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HOUR ONE: "Forged By Hand" - You would think that handcrafting, like iron forging and copper smithing, would be on the way out. But COVID has shown...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
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This week’s guest is Elliott Woods, multimedia journalist based in Livingston, Montana. Elliott is a veteran and his work has been published in Out...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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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
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In this episode of The Flyovers, host Alan Wartes talks with centenarian and radio DJ, Felix Belmont.

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Journalist and author Tom Brokaw talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by Michigan Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Journalist and biographer David Maraniss talks with fellow author John Bacon.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Oct 02, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: https://alexkime.com/podcasts/
Listen in as Fred and Toody talk about their durability as a band & how a DIY mentality attributed to their 20-year success. Alex Kime edited this ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 21:41
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This audio documentary was produced by Karima Ragab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The course...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:57
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2014
  • Length: 01:47
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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 20, 2014
  • Length: 01:19
Caption: Phil Andrus, Joe Teehan, Rip Robbins
Joe, Rip, and Phil converse about radio from their various perspectives. KBAI, Bellingham, WA, KSVR, Skagit Valley, WA, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA

  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 27:57
Caption: L'Americain book cover, Credit: front cover photo by Richard Wood
The photojournalism crafted by John Launois is iconic. His work graced the covers of Newsweek, Time, The Saturday Evening Post, Fortune, Look, Roll...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:24
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Herbert Huncke's line "I'm beat, man" gave Jack Kerouac the label for a generation seeking spiritual sustenance and "kicks" in post-war America.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, KRZA, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
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This week's episode of " What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a personal journey thru 4 decades of radio...as both a listener...and as a practitio...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 55:45
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Author Glenn Greenwald talks about his book, ‘With Liberty and Justice for Some.’ Americans claim to live under the rule of law; that no one is abo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tom Keith takes a bow with his sound effects behind him, Credit: Katy Sewall
Tom Keith, long time sound effects man for A Prairie Home Companion, could have worked during the Golden Age of Radio. He preferred to create sound...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Lenny Rico and wife Cindy talk about inheriting the longest running Italian-American radio show from Lenny’s parents, Emelino and Mary Rico. Their...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
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A visit to Berlin and the Berlin Film Festival

  • Added: Mar 16, 2008
  • Length: 13:35
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"Public intellectual" Jack Beatty of the Atlantic Monthly and NPR's "On Point" sits down with ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
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When the building housing KOOP Radio caught fire, much of it was damaged and it was later knocked down. These three KOOPers share some memories of ...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Do you remember...? It's the song that immortalized Border Radio. Here's the story behind the song.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1