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The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Shirley Witherspoon
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Shirley Witherspoon record cover, Credit: Catherine M. Wilson
Singer Shirley Witherspoon found inspiration in listening to Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Percy Hughes
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Percy Hughes, Credit: Andrea Canter
Percy Hughes played saxophone, and considered Johnny Hodges his role model. Percy was able to meet Johnny and exchange music with him.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Mike Elliott
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Mike Elliott's Diffusion record cover, Credit: Joe Ketola
Mike Elliott was a guitarist who founded Natural Life in 1972, and became an important part of the jazz scene in the Twin Cities.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Jeanne Arland Peterson
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Jeanne Arland Peterson, Credit: Andrea Canter
Jeanne Arland Peterson is the matriarch of the Twin Cities' first family of jazz. Leigh Kamman interviews Jeanne in 1996.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Jack McDuff
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Jack McDuff, Credit: Hemu Aggarwal
Leigh Kamman travels to the Artist's Quarter in St. Paul to interview organist Jack McDuff.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Irv Williams
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Irv Williams, Credit: Andrea Canter
Leigh Kamman interviews "Mr. Smooth", Irv Williams.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Eddie Berger
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Eddie Berger's Album Bebop and Soda, Credit: Don Riggott
Eddie Berger was the "King of Bebop" in the Twin Cities Jazz scene. Leigh Kamman interviews Eddie, and features his music.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition: Bob Rockwell
From: KBEM
Series: The Jazz Image Minnesota Edition
Caption: Bob Rockwell, Credit: Andrea Canter
Leigh speaks with tenor saxophone titan Bob Rockwell when Bob was visiting from his home in Copenhagen Denmark. He and Leigh talk about how he got...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
E. E. Cummings & Krazy Kat
From: Facts About Fiction
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An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :58
Maurice Sendak
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Maurice Sendak's self-portrait with Mickey Mouse, Credit: Maurice Sendak
Children's author Maurice Sendak was a big collector of Disney paraphenalia

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :59
E.B. White
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Charlotte
Responding to his editor about why he wrote his most famous children's novel, E.B. White replied in characteristic good humor.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Frank O'Hara
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Restoring a Lost Masterwork
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Satyajit Ray
It might take a village to raise a child. But it took three continents to raise one little village in Bengal from its ashes.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ask a loaded question
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Better the devil you know
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Chitresh Das remembered
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chitresh Das
The restless boy is finally still. Khatak master Pandit Chitresh Das passed away on Jan. 4, 2015 in Northern California.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
On Being Thankful - with Cancer and a Cat
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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Cancer survivor and NY tImes bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy recounts two related tales of giving thanks - one from her cancer recovery, a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 2
Best things in life are free
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
Bla bla blah
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:25
The Roustabouts Play their Singular Brand of Music Sat. Night May 25
From: KBEM
Caption: The Roustabouts, Credit: Jessica Bailey
The group is nothing if not individualistic, with a collection of acoustic instruments and hard-edged singing. It's acoustic rock with a a lot of e...

  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Day Job 3: The Best Laid Plans Of Lesli Wood
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Lesli Wood of The Redwood Plan, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Lesli Wood has achieved almost every goal she's set for herself. She's a professional lawyer. And her band, The Redwood Plan, has played to big cro...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 14:20
  • Purchases: 1
Day Job 2: Pi Day
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Pi Day at Pies and Pints, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Kennith Darling played bass with Seattle band The Trouble Starts. That is, he used to, until the band broke up. "I feel like I lost three really cl...

Bought by KUOW and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 2
Sign of the times
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort. Read the full description.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:31
Ticked off, picked off & Mr. Chekov
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:35
Love the French Way 16 - One Day You Will See
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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Marcel Mouloudji, theater and movie actor, painter and songwriter, daydreams about meeting the one he'll love in the song "One Day You Will See"

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:14