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African-Americans have endured more than 246 years of slavery, 100 years of racism and segregation. The trauma from that experience continues to im...
- Added: May 05, 2011
- Length: 29:59
We need a new word for those who think "required" health care coverage is pesky and unconstitutional.
- Added: Apr 21, 2011
- Length: :57
Turning off the water pumps in the Central California Valley to protect the smelt is criminal and will destroy our nations agriculture.
- Added: Apr 15, 2011
- Length: 02:53
Senator Joe Carraro discusses how the economy is being driven to ruin by people who keep screwing up and getting ahead.
- Added: Apr 15, 2011
- Length: 05:21
Joe Carraro describes how even from the start, the Department of Homeland Security was created with the intention of grabbing more power for the go...
- Added: Apr 15, 2011
- Length: 04:08
Husseyin Baybasin is een Koerdische zakenman die, naar zeggen van zijn advocaat Mr. Adele van der Plas, al veertien jaar lang onschuldig in de Nede...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 06:37
Tired of the usual pundits? This program provides a unique
"take" on The State of the Union events--the seating, the speech by the President and th...
- Added: Jan 26, 2011
- Length: 49:38
Some musicians emote and move around on stage more than others. There’s nothing wrong with classical music performers putting on a show, but violi...
- Added: Nov 29, 2010
- Length: :26
Set to the entire score of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet, Vanessa White's The Slutcracker is a wholesome kind of raunchy...
- Added: Nov 23, 2010
- Length: 21:14
- Purchases: 3
What do you believe? Talking about Faith. Contributions by: Matthew Lawrence, Rachel Blatt, and Brice Peterson.
- Added: Nov 08, 2010
- Length: 30:39
The price of concert tickets can be daunting, but conductor Mark Elder says there’s an even bigger obstacle to the concert going experience. It’s ...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :26
One of the things you might notice in recordings conducted by Mark Elder – especially with English music – is tempo. He plays British music faster...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :24
I realized the other day that I don’t think there is a single ugly person in this world. I think everyone is so beautiful. Then I realized that if ...
- Added: Oct 05, 2010
- Length: 01:43
- Purchases: 4
For all the tragedy, death, destruction and chaos in the world, I really think there is twice as much beauty.
- Added: Oct 05, 2010
- Length: 01:35
- Purchases: 5
How could anybody be blind to the fact that, underneath it all, we’re all just shadows?
- Added: Oct 05, 2010
- Length: 02:15
- Purchases: 3
- Added: May 24, 2010
- Length: 28:02
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 12, 2010
- Length: 28:11
- Purchases: 1
Do you remember the Sam Cooke song from the 50s about not knowing music much about history, biology and trigonometry? Like many performers, pianis...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :26
Bach’s music often incorporated steps and rhythms from the dance music of his day. And often he was writing actual dance music, like a gavotte or ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :20
The Bach Suites for Solo Cello are revered by cellists. Many call them their "Bible." One of those Bach Bible-toting cellists is Zuill Bailey. He...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :21
(March 21st is Bach's birthday.) There are many ways to celebrate Bach musically. If you're a cellist, you probably thank your lucky stars every ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
How are Haitians who live outside of the devastated country learning about the fate of their loved ones? And how are they coping? Numa Perrier, a H...
- Added: Jan 27, 2010
- Length: 30:00
Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana has caused considerable debate and political discussion, but just what is in this plant which creates such co...
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 28:34
Are you jealous? Have you ever been? Do you know the origin of your jealousy? Jealousy often goes hand in hand with feelings of love, but where doe...
- Added: Dec 08, 2009
- Length: 29:08
As part of a series of ‘Radio Curious on tour in Scotland’ we interview Jim Fairlie, the organizer of Farmers Markets in Scotland. Jim is a farmer...
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 29:20
