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Classics for Kids - Ralph Vaughn Williams program 1 - About Ralph Vaughn Williams
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Ralph Vaughan Williams was one of the most important 20th century English composers. He spent years traveling the country collecting English folk s...

Bought by KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Atomic States of America
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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While countries like Japan, Italy and Germany begin to phase out their use of nuclear energy, the US aims to build the first new nuclear power plan...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Two Guys on Your Head: Words and The Brain
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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The saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” is really not as accurate as we would like it to be. Words are a p...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
Dead Bees, Nail Clippings and Priceless Art in Warhol's "Time Capsules"
From: Lauren Ober
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Andy Warhol is probably best known for his pop art paintings of Campbell’s soup cans and celebrities. But his most personal and intimate work was n...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WXDU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 2
ESW 82A. The Eleventh Hour Trilogy with Kathryn Dionne
From: Adam Scull
Series: The Eat Sleep Write Podcast
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When archaeologist, Sophia Conrad, uncovers an ancient scroll hidden deep in the Judaean hills, a force greater than her conscience compels her to ...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:08
ESW 82. Werelord Thal: A Renaissance Werewolf Tale with Tracy Falbe
From: Adam Scull
Series: The Eat Sleep Write Podcast
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Thal is wanted for Devil worship and shape shifting but still boldly walks the streets of 16th century Prague. Jesuits hunt him. Mercenaries fear h...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 20:28
ESW 81. The Creative Compass with Dan MIllman & Sierra Prasada
From: Adam Scull
Series: The Eat Sleep Write Podcast
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The Creative Compass: Writing Your Way from Inspiration to Publication by father and daughter coauthors Dan Millman and Sierra Prasada. If you’re a...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 24:09
WorldCanvass: The Social Impact of Sustainability (part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:53
WorldCanvass: The Social Impact of Sustainability (part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 33:04
How did those green parrots get here?
From: WBEZ
Series: Curious City
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Chicagoan Leanne Roddy asked WBEZ's Curious City this question: "I've heard there are parrots on the South Side of Chicago, and I was wondering whe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: The Social Impact of Sustainability (part 4)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gue...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 26:18
Action Speaks "Heaven For All" Azusa Street Revival and Birth of Pentecostalism in America, 1906
From: Action Speaks Radio
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This week's underappreciated date is the Azusa Street Revival started by William J. Seymour in 1906 and brought about the revival of Pentecostalism...

Bought by WGCU, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, and WCPN


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 4
Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 37
From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Comedian Jim Melis, Country Band Western Avenue, and The Cleansed in our audioboo...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 58:20
Teachings From Turtle Island - Hour Four
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the fourth installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten prog...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 3
Moyers & Company Show 245: The Path of Positive Resistance
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Activists resisting on the front lines. Next on Moyers & Company.

Bought by KVMR, KTRL, KGNU Community Radio, KBRP Community Radio, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 31
247: Circle of Blue
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The fresh water cycle is ever-changing and in increasing demand due to growing populations, changing weather patterns, industrialization and the pu...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
SITPE # 1346
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Hendrix, Doors, and bands from all over the place.

Bought by KHNS, KWMR, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Spoken Editions #206: Romantic Modern: California Architecture 1930 to 1950, Harwell Hamilton Harris
From: Teosson Wells
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Free, audio excerpt from a book. The California of Harris’ youth was a very different place than it is today: It was a verdant oasis of orange grov...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:35
Liner Notes: Rudy Van Gelder
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Rudy Van Gelder
Rudy Van Gelder is a recording engineer who loved jazz and is most notably associated with the sound of Blue Note Records. He recorded many legenda...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse on the storms of November
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Nov. 10 was the 38th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, with all 29 lives aboard lost. Frederick Stonehouse, maritime historian a...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 21:17
Women on the Homefront
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh interviews historian Rebecca Plant about war veterans and “mom-ism.”

Bought by Radio Newark and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 2
Marcelo Zarvos - Brazilian Pianist & Composer - Kissing Jessica Stein, The Good Shepherd, Sin Nombre, Please Give, The Beaver, The Bay, Won't Back Down, Enough Said
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Marcelo Zarvos
Marcelo Zarvos - Brazilian Pianist & Composer - Kissing Jessica Stein, The Good Shepherd, Sin Nombre, Please Give, The Beaver, The Bay, Won't Back ...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
"Deerland," a thoughtful exploration of white-tailed deer & their impact on our world
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Did you know there are 30 million deer in America today, 100 times more than a century ago? On the eve of the Minnesota deer opener, WTIP's Buckley...

Bought by KSRQ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 20:37
  • Purchases: 2
Two Guys on Your Head: Relationships and Technology
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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If you live in the modern world, as I’m sure you do, you’re probably very familiar with the common occurrence of witnessing two people standing ne...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
One Gay Vet: A History of Service
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: Activist Voices
Caption: Denny Meyer, Credit: Kelly Cogswell
Denny Meyer's service didn't end when he left the U.S. military. A first generation American, the gay Vietnam vet has spent the last decade working...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:41

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