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2405: Fargo's Noah Hawley + The Terminator Co-Writer Gale Anne Hurd, 2/22/2024
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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On this week’s episode, we’ll hear from author, screenwriter, and television creator Noah Hawley. Hawley created FX’s award winning series Fargo, w...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Blue Dimensions M08: "Nublues" from Joel Ross, & the spirit of Django lives on
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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music from the new album "Nublues" from vibraphonist Joel Ross, and music by, and influenced by, Django Reinhardt

Bought by KMUN, KKRN, KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Ghost Runner (#1631)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In Japan, if you want to order a corndog, you ask for an Amerikan doggu (アメリカンドッグ). These types of coinages are called wasei-eigo, or "Japanese-mad...

Bought by Raven Radio, KECG, WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
No Number One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There are a lot of bands that have not had a number one hit. What is interesting is how close some bands came without ever hitting the top. We ha...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KWIT, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Wax Museum 2/17/23 Show #202
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Wax Museum
Caption: The Wax Museum, Credit: Tyler Palladino
The Wax Museum is a weekly two hour rock and roll radio program

  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:04:28
Squeeze This! A Cutural History of the Accordion in America
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America," which investigates the rise, fall, and retur...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
Big Band Show from Tuxedo Junction - 2024-001-APR-PRWW
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Series: Big Band Show
Caption: Host Stephen Lloyd from the park at Tuxedo Junction, Credit: Doshna Filmography
PILOT-ONE -- Single-59-minute file - (this version for APR ONLY) - Big Band Show 2024-001-APR-PRWW (This 59-minute file is complete - in this edit...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:00
Living Planet 02/16/24
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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We take a closer look at the trees we live alongside in urban areas – journeying to Berlin to get to know one woody perennial in particular. And vi...

Bought by WXDU, Radio Kansas, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
2404: Refeed: A Conversation with Neil Jordan + Script to Screen: Snowpiercer, 2/15/2024
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from writer-director Neil Jordan who gave us the cinematic classics THE CRYING GAME, MICHAEL COLLINS, and INTERVIE...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
Blue Dimensions M07: Marius Van Den Brink's "New York Knock"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new music from pianist and composer Marius Van Den Brink, from his album "New York Knock."

Bought by KMUN, KJZX-Austin, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
At First Blush (#1529)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Book recommendations and the art of apology. Martha and Grant share some good reads, including an opinionated romp through English grammar, a Spani...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KTXK and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
The Drum Takes the Lead
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week back in 1981, Rush released Tom Sawyer and all anyone could talk about was Neil Peart's drum work. For fun, I asked the internet for oth...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KECG, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
24803: The Bear + American Fiction, 2/8/2024
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story, we’re joined by veteran television writer Joanna Calo, showrunner of celebrated FX hit The Bear, to discuss finding the show...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Blue Dimensions M06: Ethan Iverson "Technically Acceptable" for sure!
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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New and older music from pianist Ethan Iverson, former pianist of The Bad Plus

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Royalton Community Radio, WOUB, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Sweet Spot (#1630)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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If you're in a book club, how do you decide what books to read? There are lots of different ways, depending on your group's goals. And is it ever w...

Bought by WPCA-LP, RADIOLEX, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
35 Year Copyright
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There is a portion of Copyright law that is starting to come due. It states that if 35 years pass that you can petition for your copyright to be r...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KECG, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Spaceships Over Glasgow
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the autobiography of Stuart Braithwaite, founder of the long-running post-rock band Mogwai. We listened to some of th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Wax Museum 2/3/24 Show #201 Krautrock! Pt. 2
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Wax Museum
Caption: The Wax Museum, Credit: Tyler Palladino
The second installment of Krautrock! - West German 1970’s progressive rock

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:15
World in Progress 02/01/24
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Unwed mothers and their children are ostracized by society and stigmatized by their own families. Many women and children en...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
2403: Refeed: The French Connection + The Sopranos, with David Chase, 2/1/2024
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll join Breaking Bad creator & showrunner Vince Gilligan for a retrospective look at the 1971 cult-classic The French Conn...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Blue Dimensions M05: Trombonist and composer Javier Nero makes a musical journey to ancient Kemet, "The Black Land"
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Trombonist Javier Nero visits Kemet ("The Black Land") a society in ancient Egypt that pre-dated ancient Greece.

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUN, Royalton Community Radio, WJSU, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
You're Saying It Wrong: An Introduction
From: KMUW
Series: You're Saying It Wrong
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Who are we? What are we doing here? This episode will introduce listeners to host Fletcher Powell and language experts Kathy Petras and Ross Petras...

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Classics For Kids – February 2024 – Gioachino Rossini
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Classics For Kids
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Classics for Kids is a fun introduction to classical music for kids of all ages. Each month focuses on a different composer.

Bought by KUHF, GCR (Global Community Radio), High Plains Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 8
Gift Horse (#1528)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The edge of the Grand Canyon. A remote mountaintop, or a medieval cathedral. Some places are so mystical you feel like you're close to another dime...

Bought by KTXK, WPCA-LP, KTSW 89.9, WNIN, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Toward a Theory and History of the Loop
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we looked at the book "Now and Forever," one of the first book-length investigations into the many ways that loops (repeated audio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1

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