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220212 Lou Reed, Jim Messina, Leon Russell, Answer Songs - All Music You've Never Heard

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

Caption: Lou Reed before he was "Lou Reed"

Every week, another 85 songs you've never heard as we search for the heart and soul that later was declared "rock and roll." Fact is, there was no...

Bought by Prairie Public, KFCF FM, KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WQCS and more

211226 The Fleetwoods Demos Aligned With Sun Ra's Doo Wop

From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song

Caption: Little Joe Cook and The Thrillers

The Fleetwoods of Olympia Washington were White kids who did precise harmonies much like the more ethnic "doo wop" groups of the same era. Sun Ra...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

'80's Crack Crisis and Peat

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1: What We Learned From the Crack Crisis in America. Topic 2: The Future is Peat

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KQRU FM LP, KOWS, and WYAP

The Far Side, Feral Pigs, and Tree Thieves

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1: The Far Side's Enduring Popularity. Topic 2: Feral Pigs are Destroying Wildlife. Topic 3: How to Catch a Tree Thief: Timber Poaching in th...

Bought by KOWS

'Renaissance Fables For The World' 10

From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World

Caption: Saint Christopher, Credit: Hieronymus Bosch

This 5 minute spoken word program explores the renaissance fables of Bartolomeo Scala, and is accompanied by appropriate musci.

'Renaissance Fables For The World' 3

From: Daniel Wargo
Series: Renaissance Fables For The World

Caption: 'The Wayfarer', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch

This series of 76 programs explores the renaissance fables of four great authors. This program presents some of the work of Bartolomeo Scala.

EP23 "Chess Records Blues"

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

Chess Records was one of the early flourishing record labels that had Blues artists on it roster.

Dr. Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson: Healthcare in 1894

From: My Account of It
Series: My Account of It

Caption: Dr. Halle Tanner Dillion Johnson was the first woman and the first black woman to practice medicine in Alabama. She was licensed in 1891.

Here's an account of healthcare in the rural Alabama. This account was written in 1894. Listen.

'To Heal A Sick Nation: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and IDEAS'

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 1966, Credit: AFP/Getty Images

This program tells the untold story about Dr. Martin Luther King and his appearance on the most prestigious lecture series in Canada, shortly befor...

Bought by WXXI Rochester

The Needle Drop: 01-08-11

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: The Needle Drop

The Needle Drop's final look at 2010's best music.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KISU, KPVL, KSJD, WTIP and more

Heroes Come in Many Colors

From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Heroes Come in Many Colors

The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Remembering: Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Estaban, Phillis Wheatley, Bill Pic...

The Needle Drop: 11-27-10

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)

New music from Maserati and Maps & Atlases.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio

A Christmas Masterpiece

From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope

Caption: Hallelujah Chorus, Credit: Paulo Ordoveza

An account of the life and works of George Frederick Handel, most notably the writing of "Messiah."

Bought by KREV-LP

My Medicine: Irvin Rosenfeld, one of the 4 federal medical marijuana patients

From: Chris Goldstein

An interview with one of the 4 surviving federal medical marijuana patients, Irvin Rosenfeld. His new book, My Medicine, looks back at a lifetime o...

Bought by KSFR