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In this edition of Lives in Music, Robin Valk talks with John Mostyn, who has been, if anything, more involved with more music that almost anyone i...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 44:20
Caption: Hal Blaine
Celebration of one of greatest drummers of all-time, Hal Blaine with dozens of his classic contributions to thousands of sessions and a record num...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:37
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TED Talks meets The Moth meets The History Channel? ...with Dead Ladies. In this episode -- Hypatia of Alexandria. It's a tale of murder, mayhem an...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 32:47
  • Purchases: 1
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The star... the origin and history of the Christmas tree... and oh, it's a wonderful life!

  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 02:27:46
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An economic history of New Orleans doesn't involve military statues or big men to build a mythological story and capture the romantic's view of her...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:45:50
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A sci-fi television series that debuted ahead of Star Trek in 1966... and a settlement constructed by gold miners in 1850 in a brand new state, sti...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:22:46
Caption: Purdue Boilermakers, Credit: Purdue
We’ll hear music about trains, and learn some little known facts and myths about Purdue on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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The entire 1951 movie is narrated -- and commented on -- in this sound-rich radio show...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:36:58
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This episode we’re heavy on tropical rhythms, especially Brazilian. Canhoto da Paraiba doesn’t care about fame, just guitar. Reflective substantive...

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


  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 6
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The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of one Rob Roy MacGregor...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:29:26
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Tonight's show - obscure New Orleans musicians playing that New Orleans sound.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:54:37
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Playing off our usual catch phrase of, "Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of," tonight we will focus on music you've heard b...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:23:48
Caption: Ancient Romans created this statuary to memorialize the two finger, five beer joke they loved so much., Credit: Pompeii Statue Photographers, Inc.
The non-commercial music that influenced popular music and rock and roll. Ah, that's the same as every week and who really cares about that? T...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:57:14
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With an appropriate mix of Appalachian Africana, Gypsy Roots, Ethno-Blues, and Folkloric Jazz, we're off to a good start with Tribecastan thru Bay ...

Bought by WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WOUB, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 7
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Have you ever wondered how Lake George got its name? Or who predicted the tornado of April 1886? Or even why this area hosts so many German Catholi...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:47
Caption: Paper Plate Moon (Tunnel) , Credit: Liz Nielsen
A want-to-be ghost hunting narrator thinks she finds Electronic Voice Phenomenon when she playfully searches hard enough for it.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:53
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He developed a prevailing theory of gravity and labored over calculations concerning the end of the world, but had no use for women! Sir Isaac Newton

  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:52:14
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This alternate theme to "The Time Tunnel" has been used on a couple of THE TIME TRAVELER Mondays Late Night Radio Shows, as its end title.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
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You might not expect this to result from the best laid plans, nonetheless... (Rob plays with F/X and the opening theme to "The Time Tunnel")

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
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A journey rebooting radio for 2015: From Boston moving south, traveling light from Brazil, hit blues revisited and looking forward. Guitar prowess...

Bought by WOUB, WVBI-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode, we explore songs about fireworks.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 09:58
Caption: William Cahill, Credit: renee wilde
William Cahill is one of only two people in the United States who works as a Master Thatcher

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of.... Some call it R&B or early R&R. I'm looking for those songs from the 1950s to 70s ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:53:39
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
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Interview with rhythm guitar player from the Grateful Dead. Ranges from stories about The Reverend Gary Davis to Garcia's addictions.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:49