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MN Reads: "Lessons on the Road to Peace" by John Noltner
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author and photographer John Noltner talks about the Minnesota Book Award nominated "Lessons on the Road to Peace"

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 07:21
The Jazz Phools
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Perry Bradford
When the aging jazz artist was hospitalized, his doctors thought they should get some background information on his life, and he told them that he ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Walk the Walk
Policy change policing is critically important. But to fix policing, we need to change the culture. The culture surrounding law enforcement. The va...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
World Bridges - 22 - 63 Host: Sarah Aronson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: World Bridges
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Join host Sarah Aronson on a musical journey around the globe!

Bought by KAMU, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 57:49
  • Purchases: 3
The History of Democracy Has Yet to be Written
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Thomas Geoghengan
End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this, and a little bit more, says labor lawyer and former candidate for A...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Off with Her Head
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Eleanor Herman
Wherever you look in history, you’ll find misogyny. It’s equally rampant in the rumors surrounding Cleopatra during her reign and Kamala Harris bef...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
THE FUNHOUSE 27 - RESERVOIR DOGS DEUX
From: paul mcguire
Series: The Funhouse
Caption: Join Harry Parmenter for sixty minutes of mayhem in THE FUNHOUSE , Credit: Emeline Haston
A rock 'n' roll revisit to the world of "Reservoir Dogs."

  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:07
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 19: William Grant Still
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua highlights another piece from the amazing composer, William Grant Still. "Muted Laughter" is a wonderful and unique piece f...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 18: Artie Matthews
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Artie Matthews, early master of the ragtime art form and classical music educator.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 17: Camilla Ella Williams
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Camilla Ella Williams, an American operatic soprano and the first African American to sign a regular contract wi...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 16: Harry Burley
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to Harry Burley, a master adapter of folk songs and influential figure to Antonin Dvorak.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 15: Robert McFerrin
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Robert McFerrin, celebrated baritone and the first African American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 14: Ignatius Sancho
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Ignatius Sancho, who was born on a slave ship during the middle passage. Sancho escaped the institution of slave...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 13: Chevalier D'Saint George
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to one of the most interesting figures of classical music. Chevalier D'Saint George was the son of a slave an...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 12: Sisserieta Jones
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Sisserieta Jones, and American soprano sometimes known as "Black Patti." She was one of the first black performe...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 11: H. Leslie Adams
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to H. Leslie Adams, a world renowned American composer, best known for vocally-centric modalities such as ope...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 10: Stacey V. Gibbs
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to Stacey V. Gibbs, a renowned composer and arranger whose specialty is infusing new energy into familiar wor...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 09: Samuel Coleridge Taylor
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to Samuel Coleridge Taylor, whose brief but prolific career left an indelible mark on classical music. The pi...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 08: Richard Danielpour
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to composer Richard Danielpour, who has created notable works in conjunction with literary powerhouses Toni M...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 07: Thomas Wiggins
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to the virtuosic Thomas "blind Tom" Wiggins. Born a slave, Blind Tom was an amazingly talented American music...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 06: Undine Smith Moore
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to Undine Smith Moore, the "dean of black women composers." Moore was a prolific and talented composer and ar...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 05: George Walker
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to composer and educator, George Walker. Known for his wide musical vocabulary, Walker is a pulitzer winning ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 04: Evelyn Simpson Curenton
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces us to the composer and multi-intrumentalist Evelyn Simpson Curenton, and we hear an excerpt of her work, "O'Glory."

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 02: Moses Hogan
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Moses Hogan, a 20th century American composer noted for his arrangements of spirituals.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 03: Robert Nathaniel Dett
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Robert Nathaniel Dett and his piece "Honey" from his "In the Bottoms" Suite. The piece evokes scenes and moods o...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1