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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
Voice Recognition
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Microphone, Credit: Grant https://www.flickr.com/photos/visual_dichotomy/
What do our voices say about us? On this edition we explore voice and identity. We'll hear from someone who nearly lost their voice as well as the ...

Bought by WNJR and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Concussions: Your Brain or the Game?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Scrum-1, Credit: Maree Reveley
They say a smart athlete will use their head. But what if using your head cost you everything? That's a question being asked in locker rooms the wo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #215 - The Cardinals
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Even though The Cardinals only scored 3 R&B hits, they are remembered as one of the most important vocal groups of the 1950s. This week, Matt The C...

Bought by WOUB, 90.5 WSNC, WLPR , WRNC-LP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
13.5: England Bells (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The story of the church bells in England during WWII. (Note: This is the intro to episode 13: The Sounds of East London)

  • 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
Stuck in the Bluff
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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WABE reporter Jim Burress takes us to ‘The Bluff’, a neighborhood in Atlanta where a needle exchange program has become a vital part of a strugglin...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Animals and Grief (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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There's a growing body of evidence that many animal species actively grieve. And, a look at how people grieve when their pets die. Plus, how autism...

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Animals and Grief (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There's a growing body of evidence that many animal species actively grieve. And, a look at how people grieve when their pets die. Plus, how autism...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 53:23
  • Purchases: 1
Let There Be Night (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WJCT, WTJU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Let There Be Night (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WCNY and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
40: London Parakeets
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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A Chicagoan deals with an interesting beach situation and Londoners deal with a growing population of parakeets.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 23:07
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by MPR News Stations, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and The Story


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #78- No Armed Bandit
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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When you're in the zone, it's play to play, not play to win.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KMUZ


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 17:47
  • Purchases: 2
28: Early Electronic Music
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: A public domain image of the telharmonium in 1897
There's a man who's spent his whole life developing his own library of Electronic music examples.

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #162 - Ruth Brown Pt. 3 (1953-55)
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Ruth Brown was Atlantic Records first big star. She was so successful, racking up 24 R&B hits for the fledging label, that Atlantic was often calle...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WOUB, KPVL, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
24: Tom Bills: Guitar Maker
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Tom Bills creates custom guitars in his basement shop near St. Louis. Hear the sounds of the guitar-making process as well as stories of his most f...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 25:37
  • Purchases: 1
23: The Great Animal Orchestra
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Following his influential career in music and composition, Bernie Krause decided to leave music behind and devote his efforts to studying the sound...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 23:50
  • Purchases: 1
21: Nick Zammuto
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The Books were known for making use of sounds and audio samples that aren’t typically heard in music. The Books disbanded in 2012, but Nick Zammuto...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:19
  • Purchases: 1
03: Walk With Your Ears (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Take a walk with us through the Sensory Path at the Indianapolis Art Center

  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
02: Foley Follies (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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You might not know what foley is, but you know what it sounds like.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
01: The Tide and the Seay (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Explore the role of sound in art with Jesse Seay and her "Mechanical Tide."

Bought by KWMR and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Edna the Engineer: Who Gets to be a Scientist?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You know the stereotype: white guy in a lab coat with crazy hair and an experiment gone awry. But the picture of science is changing. In this episo...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WFHB, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4