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Billy Vera's Saturday Night Fish Fry (Series)

Produced by KSDS

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From KSDS | Part of the Billy Vera's Saturday Night Fish Fry series | 59:01

240px-billyveralogo_small Billy Vera is a GRAMMY® winning singer, songwriter, actor, author and music historian. He has been a singer and songwriter since the 1960s and his most successful record was "At This Moment", a U.S. number 1 hit in 1987. He continues to perform with his group Billy Vera & The Beaters, and won a Grammy Award in 2013. He is thrilled to present "Jump Blues" to a national audience as it is one of his musical passions.

AG 23-17: Dream A Little Dream, 4/24/2023

From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow series | 59:00

We’re counting sheep with the Great American Songbook this week, as we explore standards all about dreaming, including “This Time The Dream’s On Me,” “You Stepped Out Of A Dream,” “Street Of Dreams” and many more dreamy tunes.

Put-your-dreams-away_small What is a dream? An expression of our deepest desires, as Shakespeare said “the very substance of the ambitious”? Or is it merely some evolutionary byproduct of some biological need for sleep, as Freud called it, “the guardian of sleep”? Scientists are still debating the origin and purpose of dreams to this day. But perhaps we can look to the American Songbook for one artistic interpretation of the dream. And that’s what I’ll be doing this hour. Ahead, we’ll hear jazz standards about dreaming, including “You Stepped Out Of A Dream,” “Deep In A Dream,” “This Time The Dream’s On Me,” and many more.

At 99 Years Old, A Musical Prodigy Rediscovers her Piano Passion

From Emily Berman | 04:29

Ruth Antine began piano lessons when she was 7 years old, and has hardly missed a day since. Now, 92 years later, she tells the story of her days as a world-class concert pianist, and how she keeps up her skills after so many years.

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Ruth Antine began piano lessons when she was 7 years old, and has hardly missed a day since. Now, 92 years later, she tells the story of her days as a world-class concert pianist, and how she keeps up her skills after so many years. Emily Friedman attends one of Ruth's concerts at her Bethesda retirement home and finds out why playing the piano has been Ruth's  life-long calling. 

207: The Secret Spot Episode 207, 4/22/2023

From WERS | Part of the The Secret Spot series | 57:45

R&B, Soul and Slow Jams: The Secret Spot

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Healing The Earth: Debra Rienstra

From No Small Endeavor | Part of the No Small Endeavor series | 54:00

What does climate change have to do with living a good life? Debra Rienstra discusses why we are only able to flourish when we care for the earth, seeking healing and restoration rather than treating it as our “grocery store and sewer.”

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What on God’s green earth does climate change have to do with living a good life?

To answer such a question, says author and professor Debra Rienstra, we must first ask a more basic one: what is the good life? “We have assumed that it is affluence and upward mobility,” she says, “but that good life is not sustainable.” If a good life is one of purpose and healing, then it is precisely the Western ideal of success that is eating away our ability to live good lives. In this episode, we discuss her book Refugia Faith, in which she makes the argument that “the created world is not just our grocery store and sewer,” and that to live a good life, we must care for the planet on which the good life takes place.


Under Alien Skies with Phil Plait

From Mat Kaplan | Part of the Planetary Radio series | 28:50

Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, joins Planetary Radio to discuss his new book, “Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

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Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, joins Planetary Radio to discuss his new book, “Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Galaxy.” The book takes the reader on an imaginary journey to 10 spectacular locations in space and shares the strange and beautiful experience visitors would have if they could witness it for themselves. Stick around after the break for What’s Up with Bruce Betts and a chance to win a copy of “Under Alien Skies” in our space trivia contest.

Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2023-under-alien-skies

Atomic Age Cocktail Party 4/28/23 "Broadway Bound"

From WILL | Part of the Atomic Age Cocktail Party series | 59:30

It's music from the golden age of the hi-fi! The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listening, orchestrated pop, cocktail music, exotica, and many others. It’s basically popular American musical from the middle part of the 20th century.

The show covers roughly the years from 1955 to 1965; after the end of the Big Band Era and before the dominance of Rock and Roll.

Each hour-long show will be a mix of vocal and instrumental music and is focused around a theme.

Aacp_prx_logo-01_small Episode 1021. This week on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, we’re Broadway Bound! Tons of swinging hi-fi versions of tunes from the Great White Way from shows like Guys and Dolls, The Pajama Game, Kiss Me Kate, Bye Bye Birdie, and a lot more.

World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW (Series)

Produced by DW - Deutsche Welle

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From DW - Deutsche Welle | Part of the World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW series | 29:59

65192474_403_small 85 years ago, 200 Jewish children arrived in Great Britain from Germany. It was the first of many so-called Kindertransport rescue missions. The children were brought out of Nazi Germany to safety. Until September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany attacked Poland and World War II started, around 10,000 minors were saved that way. But for other children, it was too late.

To the Best of Our Knowledge (Series)

Produced by Wisconsin Public Radio

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891: Deep Time: How Earth keeps time / 892: Hope: Where does it come from?, 4/20/2024

From Wisconsin Public Radio | Part of the To the Best of Our Knowledge series | 01:59:00

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PROMO FOR HOUR ONE   04/20/24   Deep Time: How Earth keeps time
No one understands time like a geologist. And with the climate convulsing and the future breathing down our necks, we need their long term perspective on the planet. We'll hear it in the second episode of our "Deep Time" series.


PROMO FOR HOUR TWO   04/20/24   Hope: Where does it come from?"
Is hope something we’re innately born with, or something we can choose to have? We talk with people who tell us where they think hope lives in ourselves and our communities.


Travelers In The Night (Series)

Produced by Albert Grauer

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From Albert Grauer | Part of the Travelers In The Night series | 02:00

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Rockin' in the Days of Confusion (Series)

Produced by Stephen R Webb

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From Stephen R Webb | Part of the Rockin' in the Days of Confusion series | 59:30

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The first half of this week's show takes us from the late 60s into the early 70s, one year at a time. The second half is more free-form in nature. Take your choice (the correct answer being "both"). 
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