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GVP40 Book Review - Musicianship
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Three stories about that elusive quality - musicianship.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
Random Poems about Music
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Ranging from whimsical to introspective: poetry touched my music.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:01:30
Poetry from Prison
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry about the prison experience, including poets by inmates.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 56:07
Home
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music about the profound sensation of home.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2017
  • Length: 58:06
Music From the Heart! (Valentine's special!)
From: WFIU
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An hour-long program of jazz and American popular song invoking the image of the heart for Valentine's Day. Featuring music from Doris Day, Kurt El...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Christmas
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Christmas poetry and music ranging from introspective to light.

Bought by KTXK, KGUA, KRPS, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 24, 2016
  • Length: 51:55
  • Purchases: 4
Winter
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music reflecting the beauty of winter.

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Dec 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:01
  • Purchases: 1
Music & Dance
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
Caption: Poetry & Music, Credit: Donald Wendland
Intimate and humorous reflections on music and dance.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2016
  • Length: 49:47
Bob Dylan: Listen To The Words
From: Paul Ingles
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Another hour of Dylan's most literate work, hosted by Paul Ingles, to further mark his winning the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Bought by KAAD-LP, KMSU, KMUW, WRGY, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 9
Bob Dylan: Writers' Favorites
From: Paul Ingles
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Music writers, musicians and Bob Dylan fans were invited to write to music host Paul Ingles with a choice of a Dylan track since mid-1975 that they...

Bought by WNCW, KMSU, KRCU Public Radio, Radio Catskill, WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Cultural Critic Rashod Ollison on music and memories
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his memoir Soul Serenade, Rashod Ollison describes how music was a lifeline during a difficult upbringing.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
The New Year
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
Caption: Music and Poetry, Credit: Donald Wendland
Poetry and music reflecting on the new year.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 02, 2016
  • Length: 42:09
  • Purchases: 1
Gifts
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
Caption: Poetry & Music, Credit: Donald Wendland
Poetry and music about giving and receiving gifts.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:40
Vicente Gutierrez, the publisher and editor of Highway: Making it Work
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Here's how a writer created the music magazine he wanted to read.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPIP-LP, WNJR, KPVL, and WABE


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
'Midnight In Mexico': The Alt.Latino Interview With Journalist Alfredo Corchado
From: NPR Music
Series: Alt.Latino
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Midnight In Mexico is Alfred Corchado’s reflections on his reporting from mexico for various US based newspapers, including a step by step retellin...

Bought by WART FM, WKAR, KMUN, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Richard Powers on Music
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts
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Why do books so often turn to music? Richard Powers, author of a new, music-filled novel Orfeo, speaks to the strength of songs and symphonies, inc...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 3
Richard Powers: A Musical Theory of Everything
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Richard Powers is indulging us in a runaway riff on music, in a little room in the Boston Athenaeum, on the top of Beacon Hill, overlooking the Old...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 47:52
  • Purchases: 1
Meet The Frackers (With Mike Himebaugh)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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In this episode, we look at one of the most pressing environmental issues; fracking. There are so many ways to think about an issue like this; with...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Mark Blasco discussing Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Mark Blasco, Credit: MJ
Songwriter Mark Blasco talks about his approach to writing a song inspired by Richard Feynman's memoir, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Told and Retold :Spring
From: Sarah Montague
Caption: "Robert Bly & Gioia Timpanelli
A Seasonal celebration of storytelling : Spring

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Show 1: Dylan as Poet
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Dr. Bill King
Introduction to this series on Bob Dylan's Poetics with focus on "To Ramona"

Bought by WCNY, Prairie Public, RadioFreePalmer, KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 12
Show 8: Myths
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Dylan Debunks False Myths

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:01:55
  • Purchases: 6
Show 7: Love Songs Part II
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Dr. Bill King
Extends part 6 by looking at "Visions of Johanna"

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 6
Show 6: Love Songs, Part I
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Discussion of Dylan's Love Songs

Bought by KPIP-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 59:40
  • Purchases: 6
The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, and Music (3:2)
From: Ken Cormier
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Patricia Smith, Naeem Murr, songs by Matt Sheehy, and more!

  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 28:33