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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
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
AG 21-22: The Songs That Won The War, 5/24/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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From 1939 to 1945, as World War II raged on, American Popular Music responded. On Afterglow’s Memorial Day special this week, we look at the songs ...

  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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
War N Peace 2020
From: Doug Hillyard
Series: Doug the Jitterbug's Audio Collage
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Aircheck from radio show on 5/28/20 broadcast on KZCT 89.5 FM Vallejo, CA (Ozcatradio.com) featuring music on War and Peace as a Memorial to those...

  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:00:45
Sony Soundtracks — Keeping Score podcast features 1917’s Jos Slovick in ‘I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger’
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: Sony Soundtracks — Keeping Score
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Jos Slovick is the featured guest on Sony Soundtracks Keeping Score podcast, produced and hosted by Crossover Media's Max Horowitz. Jos gives us a ...

  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 09:25
We Gotta Get Out of This Place (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Memorial Day shows
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U.S. troops turned to popular music as a way of coping with the war in Vietnam. In this sound-rich show, the authors of “We Gotta Get Out of this P...

Bought by KUNM, WGZS, KMUN, WABE, and WGZS


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
We Gotta Get out of This Place (52 minutes
From: With Good Reason
Series: Memorial Day shows
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U.S. troops turned to popular music as a way of coping with the war in Vietnam. In this sound-rich show, the authors of “We Gotta Get Out of this P...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WGZS, KVMR, WVTF and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 6
We've Got To Get Out Of This Place (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War.

Bought by KVCR


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Vietnam Special)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War.

Bought by KVCR


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War -- Women journalists on the front lines in Vietnam -- The psychological effects of ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War -- Women journalists on the front lines in Vietnam -- The psychological effects of ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WCNY, KVCR, KVSC, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 19
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to Vietnam

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
The Soundtrack to Vietnam (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The release of Ken Burns’ new documentary series has drawn fresh attention to the Vietnam War. And while many of us have an idea of what the war lo...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
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
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
Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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
Titus Andronicus: The Monitor Album Review
From: Paolo Rosen
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Album review for New Jersey band Titus Andronicus's break out Lit-Punk album The Monitor. By Paolo Rosen

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 04:14
WWI: Remaking Music
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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How did composers react to the violence of The First World War? We're listening to musicians who defined a modern era.

Bought by KPIP-LP and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
Francis Scott Key: Lawyer, Layman, Tone-Deaf Lyricist?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Francis Scott Key (shown here in a portrait by Theodor Horydczak) was far more than just the author of what would become our national anthem., Credit: Library of Congress
Turns out the author of our national anthem could very well have been nicknamed "Francis Scott Off-Key."

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Chapter 9 - Facing a World at War
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Too young for induction into the army, Richard works at Best & Co. and next with Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians in the shipping department. Upo...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 30:34
JazzStories: Jazz and the Cold War
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"Up until the late 80's, it was not officially forbidden, but you were always like marked: 'Ah, he's interested in jazz. He's with Western culture....

Bought by KPIK-LP, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, 90.5 WSNC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 13:26
  • Purchases: 5
The Peace Message in Classical Music (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: 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 KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3