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Literature and Art
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Winold Reiss
“It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire,” Those words come from F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Electric Soup (#1635)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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When an international team of scientists traveled to a research station in Antarctica for six months, the language they all shared was English. Aft...

Bought by KVSC, Tri States Public Radio, WUOT 91.9 FM, KECG, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
AG 24-17: Blossom Dearie in the 1960s and 70s, 4/22/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Blossom Dearie, listening to her recordings in the 1960s and 70s for the Fontana and Daffodil Record ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
An Influencial Foursome
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Joe "King" Oliver
It was a lengthy journey from obscurity to international popularity. No one will say it was easy. But, with steadfast perseverance and endless cre...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life of Riley (#1533)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Unwrap the name of a candy bar, and you just might find a story inside. For instance, one chewy treat found in many a checkout lane is named after ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WPCA-LP, WNIN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
European Dance Bands
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bert Ambrose
As traditional jazz evolved through the 1920s, audiences in Europe began gravitating toward larger dance bands. Live performances at dance halls an...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dolphin (#1634)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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How can you kick the verbal habit of saying You know and um so many times in a sentence? For one thing, get comfortable with pauses. There's no nee...

Bought by KTXK, Raven Radio, KECG, WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
AG 24-16: Blossom Dearie On Verve, 4/15/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Singer Blossom Dearie could be coy, cute, heartbreaking funny, and intimate, and she exhibited all of it on her six albums for Verve Records in the...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
AG 24-15: Sassy Swings Again: Sarah Vaughan in the 1960s, 4/8/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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We continue our 100th birthday celebration of Sarah Vaughan, exploring her work for Roulette Records label in the 1960s.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
On the Continent
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Hot Club of France
Between 1917 and the early ’30s there is a transformative era for jazz in Europe. While the music gets a foothold in America, it quickly spreads ac...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Off the Turnip Truck (#1532)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It's hard to imagine now, but there was a time when people disagreed over the best word to use when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell sugg...

Bought by Raven Radio, WPCA-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Blame Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: James P. Johnson
Jazz had to deal with a number of hurdles, in the 1920s, before it was eventually accepted by the American public. Even then, it was very limited a...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Gilded Age (#1633)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In her sumptuous new memoir, Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair describes her escape from a difficult childhood ruled by her tyrannical father. For Si...

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


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Love in America - The Grapes of The Wrath of Khan
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love in America
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The love of Ricardo and Georgiana Montalban: Star Trek meets Corinthian leather on Fantasy Island; Foreplay chardonnay and “wining” about winter in...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 38:15
Boosting Morale
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fess Williams
In the decade of the1920s, jazz evolves into the heartbeat of America. The music is the catapult into a new era around the world. Looking back, it ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: One Life
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin follows a group of normal people as they accomplish the extraordinary in One Life.

Bought by WUTC and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
AG 24-14: When The Sun Comes Out, 4/1/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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With a total solar eclipse just days away, we’re looking up at the sun for inspiration. We’ll hear songs of sunshine from the songbook, including “...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Shelf Discovery: The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows three different women as they find safety in books in The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan.

Bought by WUTC, RADIOLEX, WCNY, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
Loaded for Bear (#1531)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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One way to make your new business look trendy is to use two nouns separated by an ampersand, like Peach & Creature . . . or Rainstorm & Egg. A tong...

Bought by KTXK, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Trailblazing Women
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lovie Austin
The 1920s was a important time in the earliest years of jazz, as musicians began migrating to points north of New Orleans. Any time there’s a discu...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bronx Cheer (#1632)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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What's the best thing to say to someone who is grieving? Choosing the right words is far less important than just showing up in the first place. Al...

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


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Pied Pipers of the Big Apple
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Barney Bigard
It may feel like an overstatement to say, but it’s true, that the 1920s was a pivotal decade for jazz, and that’s especially true for New York City...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
AG 24-13: Sassy: Sarah Vaughan in the Late 1950s, 3/25/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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This week, we're celebrating the 100th birthday of the Divine One, Miss Sarah Vaughan, looking at some of her best recordings for Mercury Records, ...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
AG 24-12: Songs Of The Season: Spring, 3/18/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Spring is here, and so this week on Afterglow, I’ll be saluting the arrival of fairer weather with a few Songs of the Season, like “April In Paris,...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
The Name Game
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Records featuring a full name in the title

  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 01:55:48

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