PBS
Pbs: American Roots Music: Lesson Two: Desegregating the Airwaves: Blues on the Radio
This lesson deals with the emergence of the blues as a form of popular music on the radio, beginning in Helena, Arkansas in 1940. Students will understand and discuss the relationship between technological and social change, discuss how...
BBC
Bbc Four: Audio Interview: Harold Pinter
Excerpts from an interview with Pinter broadcast on the BBC radio network BBC Four.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Interview Un Secretary General Kofi Annan
National Public Radio talks with Kofi Annan about his work and his expectations for a resolution to the U.N./Iraq weapons inspections issue. 11/2/02
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Azadi Afghan Radio
Azadi Afghan Radio is an Afghan radio broadcast through the Web. Content also includes written news, a variety of audio interviews, and specials.
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Azadi Afghan Radio
Azadi Afghan Radio is an Afghan radio broadcast through the Web. Content also includes written news, a variety of audio interviews, and specials.
BBC
Bbc Radio 3: World on Your Street
World on Your Street, although not actively maintained since 2005, is one answer to uncovering different sounds in world music. Find interviews with musicians who brought their music to the UK from many different parts of the globe....
PBS
Minnesota Public Radio: Pete Hautman Wins National Book Award
This page offers a story about the National Book Award for 2004, as well as a link to an audio interview with Pete Hautman.
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Studs Terkel: Conversations With America
Uncover much information here about the incredible life story of Studs Terkel, famous radio personality and prize winning author. Listen to his interviews for some fascinating insights into the diverse culture of American life.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Edward R. Murrow Broadcasting History
NPR takes a look at a biography written about Edward R. Murrow, a distinguished broadcast journalist. Features an interview with the author, excerpts from the book, and audio clips of some of Murrow's most famous broadcasts including the...
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Npr: Home
Music section of National Public Radio, featuring musical performances, interviews with musicians, and music reviews.
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Npr: Four Tel Aviv Students Discuss Their Concerns and Hopes for Israel's Future
An NPR interview with four college students who identify and explain why their biggest concerns about Israel's future center on their nation's economy. Audio also available. (25 February 2005)
BBC
Bbc News: World War I Remembered: The Great War: 80 Years On
Using personal accounts and historical analysis, the BBC looks back at what became known as "the war to end all wars." Content includes archived radio interviews and newsreels, soldier letters, battle summaries, general editorials, and...
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Gene Autry Entertainment: Gene Autry: America's Favorite Singing Cowboy
Deemed the official website of Gene Autry, this site provides a century of information including movie and TV clips, recordings, radio interviews, a timeline of personal appearances, family information, and the beloved Cowboy Code.
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Npr: From the Top
This NPR show focuses on young, aspiring classical musicians. Listen to performers, read interviews with kids about music and read fun facts about music.
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Npr: Taking Stephen King Seriously
Several related stories are featured here as heard on National Public Radio, mainly centered around King's National Book Award for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters.
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Npr: The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
A report, by National Public Radio, about the newly restored gospel of Judas unveiled to the public by the National Geographic Society in April 2006. Discovered in a cave in the Egyptian desert in the 1970s, the gospel had remained...
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Npr: August Wilson, Writing to the Blues
An interview with playwright August Wilson about the people who most influence his writing. He includes Amiri Baraka, Jorge Luis Borges, and Romare Bearden, and most especially, blues singer Bessie Smith. In addition to the interview,...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Stanley Kunitz
This site from NPR gives a brief introduction about poet laureate Stanley Kunitz, followed by a link to an interview with him during National Poetry Month, 2001, you will need to scroll down this page which contains all the segments of...
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Npr: King Gimp Revisited
Site from NPR includes an interview, video clips and links about expressionist artist, Dan Keplinger. This artist has overcome his disability to create fine art that expresses himself.
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Npr: Altered Mosquitoes May Save Humans From Malaria
A March 2007 interview [4:00] with a professor of biosystems research at the University of Maryland on the use of genetically altered mosquitoes to fight the spread of malaria. Provides links to related topics.
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Npr: Crafting a Voice for Black Culture
NPR's Vertamae Grosvenor interviews Alice Walker about her connection to Zora Neale Hurston. Walker talks about how Hurston inspired her writing, even though the two writers never met. The site also contains audio of Walker reading her...
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Beckett on Film
This is the complete site for the "Beckett on Film," project. There is a synopsis of each of Beckett's plays, a series of essays that seek to explain Beckett's work, as well as interviews with actors and directors. There is also a...
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Npr: Minister Louis Farrakhan
This site from NPR contains an interview with Minister Louis Farrakhan about life and leadership. He discusses his opinion of the Bush administration and defends the Nation of Islam and its beliefs.
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Npr: Kenya's Post Election Violence Kills Hundreds
This is a transcript of a January 2008 interview that discusses the ethnic violence that has developed as a result of Kenya's disputed presidential election. This has led to more than 275 people being killed in the western Kenyan town of...