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We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberatio...
- Added: May 14, 2024
- Length: 43:53
We begin our story–the story of Hazel Johnson, of Altgeld Gardens, of Environmental Justice, and of how we each fit into the fight to change our li...
- Added: May 14, 2024
- Length: 43:27
Brian Dunning delves into urban legends surrounding three of the greatest classical composers as well as the renowned Stradivarius violin.
- Added: May 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
TRAVELING ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL with author Ann Powers (2 of 2) - Music Archive Showcase #170
From: Paul InglesSeries: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
EMBARGOED UNTIL JUNE 10, 2024 - THE DAY BEFORE THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED AND AVAILABLE TO YOUR LISTENERS. PLEASE RESPECT THE EMBARGO DATE, BUT FEEL FRE...
- Added: May 06, 2024
- Length: 59:00
TRAVELING ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL with author Ann Powers (1 of 2) - Music Archive Showcase #169
From: Paul InglesSeries: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
EMBARGOED UNTIL JUNE 10, 2024 - THE DAY BEFORE THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED AND AVAILABLE TO YOUR LISTENERS. PLEASE RESPECT THE EMBARGO DATE, BUT FEEL FR...
- Added: May 06, 2024
- Length: 59:00
The importance of guitarist, songwriter, and singer Dickey Betts to the Allman Brothers Band is further assessed in this optional 2nd hour of a tri...
Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, WCBE, KSJE, North State Public Radio, WUTC and more
- Added: Apr 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
The importance of guitarist, songwriter, and singer Dickey Betts to the Allman Brothers Band is assessed in the wake of his passing April 18, 2024 ...
Bought by WCVE, Morehead State Public Radio, KFSK, WCBE, KDNK and more
- Added: Apr 21, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 18
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NBC...
- Added: Apr 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The untold story of the Red Scare’s first true target – labor unions – and of the small town that against all expectations, fought back.
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 51:58
In the 1970s and 1980s, feminists redefined what it meant to be a woman in the United States. These activists didn’t always agree on how to reach t...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 46:02
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NBC...
- Added: Mar 31, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
With host Paul Ingles, veteran broadcaster Bob Costas re-visits some of his favorite interviews with music greats during his 6 years as host of NB...
- Added: Mar 25, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Brian Dunning takes a look at some haunted houses and separates the historical facts from the ghost stories.
- Added: Mar 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Minnesota was the first state to take Big Tobacco to trial in the 1990s. Minnesota was also the first state to take the vaping company Juul to tria...
- Added: Mar 14, 2024
- Length: 28:53
Music specials host Paul Ingles talks with music author Peter Neff, whose 2019 biography of under-appreciated singer/songwriter Fred Neil, tells th...
- Added: Mar 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The Covid shut down occurred almost four years ago to the day. This piece includes On the Front Lines, with a guy by the name of Leigh Carter, a nu...
- Added: Feb 27, 2024
- Length: 23:28
Among the criminal celebrities of Prohibition-era Chicago, not even Al Capone was more notorious than two well-educated and highly intelligent Jewi...
- Added: Feb 26, 2024
- Length: 29:28
Explore the loving journey of Carol Burnett, a story of resilience, heart, and the transformative power of laughter.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 16:43
Love triumphs, even through the Civil War, and the story of a union within the Union - the profound love of Ulysses and Julia Grant
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 15:10
John and Annie Glenn's life story is one small step for a man and one giant leap for love!
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 14:53
A Nightmares to Fairy Tales love story with shock rocker Alice Cooper and his wife of 48 years, dancer Sheryl Goddard Cooper.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 16:48
The untold and surprising behind-the-scenes history of Walt Disney's Lady and The Tramp.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 18:46
- Purchases: 1
An optional second hour with more of our celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from Sly and the Fam...
Bought by WUTC, KSJE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KUHF, North State Public Radio and more
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty cloth...
- Added: Feb 13, 2024
- Length: 25:44
A celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from group leader Sly Stone and the FAMILY STONE band - tha...
- Added: Feb 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9