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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by WXPR, WRFA-LP, WDSE, WNMU-FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A final look at an impossible year, 12 months of incredible drama, played out over the world stage in an hour long retrospective

Bought by KMUN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Paul Metsa, Credit: Howard Christopherson
Paul Metsa is a defining Minneapolis musician of this generation. Reflecting on his recording career, Paul believes that a 1992 project called Whis...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Sarah M Greer, Katrina Brogden and Katia Cardenas, Credit: Jenny Zander
To respond to the crises after the death of George Floyd, Pangea World Theater created a concert called the Burning Truth project. It is curated by...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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
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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
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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
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
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
Caption: Albert Einstein-Refugee, Credit: David Art
Hear the sounds of The Resistance, from airports, border crossings, street protests and refugees from around the globe mixed with new music, powerf...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:55:59
Caption: Trump's Russian Hackers
A totally unbelievable journey from Trump Tower through both political conventions, to the steps of the Kremlin and the Ukraine, with stops at gami...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:44
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Sarah McLachlan has been a source for many, some that you wouldn’t expect like DMC from Run DMC, who’s on record saying that her song Angel saved h...

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KSUT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ben Riggs, Credit: Paul Nixdorf
Harvey Milk, first gay elected official in San Francisco, was assassinated in 1978. The Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, which has been performing for...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:02
Caption: The Capitol Steps, Credit: Capitol Steps
This just in: The Gang of 8 has announced that in order to be a citizen of the United States, you have to listen to The Capitol Steps 4th of July ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WUNC


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: MoZo, Credit: Wade Trenbeath
Songwriters Moe Provencher and Aimee Zoe of MoZo discuss their song inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Written and...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Levi Fuller, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Levi Fuller discusses his approach to writing songs inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Written and perf...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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In rap music, being tough is often a pre-requisite for success. Long jail time, stolen guns and cars, and other outlaw antics beef up the thug image.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 09:48
Caption: Anastacio y los del Monte
Música estilo Reggae, con letras que hablan de la historia del país o la sociedad salvadoreña en su mayoría.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 34:38
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An hour of high energy Latin and hip-hop music and interviews with Ozomatli, captured live in 2004 at the Paramount Nightclub in Santa Fe, NM

Bought by KAAD-LP, KGOU, WGDR, and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 4
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Another hour of high energy Latin and Hip-Hop music and interviews with Ozomatli, captured live in 2004 at the Paramount Nightclub in Santa Fe, NM

Bought by KAAD-LP, WGDR, and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 3
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
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The East-German music scene had a pulsating underground

  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 30:43
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This features tells the story of the world renowned song Lili Marleen

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Rock Music

  • Added: Feb 26, 2007
  • Length: 02:56
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One-hour music intensive documentary details the making of Taking the Long Way -- the Dixie Chicks' first studio CD since a political statement mad...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEOS and more


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 7