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Passover Dreams
From: Jim Metzner
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Fasten your seat belts and pass the chicken soup! Gabriel Award-winning Passover Dreams featuring Melissa Leo, winner of the 2011 Oscar for Best Su...

Bought by KWIT, WNMU-FM, WSKG, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 52
Going Green
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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Sounds Jewish raises a glass to St. Patrick’s Day.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Year was 1947
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish takes a deep dive into the Jewish music of 1947.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women's History Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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“Sounds Jewish” celebrates International Women’s Day (March 8th) and Women’s History Month (March) with a global playlist of recordings by Jewish w...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5: Legacy
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show
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We zoom out to examine the real-world impact of rural horror movies. From economic boosts to persistently harmful stereotypes, these films have lef...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 41:33
Full Moon Hacksaw #1924 (Hour 1 & 2) - 12/14/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Stumbling but hopefully forward we find ourselves once again after-ground-under-hours. From trumpeter Miles Davis’ famous “Cookin’” collection, “It...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, Raven Radio, KRZA, KHNS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 10
What is "court packing"?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How justices are added to the Supreme Court, via partisan or nonpartisan means.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:32
Sukkos Appreciation
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
The next festival in the busy autumn Jewish holiday season is Sukkos, AKA the Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of the Ingathering and S...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
MS 23-37: Folk Music with a Sense of Humor, 9/21/2023
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: The Midnight Special
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Folk music and farce, show tunes and satire, madness and escape!

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
Party Like It's 5784
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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Happy Birthday World. Let's renew ourselves and Party Like It's 5784

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
MS 23-35: Folk Music with a Sense of Humor, 9/7/2023
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: The Midnight Special
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Folk music and farce, show tunes and satire, madness and escape!

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
MS 23-33: Folk Music with a Sense of Humor, 8/24/2023
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: The Midnight Special
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Folk music and farce, show tunes and satire, madness and escape!

  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:30
Strike Up The Bands
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish marks Canada Day and U.S. Independence Day with Jewish renditions of patriotic songs plus tunes about North American Jewish life.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 216: Please Pass The Biscuits
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Little Boy Lonesome, Little Rock, and the Blue Collar Blues this week on Dollar Country!

Bought by KSTK, KIYU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KHNS


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Ep. 3 Can’t It Just Stay 1998 Forever?
From: Haley Taylor
Series: Tales For Other Times
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An episode that discusses the “neverendingness” of it all - a phrase spell-check does not recognize, but one you may have experienced if you ever f...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:06
Arizona Walnut Tree
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I grew up in the land of the black walnut, Juglans nigra. And if you grew up in the eastern US, then you did too. It has a very large range in east...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:59
Ep. 185: Two Sides To Everything
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Seventeen more great tracks from the forgotten history of country music. Locals, bar bands, and parents who played country on the side.

Bought by KSTK, GCR (Global Community Radio), WYAP, and KIYU-FM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrating Pride Month
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish celebrates Pride Month with an eclectic hour of music written and performed by LGBTQ+ Jews.

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WCQS, and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Minnesota 'N Ice: Snowshoeing with The Winona Outdoor Collaborative
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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We’ve all heard of MN nice, well get ready for Minnesota ‘N Ice, a special Culture Clique series where we’ll take a look at the way Minnesotans and...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 30:53
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Othella Burnette and Debora Hamilton Palmer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mary Othella Burnette and Debora Hamilton Palmer at their StoryCorps interview in Saint Clair Shores, MI, and Sparks, NV, on Feb. 6, 2022. , Credit: By StoryCorps
Mary Othella Burnette tells her daughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, about “Granny Hayden,” a second-generation midwife in Black Appalachia.

Bought by Vermont Public


  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 168: Way High - Way Low
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Seventeen more interesting but hard to find country tunes from the 50s-70s. All from vinyl.

Bought by KHNS, KSTK, and KIYU-FM


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
In Praise of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next "Sounds Jewish" for Jewish music in praise of the late civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Bought by KFCF FM and WLPR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Montevideo, Uruguay
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Montevideo, Uruguay

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
643: If Your Clothes Could Talk / 644: Why The Classics Matter, 12/4/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'If Your Clothes Could Talk' - Whether you know it or not, your closets are filled with personal information. Do you think about what are...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
641: Rethinking The Holidays / 642: Writing Truth And Lies, 11/27/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rethinking The Holidays" - What are you doing for the holidays this year? We know we need to keep it small, keep it safe. But maybe we c...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00