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Virginia Brackett
From: New Letters on the Air
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Virginia Brackett, the author of 15 books, discusses her 2019 family memoir, IN THE COMPANY OF PATRIOTS. She reveals how she used family stories, s...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Lisa Show Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special - “I Have a Dream” Speech Witness, Representation in Media, Being Anti-Racist
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Topic 1 - Witness of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech; Topic 2 - Representation in Media; Topic 3 - Being Anti-Racist

Bought by KTXK, Radio Catskill, WLPR , WCPN, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 52:19
  • Purchases: 6
F-Word: Times They Ain't A Changing
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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Bob Dylan... "sing as he might about The Times They are A-Changing, Dylans deal, worth an estimated $300 million to him, changed nothing about anyt...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
John Latsch: The Man and His River, a film by Mary Farrell and Fran Edstrom
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we’re talking about the film John Latsch: The Man and His River, produced by Mary Farrell and written by Frances Edstro...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 32:31
50 Years of In Black America with John L. Hanson Jr.
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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For 50 years the nationally syndicated radio show, In Black America has given voice to people of color in America, and John L. Hanson Jr. has hoste...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 34:07
On Passing
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Belle da Costa Greene and Nella Larsen are two librarians of color, one who is white passing, and the other of mixed heritage who wrote famously ab...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 32:46
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4: Counting votes in Philadelphia
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard revels in living in Philadelphia - the historical heart of U.S. democracy and home of his son Scott - while waiting anxiously for the votes...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2020
  • Length: 10:01
The Modern West: Ghost Town(ing) Broadcast Special
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: The Modern West
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Ghost towns are an icon of the American West. But they’re not just part of a sepia-toned past; ghost towns in the making today as rural communities...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 57:41
Talking About Race and Racism
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth
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How should we talk about race and racism in America when the divide between Black and white can be so vast?

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:08:18
The Dreamer
From: Israel Story
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David Ben Shabat hates being called a prophet. As he sees it, he’s just a guy who stumbled upon a deep truth and wants to share it with the people....

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:17
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #124 - SPRINGSTEEN: Writers' Favorites (HOUR 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Bruce Springsteen
"...articulate, thoughtful, moving" A LIMITED SERIES. Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce S...

Bought by North State Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KSJE


  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
SPRINGSTEEN: Writers' Favorites (HOUR 3)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Patti Scialfa & Bruce Springsteen
"...articulate, thoughtful, moving" A LIMITED SERIES. Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce Springs...

Bought by KUHF, KUOW, KSUT, and KRCU Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
SPRINGSTEEN: Writers' Favorites (HOUR 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Bruce Springsteen
"...articulate, thoughtful, moving" A LIMITED SERIES. Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce Springs...

Bought by KUOW, KSUT, and KRCU Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #123 - SPRINGSTEEN: Writers' Favorites (HOUR 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Bruce Springsteen
"...articulate, thoughtful, moving" A LIMITED SERIES. Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce Springs...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, and KSJE


  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #122 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME w/ Producer John Leventhal (Part 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: John Leventhal and Rosanne Cash
It's our second hour with the multiple award-winning producer and musician John Leventhal, who in hour 1 pointed us to just a few of the albums he ...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUHF, and KSJE


  • Added: Oct 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
InsideApp200916: Returning Home To Appalachia, 9/10/2020
From: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Series: Inside Appalachia
Caption: Taffy Nivert and John Denver playing “Country Roads” at the Cellar Door in December 1970, one of the first times the song was performed in public. Bill Danoff’s guitar is to the left. , Credit: Courtesy Bill Danoff
The coronavirus pandemic has increased a desire to return home for some people; we’ll hear from several people who recently moved to Appalachia. So...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #119 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME w/ DOUG CLIFFORD & STU COOK of CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (Pt. 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Host Paul Ingles talks with drummer Doug Clifford and bassist Stu Cook of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band Creedence Clearwater Revival about t...

Bought by KUHF, KUPR low power FM, and KSJE


  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Finding Hope in a Haircut
From: Anya Schultz
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My parents, Randy and Vicki, were high school sweethearts in the 1960s, but they broke up when my mom went off to college. Twenty years later their...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:48
Dr. Victoria Patterson – Native American Life, Before and After Europeans
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Cultures that have no written language pass on their histories through oral traditions. The stories are the way that social values and traditions a...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps: Sam Dow and Josh Belser
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Friends for 30 years, Sam Dow (left) in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Josh Belser in Syracuse, N.Y., are both working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic., Credit: Josh Belser.
Longtime friends Josh Belser and Sam Dow, who are healthcare workers in different states, have a conversation to check in with each other during th...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
EP 139 The Altered Five Blues Band
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Latest Release form Milwaukee -based Blues Band

  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:57
Mike & Halle Brady – Life in Vladivostok, Russia
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Vladivostok, Russia, at the very eastern end of Siberia, is a city of about 800,000 people. It is the same distance north of the equator as is cent...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
EP138 Excello Records' Two Slims: Slim Harpo & Lightnin' Slim
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Excello Records was Nashville's first Blues label

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:38
EP137 Elmore James
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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The music of Elmore James is explored in this episode.

  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:25
Stories From My Grandma
From: Elias Schutzman
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My Grandma Jody, who recently passed away, sharing her life story...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 22:23

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