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It's All Happening - Because Life's Too Short For Boring Radio A weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention in how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live in. “It’s All Happening” is the latest creative endeavor from veteran community media producer Andy Valeri and Big Beef Productions, bringing together decades of creative media experience with deep musical & cultural aesthetic sensibilities, and seasoned with years of civic engagement and consciousness. The result is a creatively unconventional and highly engaging form of 'hybrid' programming for our digital age - a soundtrack for our ‘interesting times.’
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Music from the WSLR Music Library
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Thom Hartmann is a progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show host whose shows bring a progressive and alternative perspective to listeners.
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BACKGROUND BRIEFING: A radio program featuring international and national news, expert guests, policy makers, and critics offering analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural, and social issues.
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The Eclectic Blender takes a look at the history of the day and plays music that is relevant and specially picked for the day of each show. The date picks the music the programmer only exercises veto power. All genres are included. Is it one of your favorite musicians birthday? Maybe they released their first album? Tune in and find out! Scheduled On: Thursdays 7 - 9am Host: Dave Pedersen Click on the READ MORE button to learn about your host and to access the show's archive including playlists and recordings.
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Ever walk into a voting booth, look at the local races, and feel like you didn’t know as much as you wanted to know? Listen to The Detail and you’ll know more. Don’t live or vote in Sarasota? The Detail may be interesting to you for its information on local Florida politics.
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Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Democracy Now!’s War and Peace Report provides our audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S.corporate-sponsored media.
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“Metropics" is a subtropical blend of jazz, world and Island music, stirred lightly with a touch of R & B and a twist of Latin. Hosted by Carlos Pagan
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Outta the Basement…ON THE ROAD, Ah yes, your DJ Purple Mike hits the road in the summer north to cooler parts. When up that-a-way he declares himself a “SUNBIRD” as he wanders around the music festival grounds while recording known and unknown bands to present the highlights to you, my listeners, while spreading the word about this wonderful community asset WSLR. Show Archive
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Ted's Head is a musical program of intensely diverse rock, with a twist of talk to make it interesting and in-studio jam sessions by the guests and host.
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Alternative Radio, established in 1986, is a weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the US, Canada, Europe and beyond. AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media. Click on the Read More button below to access the show archive.
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Microgroove is a music program dedicated to showcasing music from varying genres, new and old, across generations. Tune in to hear interviews with local musicians and the sounds of funk, psych, garage, classic rock and more! Fallon is a non-profit professional passionate about building and sustaining our community. An avid record collector, her library of vinyl hosts over 500 titles from Mulatu Astatke, to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, to Steely Dan, and beyond.
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“Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.” Frank Zappa Music Is the Best brings knowledge and passion about real music. All genres are welcome. Record is Culture (Disco es Cultura). Music Is The Best is hosted by Mark Markus. Show Archive
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All Mixed Up is an eclectic mix of arts and information, featuring mood-driven music mixes and interviews with figures from the worlds of literature, film, television, theater, and the visual arts. Hosted by Peter Bochan
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