Walking on packed snow, on a city sidewalk in January 2017. Cold: 19 degrees: Prospect Ave & Terrace PL: Brooklyn, NY. Early evening...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: :48
"Like a Breath of Fresh Air" (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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We might think the glory days of cigarettes are long past. But among many demographic groups, the rates of smoking are still rising. Many regulator...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
March on Momument
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Robert E. Lee Statue on Moument Avenue, Credit: Kelley Libby/Radio IQ
This past Saturday, over 1,000 Richmonders streamed down Monument Avenue in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, planned for this weeke...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 01:21
Interview with Linda Fairstein and reviews of The Genius of Birds, American Cake, and Canoes: A Natural History
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Producer Katie Carter interviews author Linda Fairstein on her new book, Into The Lion's Den; Tammy Bobrowsky reviews books fit for gift-giving: Th...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 11:45