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Caption: Stan Getz
(Air Dates: Feb 2 - 8) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Stan Getz with our special guest Jim Mair. W...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Slave Memorial on Martinique, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Walk through a chapter of America's darkest history in Birmingham, Alabama as we visit iconic sites that were central in the civil rights movement.

Bought by KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Jan 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Hill District community leader Robert Bowden (b. 1946) reflects on his education, upbringing and life's work based on interviews conducted by stude...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Pittsburgh-based sculptor Thaddeus Mosley (b. 1926) reflects on his life and art based on interviews conducted by teens Martay Howard and Wyatt Wad...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:15
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Hip Hop legend Paradise Gray (b. 1964) reflects on becoming an activist and ushering in a new generation of hip-hop based on interviews by teens Da...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Hill District pastor and community leader Johnnie Monroe (b.1941) reflects on the importance of the church and his faith in today’s youth to become...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 06:33
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Leonard Brown, USAF veteran and retired food service supervisor, aA native of Pittsburgh's Beltzhoover community, Leonard Brown (b.1934) reflects o...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
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Veteran and retired police sergeant Homer Craig (b.1939) reflects on family and community life in Hazelwood based on interviews conducted by teens...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Malik Bankston, Executive Director, The Kingsley Center (b. 1962), reflects on his college experience and his desire to better his community based ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Pastor and retired paratrooper Donald Turner (b. 1936) reflects on racial tension in his adolescent years and his faith in God based on interviews ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you the story of Ron Stallworth. In the 1970s, he became the first black detective ever to serve in ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 45:08
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
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In this instalment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes another trip into the depths ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:02
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The “Weekly Arts Calendar” is a weekly listing of events and activities that highlight the arts, music and culture of the region and within Minnesota.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:26
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Today’s episode will look at an oft forgotten moment at the end of America’s Guilded Age

Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Curtis Gagnon and his dogs
The Grand Portage Passage was a long-distance sled dog race that was held from 1999 through 2003. In this edition of Moments in Time, WTIP’s ongoin...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:08
Caption: Dr. Robert Forrant
Dr. Robert Forrant, University of Massachusetts-Lowell History Professor, Bread and Roses Strike Interview by Rich Austin: Robert gives us the rea...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 27:45
Caption: Unidentified band
In its original state, the blues were performed with repeating opening phrases. Melancholy, sad, lamenting tales.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Join us as we take a look at Big Bear Records — one of England's oldest independent labels — and the 1973 and '74 American Blues Legends tours. We’...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:59
Caption: Curtis Gagnon, Credit: Curtis Gagnon
The 2016 John Beargrease Sled Dog Race will start on January 31. Born in 1858, John Beargrease, was the son of an Anishinaabe chief. He delivered m...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 07:13
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Beatles, Airplane, Cream and Two Trains Running

Bought by WLPR , KKRN, KSRQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
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Peru is a county about which I’ve been curious for over 60 years, beginning when I first learned of the Inca Empire. Ten years later the Peace Cor...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Credit: nataji.org
The mystery of Subhas Chandra Bose has trumped the actual history of Subhas Bose.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
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Show 1165 Jefferson 103 (1-24-16) This week Thomas Jefferson Hour creator Clay S. Jenkinson presents part three in a series of biographical shows ...

Bought by KALH, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPIP-LP, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Charlie Musselwhite
(Air Dates: Jan 26 - Feb 2) This week on 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Charlie Musselwhite with our special guests Bill Dye and Tra...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:00