103 - The Keepers: The Lenny Bruce Collection
One of the most controversial, outspoken men of the last century, comedian Lenny Bruce spent much...
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102 - Archive Fever: Henri Langlois and the Cinémathèque Franc?aise
Keepers: people possessed with a passion for preservation, individuals afflicted with a bad case...
34:00
101 - The Keepers: The Pack Horse Librarians of Eastern Kentucky
During the Depression, those horrible years after 1929, the Appalachians were hit hard. Coal...
28:05
100 - The Keepers: Archiving the Underground—The Hip Hop Archive
This is the first episode in our new series THE KEEPERS—stories of activist archivists, rogue...
34:28
In 2000 we received a call to the NPR Lost & Found Sound Hotline from Willard Mayes, a member of...
23:13
98 - Lost & Found Sound and Voices of The Dust Bowl
Fish mongers recorded on the streets of Harlem in the 1930s. An 8-year-old girl’s impromptu news...
36:37
97 - Pan American Blues: The Birth of The Grand Ole Opry & "Harmonica Wizard" Deford Bailey
The story of the birth of the Grand Ole Opry on radio station WSM in Nashville, TN and the story...
23:42
96 - Cry Me a River — Keepers of the Environment
The dramatic stories of three pioneering “Keepers” and environmental activists—Ken Sleight, Katie...
33:21
95 - Give Space A Chance: Gastrodiplomacy in Orbit
Russians preparing dinner for Americans in space? Sounds good to us. There’s been a lot of...
19:18
94 - Tequila Chamber of Commerce & The Birth of the Frozen Margarita
The Agave Goddess with 200 breasts; jimadors stripping lethal thorny leaves off agaves; farmers...
16:41
93 - Prince and the Technician
In 1983 Prince hired LA sound technician, Susan Rogers, one of the few women in the industry, to...
26:35
92 - The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
In the early 1970’s, radio producer and author Studs Terkel wrote a book called Working. He...
38:33
91 - Mimi Chakarova: Love, Art and Anger
Mimi Chakarova is a Bulgarian-American filmmaker, photographer, journalism professor, activist,...
17:52
90 - Jorge Amado: The Ballad of Bahia
Jorge Amado, the beloved Brazilian author of Gabriella, Clove and Cinnamon, Dona Flor and Her Two...
32:48
89 - Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti — Celebrating 99 Years
In honor of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 99th birthday we celebrate with River’s of Memory,...
26:11
88 - Frances McDormand Hosts Hidden Kitchens
Two-time Academy Award winning actress Frances McDormand hosts Hidden Kitchens—secret,...
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87—Guillermo Cabrera Infante: Memories of an Invented City
A sound portrait of Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante, a one-time leader in the Cuban...
35:03
86 - The Mardi Gras Indians—Stories from New Orleans
Jelly Roll Morton talks of being a “Spy Boy” in the Mardi Gras Indian parades of his youth. Bo...
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85 - House of Night - The Lost Creation Songs of the Mojave People
The story of an aging pile of forgotten reel to reel tapes discovered on the shelf of a tribal...
25:00
84 - Levee Stream Live from New Orleans
Levee Stream— a live neighborhood pop-up, Cadillac, radio station installation in New Orleans....
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