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Composer Cosmology
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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As astrophysicists like Neil deGrasse Tyson learn more about the cosmos and present their often strange and wondrous findings to the public, the cr...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:30
Music for Animals
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Black Prairie plays a concert for 52 wolves at Wolf Haven sanctuary in Washington State., Credit: Carli Davidson
There's a music industry for pets out there. But what kind of music do animals like? A woman who studies how non-human creatures go mad throws conc...

Bought by ABC, KVNF, 'The Sea', New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 6
Inside San Francisco’s Secret SoundLab
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Have you noticed how the way a space feels really depends on how it sounds? Take the California Academy of Sciences for example. With all the hundr...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:46
Episode 010
From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to.
The best of what's new in Electronica, Deep House, Indie Dance/Nu Disco, Drum & Bass, House, Tech House, and Techno. Plus, Mongo Speaks!

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
At children's hospital, kids find comfort in music therapy
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Oliver Jacobson is a music therapist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Here, he plays a session with one of his patients, Maia Mead, Credit: Liz Mak
Oliver Jacobson started playing violin when he was six years old. At 18, he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, one of the top music schools in t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
A musician, going deaf, fights for a life in music
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Sandy Mix teaches piano to Diane Wilson., Credit: Rachel Wong
From the moment Sandy Mix wakes up in the morning, she is thinking about music. Over coffee, she plans the day’s lessons.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 2
Space, Stars and Satellites (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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Songs related to Space, Stars and Satellites

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Reclaimed Soul: Rocket Fueled Soul
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
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Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras brings us rocket-fueled soul music with outer space themes.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
Episode 006
From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to!
Brand new Electronica, Techno, Tech House, Trance, Psy-Trance, House, and Deep House tracks!

  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 6 - Postcards From The Edge
From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music
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The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer prog...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:01
Day Job 6: The Mind Reader
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Ivan Galvez of Picoso, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Ivan Gálvez plays timbales with the Seattle band Picoso. He also scans my brainwaves with an electroencephalogram machine at the hospital where he ...

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 3
Musical Creativity
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Thelonious Monk, Credit: Library of Congress
Musical creativity could be good for the aging brain.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
20: Voicemail Memories (Standard Length) Version 1
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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There's a private number you can call where you're asked to tell a story that will be shared with the whole world.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
17: Most Relaxing Song (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
15: Music and Memory (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
14: Bicycle Sounds (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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If bicycles could write a song, what would it sound like?

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
10.5: Celestaphone (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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An instrument made from meteorites!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
10: Rhythm Discovery (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Two Guys on Your Head: Why Being Put On Hold is So Frustrating
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Horrible music, incredible wait times and an inscrutable labyrinth of phone prompts: We've all experienced the frustrations of being on hold. Even ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
WorldCanvass: The Crossroads Project (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. This...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 25:07
WorldCanvass: The Crossroads Project (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. The ...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 22:54
Orfield Labs and the Anechoic Test Chamber
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Founded in 1971 by Steve Orfield in Minneapolis, Orfield Labs is the only sound-quality laboratory in the United States. This internationally recog...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:25
#61 - The Elusive Digital Stradivarius
From: HowSound
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David Schulman usually produces non-narrated stories on music. Recently, he stepped out of his usual style to produce a narrated science story focu...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 16:30
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys On Your Head: Music and The Brain
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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The idea of music making us smarter may be a little skewed and commodified, however the impact music has on our brains and our beings is substantia...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Singing - "Compulsively Breaking Into Song, Almost Never."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:38

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