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From the origin of the most popular Christmas song to why men are so hard to shop for. Get comfy, because we're sharing comforting stories for the ...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBBI Alaska
- Added: Dec 16, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Yasmeen Elagha attends her first presidential rally, a speech by Donald Trump in Chicago. "I am a Muslim woman, I wear the hijab and I was going to...
- Added: Jan 05, 2018
- Length: 05:14
He's a familiar face around Boston. Now hear what this mystery man has to say about music, race, street violence and bringing joy to the city he lo...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 06:10
- Purchases: 1
'The Hayride' Program 56 (2 Hours)
- Added: Dec 04, 2016
- Length: 02:00:01
- Purchases: 3
Bill Frisell was heavily influenced by surf rock and space travel. Hear him in his own words tell you his origin story. Lots of great music in this...
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 12:15
Three-time Grammy nominated Uruguayan-born American composer, Miguel del Aguila, shares insight into his most recent lauded composition, Concierto ...
Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Aug 21, 2016
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Growing up, my family played a lot of music. We also performed... mostly funerals. The driving force behind it all? My dad. So, in order to better ...
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 28:53
Kristopher Ohlendorf is a Media Studies grad student and ponderer of big questions. Like, why is that bicycle horn honking in the Beach Boys “You ...
- Added: Nov 07, 2015
- Length: 06:08
Frank Sinatra turns 100 on Dec 12. A tribute from a brainy broad who learned to love him, Her Way.
- Added: Nov 06, 2015
- Length: 03:20
This is a story of a white immigrant troublemaker from Eastern Europe, a black revolutionary musician from New York and how one of them saves the o...
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 13:56
Experience the adventure, joys and perils in a greenhorn wrangler's account of the 40th annual Sombrero Ranches "Great American Horse Drive". Eight...
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 01:00:00
“You know, you can only paint a painting once. But a song, you can replay, re-envision, re-imagine virtually an infinite number of times,” says Mat...
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 07:31
On the 35th Anniversary of Alien, "The Icy Winds of Lovecraft" looks at how Alien and John Carpenter's The Thing were both influenced by the strang...
- Added: Oct 08, 2014
- Length: :58
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 2
Sandip Roy listens back to the music of Manna Dey.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 19, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
Ben Weisz discovers the vibrant street tradition of Candombe drumming, and explores its origins among Montevideo's Afro-Uruguayan community.
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 08:28
Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf talks about the band's EP "Forward/Return."
- Added: Dec 17, 2012
- Length: 04:17
"Bees and Cheer" is a rollicking good time. It's a huge folk concert that happens twice yearly at Yale University, and the show features the underg...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 05:23
An experimental narrative music piece for Radiolab/Longshot Radio's project exploring creativity, failure and revision.
- Added: Jun 11, 2012
- Length: 03:32
Sometimes we need help when dressing for a special occasion. In England Moss Bros. will 'give only the best service.'
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Oct 09, 2011
- Length: 13:53
- Purchases: 1
I am a documentarian, chronicling the lives of performing musicians. As a writer, I am obligated to put their words to paper. As a story-teller, I ...
- Added: May 08, 2011
- Length: 41:49
Some bands are getting creative about making a political spectacle, by becoming the protest themselves, and using the internet to make their messag...
- Added: Sep 08, 2010
- Length: 10:54
- Purchases: 2
The Infernal Noise Brigade debuted at the Seattle WTO protests in 1999. Jill Friedberg from KBCS in Seattle has their story.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Sep 08, 2010
- Length: 08:26
- Purchases: 1
Marching bands from North Carolina to Portland, Oregon are bringing humor, politics, and a unique sound to the streets.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Sep 08, 2010
- Length: 09:49
- Purchases: 1
We look at how political marching bands are stirring up public spaces; from the streets, to supermarkets to your facebook feed.
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC
- Added: Sep 08, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
