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In the 1970s, singer Roberta Flack made a name for herself performing covers of songs by folk singers and other little-known artists, creating, in ...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Johnny Hartman's 1964 Impulse Album Cover
Few singers had as much of an influence on the next generation as the suave, full-throated “Mr. E” Billy Eckstine. This week, we’ll explore the wor...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we remember the artistry of American songwriter Stephen Sondheim, and his many contributions to the American songbook, like “Small World...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Anne Sofie von Otter performs works by Mozart, Schubert and more

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, KMXT, WCNY, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 01, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
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In August 2005, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon implemented his highly contentious plan to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four i...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 52:34
Caption: Leonard Slatkin, Credit: RCA
Leonard Slatkin on Corigliano Symphony #1

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1
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Sirisha Narayana, a hospital internal medicine physician, discusses her strong identity as a physician, and how it collided with her other identiti...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:46
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Composer Karl Jenkins, Credit: karljenkins.com
We remember and keep in mind people we hold dear. Memorials these days can be online, as well as landmark objects, or art objects. There are sculpt...

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KVNO, WETS and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:30
  • Purchases: 6
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Now, a conversation that reminds us how being a father can be about much more than biology. In 2007, after volunteering to care for infants born ...

Bought by KRVS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Gwen Nell Westerman, an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, is professor in english and director of humanities at Minnesota State Unive...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:35
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Sgt. Major Lisa Torello remembers her father, Sgt 1st Class Carl Torello, who was killed in Vietnam in 1965, with Tony Cistaro, who was with her fa...

  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:05
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This Women's Words features Moriah Erickson reading her poems "The Mallard" and "Photo 1971."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Mallory Pierce lives in Brainerd, she's a senior in high school and she learned early on that whenever things got rough, she could count on music a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Listen to a collage of voicemails, where you're asked to tell a story that will be shared with the whole world.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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There's a private number you can call where you're asked to tell a story that will be shared with the whole world.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
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There's a private number you can call where you're asked to tell a story that will be shared with the whole world.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 21:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Plagued by her tuberculosis, Richard’s mother yearns to raise her children outside the city. On special days, she takes Richard down to Penn Statio...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 12:19
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A introduction to the Youth Spin listeners, as well as a personal story where the song is the main character in the plot. That's My Song weaves tog...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:53
Caption: The Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger laying down flowers and incense at Jim Morrison's grave at Pere Lachaise cemetery., Credit: Henrik Persson
Report from the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, where the 40th anniversary of the death of The Doors singer Jim Morrison was celebrated July 3rd.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
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Chief Warren McDaniels, the first black fire chief in New Orleans passed away on Feb. 23.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 06:28
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Massachusetts listener Christine Cleary believes memory is more an exercise of the heart than a function of the mind.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
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Nurse practitioner Cortney Davis believes embracing grief honors the beauty and fragility of life.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 4
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In this fundraising spot, This I Believe host Jay Allison introduces listeners to Mary Cook of Gustavus, Alaska.

Bought by Radio Newark, WEZU, North State Public Radio, Remix Radio, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 12
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September 11th 2003 marks the 30th anniversary of the Chilean coup that toppled Socialist president Salvador Allende. The death of the coveted lead...

Bought by KALW and WYSO


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2