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Turn of Phrase
From: Rosa Olson McKenzie
Series: Google It, Bitch
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We explore the origins of your favorite cliches.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 39:15
The Working Tapes: Piano Player
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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In 1972, Studs Terkel interviewed hotel piano player Norman "Hots" Michels for his book "Working." Hots was the last live entertainment at the Sher...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Working Tapes: Phone Operator
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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Sharon Griggins was 17 years old and working for Illinois Bell as a telephone operator when she was interviewed by Studs Terkel. For a job that req...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 4
RDD: The Fabric of Downtown
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Erin Claussen a local archaeologist and historic preservationist.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Chuck Berry and His Disciples
From: Paul Ingles
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A rollicking music intensive salute to the music of Chuck Berry, who passed away at the age of 90 at his home in Missouri, Saturday, March 18, 2017...

Bought by KSUT, WXXI Rochester, KGLP, KPIK-LP, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Suckerpunch
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about the Harlem Hammer, COINTELPRO, and punching nazis.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 42:03
Protests
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we discuss protests in several different contexts.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 52:53
Loot & Morality
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about the German kunstschutz unit, the Venus de Milo, and slavery reparations.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 44:53
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1568 (Hour 1 & 2) - 02/16/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Climate swing calls for changing baritonic sax pressure, Lars Gullin moves into the “Queen of the Jukeboxes” Dinah Washington (after all she once s...

Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WYAP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 6
Art Underground
From: Daniel Richards
Caption: Image of Daniel Ricketson's 'Shanty', circa 1870, Credit: New Bedford Free Library
Brooklawn Park in New Bedford, MA has a soccer field, a playground, and asphalt paths winding around a small, grassy hill. It also contains the bur...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
10,000 Good Songs - Show #003
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. This week:John Hiatt, Teddy Thompson, The Who...

Bought by KFSK, KRCB 104.9, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
The Upcoming Winona Christmas Radio Show
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of "Art Beat" we visit with the writer/director of the upcoming Winona Christmas Radio Show. Each year Theatre du Mississippi produ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 08:34
Bob Dylan: Listen To The Words
From: Paul Ingles
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Another hour of Dylan's most literate work, hosted by Paul Ingles, to further mark his winning the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Bought by KAAD-LP, KMSU, KMUW, WRGY, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
DC #1634
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Seriously uninterrupted.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KRZA, KSRQ, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reflections on Charmstrings
From: Mark Head
Caption: Prince Charming Arrives with the 108th Button, Credit: Edward L. Ott 1896 sketch, with Illustrator Overlay
Mary Leonardson was a button fanatic traveling around the world roughly between the 1920s to the 1950s meeting up with various button clubs to coll...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 12:24
A Guide to "Georama"
From: KQAL
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Join Director Paul Barnes as he takes you through Great River Shakespeare Festival's production of, "Georama". Learn the backstory, details about t...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:26
RDD: Happy Birthday FM91!
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's FM91's 40th birthday! WGTE FM in Toledo began broadcasting May 2, 1976 and for four decades has continued to deliver the highest quality arts,...

  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 06:20
Romanticism, What Is It Good For? The Work of Morse Peckham
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The Fifth Symphony opens very famously with four memorable notes. Beethoven was asked what he meant by this opening and he’s said to have replied, ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:18
RDD: New Town - Forgotten Records
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley meets with Drew Coomer, a poet, author, musician, and creator of The Lost, Long Gone, Forgotten R...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1521 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/24/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Two very different sides of Los Angeles saxophone kick off this journey, Dale Fielder and Little Helen Rose. Reliable Bob Dorough gets wired, Stan ...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WKAR, KCMJ Community Radio, WOUB, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Embedded Artist Tries Felting
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Felted Sheep, Credit: Patty Lovegreen
It's Fiber Arts Week on Area Voices! Producer Alauna Yust took a felting class with fiber artist Patty Lovegreen, and a table full of budding artis...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:19
Confronting the Conscience of America through the Dakota Arts: Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part one of Confronting the Conscience of America through the Dakota Arts with Gabrielle Wynde Tate...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 42:13
Beltrami County's Sesquicentennial
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Beltrami county celebrate its sesquicentennial this year, a fact not lost on the Beltrami County Historical Society. Dan Karalus, Executive Directo...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 10:23
The Intimate Bond -- Groks Science Show 2016-01-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Brian Fagan discusses how animals have shaped our history and how our conception of them has changed over time.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 22:57
  • Purchases: 3

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