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Caption: Hymnus peregrinorum “Dum pater familias” fragment from Codex Calixtinus
From as far back as the ninth century, perhaps earlier, pilgrims have followed El Camino de Santiago to the shrine of St. James in Compostela. On t...

Bought by KUER, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSJE, KMUN, WCQS and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 35
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Yom Kipper – The Day of Atonement – Judaism’s holist festival approaches. We’ve got an hour of some of Judaism’s most thoughtful, soulful and gorge...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
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Explore a glimpse of this vast repertoire of poetry, songs, stories, and recitations about the “Blessed Virgin Mary” in this holiday special. The i...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 2
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St. Hildegard of Bingen was a twelfth-century German nun – a writer, composer of chants, mystic and visionary. You might be asking yourself, what o...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Poetry and music inspired by casting our votes.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 56:51
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It wasn't until the 1980s that music featured anger. Some would say that introduction was liberating and progressive. That the anti-war music was...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:39:09
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I always equated boxing with "manhood" until the boxer Emile Griffith proved that decency is the path to "manhood." Emile had a more dramatic stor...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:49:23
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This season is filled with music that has been around for years and years, to the degree that most Christmas albums or collections all contain some...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Our special continues with a historic and introspective look at other holiday classics including one of the most historic Christmas songs of all-ti...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a time of military memorials in our world, and that's the hallowed path we walk on this week's edition, with musical reflections on battles--a...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WVIA, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 17
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Jose Gonzalez released his 3rd full length, Vestiges and Claws, earlier this year, showcasing a more stripped down sound for the Swedish songwriter...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, KHNS, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
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This is not your everyday variety Independence Day special. It's a celebration of what America is and can be when we unite with one heart. This col...

Bought by KTOO and KPVL


  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
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5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with Death Cab For Cutie from 88Nine Radio Milwaukee

  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 23:36
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The Spirit of Harmony Foundation was formed under the direction of Rock Star Todd Rundgren and his associates in order to promote the enduring impo...

  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 02:48:17
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An intimate program of classical and jazz Christmas music.

Bought by WVRU


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and much sought-after sideman. He is known primarily for his collaboration with Thelonious...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
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A winter's journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic, with familiar works by Mozart, Prokofiev and Debussy along with surprises by newer composers f...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCQS, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: NC Music Love Army We Are Not For Sale, Credit: Skillet Gilmore
Caitlin Cary may be known for her days in Whiskeytown, but the songwriter has forged strong bonds in North Carolina and recently joined with a scor...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 17:21
Caption: Jelly Role Morton
Born Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe in New Orleans right before the turn of the 20th Century, Jelly Role Morton is credited as one of the founding father...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
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In the movie The Interpreter, the character played by Nicole Kidman says, "Vengeance is a lazy form of grief." If we're honest, most of us have mo...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 30:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Laurie Rubin
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin discusses what it takes to lead a successful career as a singer when you're blind and how other sight-impaired...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Composer Karl Jenkins, Credit: www.karljenkins.com
A music historian tells stories about how classical composers have been influenced by the threat of war and the hope for peace in their works. Mus...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WFIU, KHNS, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This show puts together familiar and not so familar songs, and lots of surprises to rekindle that familiar magic of Autumn.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:55:50