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Aphex Twin
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we discussed a new book that delves into the discography of Aphex Twin, a pioneer in IDM and dril...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2023
  • Length: 27:47
This is What It Sounds Like
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the book "This is What It Sounds Like" by Dr. Susan Rogers, who has combined her backgrounds as an award-winning r...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Dark Side of the Moon Turns 50
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about a couple of new books that help to celebrate Pink Floyd's iconic Dark Side of the Moon album as it turns 50 this y...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:06
Should Artists Be Allowed to Borrow From Cultures Besides Their Own?
From: Rob Christiansen
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Modern art, runway fashion, and music today are in the middle of a cultural reckoning, where artists must find a balance between cultural appropria...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
Today we talk with neuroscientist and Smithsonian Associate Kevin Mitchell about how research into the brain’s inner workings has complicated the w...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2023
  • Length: 30:17
The Music of Beck
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about the music of Beck, which is discussed song by song in a new book that you can bor...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 1
Henry Threadgill
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about composer and multi-instrumentalist Henry Threadgill's new autobiography "Easily S...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Destroyer of Worlds
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
On Minimalism
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode, we talked about the great new book "On Minimalism," a reassessment of this musical movement full of primary-source documents and r...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
2023-07-16 The Arts for All?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can art be broadly accessible without sacrificing quality? Can it be cognitively challenging without being elitist?

Bought by KMUN, KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2329: The Arts for All?, 7/18/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can art be broadly accessible without sacrificing quality? Can it be cognitively challenging without being elitist?

  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
From: Open to Debate
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These days, the bird’s the word. Since shelling out $44 billion for Twitter, critics say Elon Musk is knocking the social media giant off its perch...

Bought by WMUU-LP and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Post-Punk San Francisco
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we discussed the book "Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age" b...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
Bill Frisell
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about "Beautiful Dreamer," the first biography of guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
The Untold Story of Project 37
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with Anna Bovitz, Syd Terry, and Cameron Brando...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:28
2023-05-21 True Contradictions
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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This sentence is false—does that mean it’s also true?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Chuck D & Rosa Clemente: Hip Hop's Unfinished Revolution
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Chuck D of Public Enemy famously called Hip Hop "the Black CNN". As Hip Hop celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, Laura talks with him, and Br...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Full Moon Hacksaw #1890 (Hour 1 & 2) - 04/20/2023
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We will NOT run out of radio coffee this show…Don’t spill any now, liquid gold ya know. Veteran alto saxophonist Bobby Watson opens music up, from ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, WYAP, WEJP-LP 107.1, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1888 Hours 1 & 2 04-06-23
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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In a healthy stealthy frame of mind we present 21st Century charanga music from Senegal, Babacar y Sabor Internacional including traditional violin...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMXT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KHNS, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:03
  • Purchases: 9
The EXTENDED Untold Story of C. Willi Myles and the Origins of His Benevolent Humor
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s EXTENDED Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with renowned comedian and SCSU alumnus...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 39:29
The Untold Story of C. Willi Myles and the Origins of His Benevolent Humor
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with renowned comedian and SCSU alumnus C. Willi...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
2023-04-02 Why Poetry Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2314: Why Poetry Matters, 4/4/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Granite City Radio Theater Season 11 Episode 3 with Special Musical Guest Becky Schlegel
From: KVSC
Series: Granite City Radio Theater
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In our spring edition of Season 11 of the Granite City Radio Theater, the comedy, drama, and music reflected the changing of the seasons . . . whic...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:49:47
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 29
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories that challenge the conventional approach to very different issues.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1

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