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6 works, including MOLTER: Clarinet Concerto in A. Liszt Chamber Orch, Budapest/Janos Rolla; Laszlo Horvath, clarinet (LAHZ loh HOR vahth).

  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
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We talk with Elizabeth Flock about her book, The Furies. It follows three remarkable women — in the US, in India and in Syria — who took justice in...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:20
Caption: Tommy Mischke in studio, Credit: KSTP
Echoing through the late-night airwaves and disrupting the status quo of the talk format, Tommy "TD" Mischke was a thorn in the side of executives ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 43:08
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Longtime Washington journalist Jesse J. Holland talks with Jess about changes in journalism and communicating science in the age of social media an...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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Jess talks about space, science, and the future of humans in our universe with Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the award-winning authors behind the h...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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How changing our hearts and minds will change how we approach our relationship with the planet.

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Power Up! Is the name of the Women’s Day Music Fest Friday night March 8 at the Hook and Ladder in Minneapolis. Billed as a celebration of women an...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
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A one-hour showcase of "the best music you've never heard" curated and hosted by contemporary music historian, author and broadcaster, Luke Crampton.

Bought by KSRQ, WXXI Rochester, KMXT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 4
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In the second part of this special Clean Transportation mini-series Jess visits the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project to talk with co-f...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Portrait of Dr. Cornel West, Credit: Gage Skidmore (from creative commons)
On today's show, we hear from noted author, scholar, and self-described intellectual freedom fighter, Dr. Cornel West. In his discussions, West use...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Eco-Artist Benjamin Von Wong speaks about inspiration, meaning, and why your talents are important.

Bought by WDSE and WOJB


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 2
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Student activists in York, Pennsylvania organized a silent protest when hundreds of books were banned from their classrooms, paving the way for las...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:10
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October 7 didn’t happen in a vacuum. As Israel retaliates, with customary super-violence, reducing little Gaza to rubble, in the occupied West Bank...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:44
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We explore the long scope of public dissent from the Boston Tea Party to the current #blacklivesmatter protests.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 25:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Outside the media noise about gender transitions, a transgender elder weighs in on how the concept of gender has changed for young people.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 14:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Science fictions are widely held dangerous beliefs that are not supported by science. Jess explores a few of these in anticipation of the continued...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Jane Fonda has spent the last several decades fighting for Indigenous peoples' rights, economic justice, LGBTQ rights, peace, gender equality and m...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KGUA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
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Jane Fonda has spent the last several decades fighting for Indigenous peoples' rights, economic justice, LGBTQ rights, peace, gender equality and m...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
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“Our bodies aren’t the problem,” rethinking the stories we tell about weight and health with dietician Jessica Wilson.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
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“The Greatest Short Story of All Time?” Since childhood, the Ray Bradbury story, The Veldt, has fascinated me. It was one of the first stories tha...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
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Treatment for eating disorders is often inaccessible and ineffective, especially in communities of color. The founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride h...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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Is it possible to study human remains ethically?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 44:44
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The U.S. is far behind other developed countries when it comes to support for motherhood. Most mothers are in the paid workforce, and we need new ...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "A Mind-Body Deal," the new book about percussionist and polymath Milford Graves....

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
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We continue National Poetry Month with part two of a conversation with poet Ellen Bass, the author of the 2020 book INDIGO. She discusses how, aft...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00