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001 Amde Hamilton - Watts Prophets
From: Tim Ayres
Series: Borderland Jukebox
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On this program we talk with Amde Hamilton of the Watts Prophets, who reads poems from his book Me Today, You Tomorrow, and recounts how out of the...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 58:29
He’s a Political Man: Minnesota’s Dr. Dean Alger and His Protest Songs
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Dr Dean Alger, Credit: WWOZ Staff
Dr Dean Alger is a political scientist with five books to his credit, he has written about influential bluesman Lonnie Johnson and he sings and pla...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
The Lovers of The Poor
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music which reacts to racism and social unrest.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2020
  • Length: 56:34
  • Purchases: 1
Radio 586 AZ Roots 04-15 to 04-21-20 show 347
From: KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
Series: Radio 586 AZ Roots
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Spill the Beans hosted by Hacksaw Tom. In 1972 we saw The Beans open for Jeff Beck at Celebrity Theater, so there’s a personal memory of this band ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Raising Vibrations against Gender-Based Violence
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The founder of One Billion Rising and VDay and world renowned playwright, author and activist Eve Ensler, along with activist, singer, songwriter ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
20-06 Great Music in Times of Turmoil: Dowland, Byrd, Romero, Brouwer, Daugherty. Interviews: Paul O'Dette, Ronn McFarlane, Pepe Romero, Manuel Barrueco
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Queen Elizabeth I playing the lute
This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features great music that was created during times of political turmoil from the 16th Century to 20t...

Bought by KXIQ , WVIA, 'The Sea', WHQR, WUAL and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 50
The POINT LESS podcast with Ola Onabule presents: 'And Yet'
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: POINT LESS podcast with Ola Onabule
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'And Yet' is a song that begs the question: If we are fundamentally all the same, why is it so easy to dehumanize marginalized people? It takes an ...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
The POINT LESS Podcast with Ola Onabule — Throwaway Notion
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: POINT LESS podcast with Ola Onabule
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The POINT LESS podcast with Ola Onabule presents: 'Throwaway Notion', the second track from POINT LESS, the new album by Ola Onabule.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight -Rahim AlHaj Part One- 706
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Iraqi-American musician and composer Rahim AlHaj has traveled a musical and life journey that few could imagine. A virtuoso of the Oud (the grandfa...

Bought by KMXT, RadioFreePalmer, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Great American Songbook Blacklist (A Labor Day Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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A special perfect for Labor Day! The Hollywood Blacklist didn’t only affect the film industry. On this show, we look at the repercussions it had fo...

Bought by WVIA, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WJSU, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
PE 1927
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Some observations on the 4th of July (parts one through four)

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Tim Wheeler, Writer, Activist, Musician, and Reporter for the People’s World
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Tim Wheeler
Interview by Ken Winkes: Tim describes his family history, his life in Sequim, Washington, and as a reporter as well as his new book called “News F...

  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Gary Kanter, Song writer, Singer, Humorist
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Gary Kanter
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his Learn Yourself series by interviewing his fellow host Gary Kanter about his new CD, with all his ori...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 27:58
Breathing Free
From: Wind & Rhythm
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What does “freedom” mean to you? Freedom to do what you want? Freedom from want? Or freedom to think for yourself? This week on Wind & Rhythm, we t...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Feb 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 4
Funky Presidents Day
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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Have your listening audience enjoy Presidents Day with a fun musicial experience.

Bought by KMXT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:01:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Shutdown & Prohibition
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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On Stay Human - a triumph for majority rule: the 100th Anniversary of the Prohibition Amendment. Steve Downing on The Lost Generation, music from t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:22
Fandango at the Vote: SURJ & Arturo O'Farrill
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Looking back on the midterm elections, we ask the tough questions about white women voters and race, then get introduced to the hi-pinky salute acr...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ears to Hear: Orson Welles In Brazil
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Orson Welles in production on It’s All True
Orson Welles, following hard upon the tailwind of Walt Disney, was strongly encouraged to travel in Latin America as a Goodwill ambassador at the b...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
All Mixed Up-2018 Election Part Two
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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The Mid-Term Mashup continues with a look back at the history of voting--from Nixon in 1972 to the present election of 2018

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 57:26
Samson Young Presents Hong Kong Mixtape
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: FreshArtINTL Live Radio
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Hong Kong Mixtape introduces our first guest producer: composer and artist Samson Young, and the sound art community of Southeastern China. Young o...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 55:58
Fantastic Negrito and The Last Days of Oakland
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Eric Arnold, Credit: Fantastic Negrito at the UC Theater in Berkeley, Ca
In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and tour...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Program 2 ~ The Soundtrack in Vietnam
From: WPSU
Series: Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
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The second hour of the two-part series, Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War. Listen to the soundtrack of the Vietnam War as ...

Bought by KWSO, Radio Bristol, WQLN, Prairie Public, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 13
Listening to Ladies: Aftab Darvishi
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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Composer Aftab Darvishi Composer Aftab Darvishi speaks about blending musical traditions, having her work deemed "feminine," and the state of new m...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 24:17
A Vietnam Soundscape
From: WHRV
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Vietnam was the first war fought to a soundtrack, with over 4000 war-related songs written and recorded between 1965-73. The lyrics were patriotic,...

Bought by KHNS and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Boy Scouts, Fishheads & The Living Dead
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: None of This Is Normal!
Life is But A Dream mix with current affairs blending music and politics with celebrations of the famous & infamous on "Nuit sur Les Champs-Elysees...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:49