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Tony Furtado
From: Brian Bahouth
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In this illustrated interview I chat with sculptor and musician Tony Furtado about his latest album Live at Mississippi Studios – a cool mix of wor...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
Goodnight Moon!
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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First published in 1947, Goodnight Moon has become one of the most popular books for young children. Yet the book’s author, Margaret Wise Brown, al...

Bought by WJCT, XRAY.fm, WFHB, and KVLU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Red Ink
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A common historical myth is that Native Americans were an “oral people” who didn't engage in literacy. But one scholar argues that Native Americans...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WFHB


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Fresh Talk: Valerie Cassel Oliver
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Valerie Cassel Oliver
In Houston, Cathy Byrd meets Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver at the Contemporary Arts Museum to tour Valerie’s latest exhibition project: Radi...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 12:35
David Lindley
From: Brian Bahouth
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Artist and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley is well known for his many years as featured accompanist with Jackson Browne. Lindley is also a che...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Marc Myers - 'Why Jazz Happened'
From: Mark Hayes
Series: Passing Notes
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Noted music and arts journalist Marc Myers examines some of the forces that help explain the development of the sounds and styles of jazz in his ne...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
Segment3 - Billy Martin
From: Mark Hayes
Series: Segment3
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Drummer Billy Martin keeps busy when he's not in Medeski Martin and Wood. One of his many projects -- Wicked Knee, a drums-and-brass group, has a ...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 20:57
Segment3 - Sara Gazarek
From: Mark Hayes
Series: Segment3
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Better late than never, I talk with Sara Gazarek about one of last year's best jazz vocalist recordings, her third album, Blossom and Bee. She tal...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 25:14
Joey DeFrancesco - 'Wonderful! Wonderful!'
From: Mark Hayes
Series: Passing Notes
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The organ legend "Joey D" talks about working with Larry Coryell and Jimmy Cobb, as well as the influence of Miles Davis on his trumpet playing.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:19
Oliver Wood
From: Brian Bahouth
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Brian Bahouth spoke with one half of the Wood Brothers, Oliver Wood, about the unique mixture of styles and influences he and his brother Chris bri...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 11:42
'Tis the Season
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A poet, an ethnomusicologist, a conductor, and a vocalist share their favorite Christmas songs and why the music resonates with them this time of y...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WJCT, KMUD, KUAC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
'Tis the Season
From: With Good Reason
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From Leontyne Price to Kate and Anna McGarrigle, the Ronettes to Middle Eastern music…

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KRPS, KRPS, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
Al Blake
From: Brian Bahouth
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During the mid to late 1970s, Al Blake sang and played harmonica for the legendary Hollywood Fats Blues Band and is one of the true progenitors of ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:22
Opera in the Coalfields
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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From jazz in the city to opera in Appalachia.

Bought by WJCT, KPIP-LP, and WABE


  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Women and Leadership
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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From preteen girls to college women to female faculty at the highest ranks of academia—a show about how women are learning to become leaders throug...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WJCT, WMPG, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
Behind Bars
From: With Good Reason
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Russian classics like War & Peace and Crime & Punishment were written in another country, and in another century. But a new program is testing how...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KRUA


  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Jazz and Civil Rights
From: With Good Reason
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Musicians' impact on the Movement.

Bought by WVAS, WVAS, WABE, WVAS, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
From Thoreau's rural journal to the future of farming - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
From Thoreau's rural journal to the science of the mind to 36 arguments for the existence of God to classical music to the future of farming (whew!...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 1
WAR Stories: The Music of the Lowrider Band Pt. I
From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show
Caption: The Lowrider Band (Harold Brown & Howard Scott), Credit: http://www.lowriderband.com/
Howard Scott and Harold Brown, who now tour as THE LOW RIDER BAND are two original members of the band WAR. They both tell their story about their ...

Bought by Prairie Public, WJAB, and WVAS


  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 3
Every Move You Make
From: With Good Reason
Caption: The Four Rings, Credit: Limsonline.org
Each day most of us wave to a friend or gesture in a meeting with colleagues. Dance professor Karen Studd sees patterns and language in all of the...

Bought by WFIU and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Horror of it All
From: With Good Reason
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Why do we get so much pleasure from movies that frighten us out of their wits?

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WXXI Rochester, KXOT Public Radio, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 5
The Namesake
From: Bilal Qureshi
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Mira Nair's Adaptation of The Namesake

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
Suzanne Polak Composer: Documentary
From: Don Maue
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Documentary of Original Music by Composer Suzanne Polak for Theatre

  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 14:53
The Antarctic Tapes: "The Landings of 14 / 15 November '94"
From: Herb Malsman
Series: Visions...A Series Of Visits To (Almost) Everywhere!
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We're all aboard...as Visions sets sail for Deception Island, Antarctica.

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 31, 2005
  • Length: 01:25:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Well-Rounded Radio Interview with Dan Zanes
From: Charles McEnerney
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Music and conversation with Dan Zanes, a musician performing traditional and original material for the whole family.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2004
  • Length: 29:02