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Home, Heaven, Happiness

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:00
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This week on Afterglow, we celebrate the Fourth of July with an All-American Road Trip. We’ll hear Afterglow favorites like Ella Fitzgerald and Fra...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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We’re living life among the jet set this week on Afterglow, as we explore songs about traveling from the Great American Songbook, including “Come F...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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We explore wants and desires this week, hearing “I want” songs from the American Songbook, including “I Want To Be Happy,” “Whatever Lola Wants,” a...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the film studio MGM, so this week, we’re celebrating one of MGM’s biggest stars: Judy Garland! We’ll take a clo...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Our 1920s retrospective concludes this week with a look at songs from 100 years ago: 1924. We’ll hear some songs from this year that have resonated...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about one of the planet's most ancient species that's still around today: lungfish. Dr. Irene Salinas is...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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The Retro Cocktail Hour is a finger-snapping, hip-shaking blend of space age bachelor pad music, tiki tunes, private eye jazz and other incredibly ...

Bought by KSUT, KCNP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WHRV, KRPS and more


  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:30
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Wayne Anthony, Credit: David Murphy
When Wayne Anthony does Sinatra with an 8-piece ensemble, the evening is what Wayne says it is: Ultimate Sinatra. Wayne plus ensemble brings an eve...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
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Synth bangers from Simple Minds and The Human League, new sounds out of Barcelona and Boston, plus a naughty little single from the vintage Sheffie...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a desperate woman’s quest to hunt down a criminal to save her family in the audio edition of The Ne...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we’ll hear new tracks from Birds of a Feather, Bad Bad Hats, and Sweet Potato Music, plus we’ll listen to songs by The White Stripes, El...

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 55:46
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Concierto presents classical music in English and in Spanish. Classical favorites performed by Hispanic artists are alternated with music by Spanis...

Bought by WKYU, KCME, Marfa Public Radio, WCQS, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 29
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Books were rare treasures in the Middle Ages, painstakingly copied out by hand. So how to protect them from theft? Scribes sometimes added a curse ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUOT 91.9 FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, Tri States Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Summer Gold!, Credit: (c) Raposa Media, LLC
Host Jim Raposa presents a retrospective of some of the biggest and most memorable hit songs from summer's gone by. What a great way to celebrate t...

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 57:09
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The future of our planet is in the hands of the youth.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:06
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It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listenin...

Bought by KECG, Spokane Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
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On this week's episode of The Rhythm Atlas, host Denis McGilvray includes a set featuring Celtic songs and an instrumental trio with members from N...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KAMU


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Elroy Peace
We search for the first rock and roll record in songs referring to "Congo," the small but notable music catalog from Kit Records of Nashville, and ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, and KSLU


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 02:57:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Seneca - ADS1 - 1
Anja Dihrberg-Siebler - German Casting Director - 3 Days In Quiberon, The Countess, Lore, In The Aisles, A Hidden Life, I'm Your Man, Munich: At Th...

Bought by Raven Radio and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" spotlights a true blues legend, Lowell Fulson. From his 1948 breakthrough, "Three O'Clock Blues" to his 1954 legendary smash...

Bought by WHRV, WOUB, WUTC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week we’ve got new music from Mildlife, Sam Evian, and Four Tet, plus some vintage African funk and a hidden-treasure Bowie remix.

Bought by KECG, KKRN, KVSC, KIYU-FM, KSUT and more


  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Featuring music from Swedish musician Goran Kajfes, London's Nubiyan Twist (feat. Mamani Keita), the Los Angeles group Reyna Tropical + more!

  • Added: May 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin joins a middle-aged filmmaker’s quest to find meaning in East Bay.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WUTC, KKRN, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🎬⚾️ Get ready for a home run episode of The Not Old Better Show with Smithsonian Associates! 🌟 Join us as we welcome back film critic and author No...

  • Added: May 10, 2024
  • Length: 31:33