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A Shortcut Through 2023
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: GW Bridge June 2023
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSRQ, WJCT, KMSU, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 6
War and Peace-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Faces of War, Credit: Dali
A Mid-East Mix featuring David Ben-Gurion, Yasser Arafat, MLK Jr, Joe Biden, Joe McCarthy, Fred Rogers, Ozzie Davis, Howard Zinn, Pete Davidson, Vl...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:41
AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
A Shortcut Through 2022
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Volodymyr Zelensky
A retrospective featuring the major events of each passing year, Shortcuts features no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtaposit...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCB 104.9, Raven Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 7
Conflict and Violence
From: Wind & Rhythm
Caption: Grenade attack on Panzer Tanks, Battle of Amiens, The Somme 1918, Credit: Fritz Fuhrken
How does one creatively express the horrors of war? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we look at how artists communicate the effects of violence an...

Bought by WRTI, GCR (Global Community Radio), WQCS, KMFA, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 10
Yom Hashoah
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Just after Passover, we mark Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for songs of sadness and resolve.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Standing With Ukraine
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Standing With Ukraine!, Credit: Shepard Fairey
As Russian President Vladimir Putin conducts an unjustified invasion and starts his own war, We Stand with Ukraine- mixing reactions from around th...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:49
NL 21-36: Glenn Miller Goes To War with the Army Air Force Band, 8/30/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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In 1942 Glenn Miller broke up his popular big band and joined the military, where he formed a new and even bigger orchestra that included strings, ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
A Shortcut Back to 9/11-The 20th Anniversary Mix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Remembering 9/11
A look back on September 11, 2001 on the 20th Anniversary with new music and additional material on Afghanistan, small and just wars and "The War O...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 1
for Memorial Day -- Scott Simon hosts Alan Seeger: Instrument of Destiny
From: Murray Street Productions
Caption: Alan Seeger - Soldier, Diarist & Poet
From the trenches of The Great War, Alan Seeger's poems, letters and diaries spring to life in the voices of Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WVIA, WHRV, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 46
Wunderbar Together - Two German songs that went around the world
From: Arndt Peltner
Series: Wunderbar Together
Caption: Peat Bog Soldiers / Moorsoldaten
During the Third Reich two German songs were written and became world famous: The Peat Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten) and Lili Marleen. This show tell...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
Up Close And Acoustic with John Gorka
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: John Gorka with Charlie and Up Close And Acoustic, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
One of THE Godfathers of the New Folk Movement, John Gorka, joins me to talk about his career, how he prepares for live performance, getting a mess...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:36
Major Glenn Miller: The Man, the Band and the Training Command
From: Matt Mitchell
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A musical journey showcasing bandleader Glenn Miller's transformation from the nation's most popular recording artist into the greatest morale boos...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 11:12
  • Purchases: 1
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
Making Music in the Syrian Diaspora
From: The GroundTruth Project
Caption: Ahmad Naffory is pictured on a Beirut rooftop. He founded the band Assa'aleek, but after being denied re-entry to Lebanon, was granted asylum in the Netherlands. The band endures without him, and he has continued making music in his new home., Credit: Photo courtesy of Mohamad Khayata
Ahmad Naffory fell in love with the guitar in a Syrian grocery store, but he didn't know that his music would cause him to flee his home for anothe...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 27:05
Radio Independence Daze
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Sounds of bluegrass, jazz and that slippery, sometimes rock-infused sonic space between that are absolutely perfect for listening to in the first 1...

Bought by KMXT and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:56:35
  • Purchases: 2
Drumming Out Trauma
From: Jon Earle
Caption: Dave Brown with his bodhran., Credit: Jonathan Earle
A Vietnam War veteran plays the Irish drum to ease his PTSD.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 784: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Nell Robinson & The Rose of No-Man’s Land
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes "King of the Folksingers" Ramblin' Jack Elliott plus Nell Robinson & The ...

Bought by KENW, KLCC, Yellowstone Public Radio, KGLT, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
War and Musical Dada
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts
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Gil Rose, conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, tells the history of George Antheil's wild musical experiment from 1924, the Ballet Méc...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 7
Folktale of Peace Signs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind"--that's Gandhi's wise signal for a peaceable world, and points us in the direction of this...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
A Drum Is Always With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In Portland, a small community exists around the public performance of Middle Eastern music and dance. Portland is also home to an Iraqi community ...

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 3
Veterans Day 2010 - Lest We Forget 10-44
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week on The Score, with Edmund Stone, we salute those who serve in Lest We Forget.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WUFT, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KPVL


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Steve Reich's Different Trains meets the Borromeo String Quartet -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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The Borromeo String Quartet tackles renowned composer Steve Reich's notoriously difficult "Different Trains for String Quartet and Tape" with stirr...

Bought by WBHM, WDAV Classical Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bugler at Arlington National Cemetery
From: Richard Paul
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Who is the bugler at Arlington National Cemetery?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGUC/ WVXU, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 11:14
  • Purchases: 4
Recruiting Musician Soldiers
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The Army is using craigslist to recruit musicians.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WVTF, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, WMUK, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 6