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For Passover: Searching a Family Tree for Raisins
From: Robin Washington
Caption: Robin Washington, Credit: Julia Cheng
Robin Washington is African American and Jewish and has family members all over the world. Some are Jewish, some are other religions but many celeb...

Bought by KZYX, KWMR, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 3
In the Department of Poetic Justice: LIMBO, A Musical Tribute (The Leave It To Beaver version with song and dance)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Big screen, little truck..., Credit: Susan Cook
In today's Department of Poetic Justice, we offer a musical tribute to a fictional radio host, Rushton Limbo, who poetically longs for the respite ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:53
Our Last Valentine's Day Together
From: kent Rader
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This piece is about the absurdity that gay marriage will hurt a heterosexual marriage.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
Jazz Etiquette #9 - Crap Jazzers
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode speaks to those of you who are just starting your journey of months, if not years, of practice and frustration in achieving the painfu...

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:17
  • Purchases: 1
Why Cooking Sucks
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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This is an essay about cooking and all the shame and rage and frustration that can accompany this art. Writer Sarah Miller describes her desire to ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 1
The tangled tale of Haight Street
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Many people still think of San Francisco’s most famous intersection -- Haight-Ashbury -- as the epicenter of the hippie movement of the mid-1960s. ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 07:46
Jazz Etiquette #7 - Gig Administration (part II)
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette of properly administrating and participating in a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 11, 2015
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #6 - Gig Administration (part I)
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette of properly administrating and participating in a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:56
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #5 - Listeners (part II)
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette of attending and appreciating a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 12:16
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #4 - Listeners (part I)
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette of attending and appreciating a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #3 - Soloing part II
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette when soloing during a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #2 - Soloing part I
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette when soloing during a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:29
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Etiquette #1 - Dressing for a Jazz Gig
From: Clay Ryder
Series: Jazz Etiquette
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This episode is all about the etiquette in dressing for a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 1
Cupid's Day: A Lovably Flawed Valentine's Day Alternative
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: What's to Love About...?
Caption: BLAME IT ON HOBOKEN CD Art, Credit: Photo: Katie Weisberger
Hate Valentine's Day? Cupid, that flawed character from Roman Mythology, offers alternative reasons to love Feb. 14th.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
TSR15-03 Cory Chisel
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
With strong roots in the Midwest, former Appleton, WI native via Babbitt, MN ~ now hailing from Nashville, TN ~ we are pleased to welcome songwrite...

Bought by KALH, KMSU, KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
TSR15-02 Rusted Root
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Having collaborated with one another for two decades, Rusted Root, has honed the perfect combination of musical intuition, freedom and virtuosity, ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KALH, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
TSR15-01 New First Night
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
New First Night ~ the official kick-off of the Big Top tent season featuring host Michael Perry and Big Top Chautauqua's Blue Canvas Orchestra and ...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRNC-LP, KALH, WDSE, WUMB and more


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Grouch Time
From: Jeff Karr
Series: The Jeff Karr Show
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A grouchy look at life.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
Celine & Me
From: Nick Jaworski
Series: Music and The Moment
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In this humorous piece, Nick, a music teacher, tells the story of two Celine Dion songs and how they have helped him understand the value of music ...

  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:38
Twitter Fatigue
From: Stephen Provizer
Series: Cultural Curmudgeon
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Twitter is hemorrhaging self-aggrandizement and hucksterism.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
Dixon Ticonderoga: An American Pencil Tragedy
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: The Dixon Ticonderoga Pencil, Credit: Bryan Ward
Author, producer and teacher Bryan Ward loves the Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, but his relationship with the writing utensil has soured since he disc...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
Wintry Mix
From: Jake Harper
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The sounds of a Wisconsin winter.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
The Relaxation Market
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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In the relaxation drink market, companies aren’t waging the usual battle over a single word like “energy”; instead they’re picking their drugs of c...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:57
Wiarton Willie, Canadian Groundhog
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Fiberglass Wiarton Willie, Credit: Bryan Ward
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1