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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by KIYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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The Endless War, a movie released in late July 2007, written, directed and produced by Charles Ferguson, depicts the blunders and ill-prepared mann...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by KMSU, WRFA-LP, WNMU-FM, WDSE, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
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We explore Islam in Turkey and chat with a former Imam who founded a school to teach girls how to recite the Koran.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Join host Kathlene Ritch for an exploration of The Father of American Music, Stephen Foster. Having written over 200 parlor and minstrel songs in t...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
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What would it mean to believe in the radical equality of all things—humans, animals, trees, even rocks?

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
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American sign language is the third most commonly used language in the U.S., but for many Deaf folks, it's about so much more than communication. A...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
Caption: The Bluegrastronauts
Blast off with the Matchsellers’ “Bluegrastronauts,” the world’s first outer-space bluegrass odyssey, recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
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Rock'n'roll era records featuring strings!

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:55:33
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Jeff Rupert ushers in spring with a bevy of Bossa Nova tunes, exploring them and the influence they've had on American jazz musicians.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KJZX-Austin, Delmarva Public Media, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Boise State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Kittson County History Museum at Lake Bronson, MN
Cindy Adams of the Kittson County History Museum shares insights into the legacy of Norman Kittson and the symbols of settling and developing the c...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 06:22
Caption: Dinner Jazz
Dinner Jazz with Zia the Cat 03-17-24

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:01:25
Caption: Jazz on a Half Shell
Jazz on a Half Shell with Zia the Cat 03-17-24

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 02:53:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mid City Swing
Mid City Swing 03-17-24

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:32
Caption: Music on the Sunny Side
Music on the Sunny Side with Pete Soderbergh 03-17-24

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 57:48
Caption: 60s Reunion
The 60s Reunion 03-16-24

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:15
  • Purchases: 1
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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
Caption: A soldier sits next to a fake inflatable tank used by the U.S. Army during World War II. The inflatables and other decoys were deployed in Europe to fool enemy troops about the positions and movements of real Army units., Credit: Ghost Army Legacy Project
The U.S. will bestow Congressional Gold Medals on members of a secret Army unit that carried out what came to be known as psychological operations.

Bought by WRFA-LP, KPBS, KUT, and WHRV


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Luther's House Party
Luther’s House Party with Luther Kent 03-16-24

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:56:11
Caption: Louisiana Gumbo
Louisiana Gumbo with Pat McBride 03-16-24

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 56:21
Caption: The Buffet
The Buffet with students in the Radio Training Program 03-16-24

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:47
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Blues From the Road with Larry Garner 03-16-24

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:29
Caption: Mo Good Stuff
Mo Good Stuff with Leah Smith 03-16-24

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:32