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EP149 Frank Goldwasser

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Paris Slim and his Blues

Throwing It Out

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library

Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman

We're talking trash at the library today. Specifically, the story of a 3,000-ton garbage barge that made a scene in Brooklyn in the 1980s… and, we ...

Bought by PRX Remix

Sound Ecology: Harbor Seals

From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology

Remarkable facts about the ubiquitous resident of our coastal regions, the harbor seal.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFOI Radio

Passover: People of the Cookbook: Jewish Cooking with Claudia Roden

From: Nahanni Rous
Series: Can We Talk?

A visit, a cooking lesson and lunch with the celebrated chef Claudia Roden. Claudia discussed lost Jewish communities through their cuisines. Inc...

Bought by KWMR and PRX Remix

Sound Ecology: Marsh Wren

From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology

This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the diverse songs and calls of the marsh wren in northern California. For air during spring and summer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark

Sound Ecology: Warblers

From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology

This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the springtime arrival of orange-crowned and wilson's warblers in northwestern California. For air during ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio

Sound Ecology: Allen's Hummingbird

From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology

An audio postcard highlighting the amazing migration of Allen's Hummingbirds along the pacific flyway. Best aired late winter through spring and su...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark

Sound Ecology: Cetaceans

From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology

An audio postcard highlighting the wide variety of whales, porpoises and dolphins that inhabit the waters along northern California and southern Or...

Bought by KLCC, WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio

Sound Ecology: American Dipper

From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology

An audio postcard about the American Dipper, highlighting some behavioral and physiological aspects of this ubiquitous songbird along rivers and st...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio

Guitar Legends: Paco de Lucía

From: Matthew Cochran
Series: Goes2Eleven

Goes2Eleven continues its tribute to guitar heroes with flamenco superman Paco de Lucía. We discuss Paco’s traditional flamenco roots and his explo...

Bought by KKRN

Radio Retrospective: The Woman Behind "Let's Pretend"

From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective

There weren’t a lot of female directors during the Golden Age of Radio. Nila Mack was one of the few who earned herself an office on the 14th floo...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix

Olympics Medals for Music, Literature, and Art?

From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It

A lot has changed for the Olympics over the last century, including the focus on an entire discipline.

Bought by KISU

Ring Them and Fling Them

From: Gerald Zahavi

Caption: Gordon Howard in conversation with a Blue Jay, Credit: Gerald Zahavi

A profile of two master bird banders (and their trainees) who converge every May on the Crown Point State Historic site along the shores of Lake Ch...

Bought by WRPI and WRPI

The Resurgence of Records

From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It

Digital music is the furthest we’ve come from running needles through intricate grooves, but record orders keep coming in.

Bought by PRX Remix

Dance Until the World Ends

From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It

A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

Bought by PRX Remix

Life on the Party Line

From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It

Today's privacy concerns with cell phones seem trivial when we look back at the world of open telephone wires.

Bought by PRX Remix

Pop-Tarts

From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It

The strange evolution of the iconic Pop-Tart.

Bought by WMMT and PRX Remix

Bull-Baiting

From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It

The violent pastime known as bull baiting entertained the wealthy and poor alike and shaped the breed we now know as the bulldog.

Bought by PRX Remix

The Amazing True Story of Paul Revere

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman

On the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride, re-visiting the Longfellow poem. What did Longfellow get right or wrong? Who rode that night...

Bought by KUT and Prairie Public