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Covid Remembered Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Arthurs performed from their front porch in Bellevue., Credit: Charles McGuigan
The Covid shut down occurred almost four years ago to the day. This piece includes On the Front Lines, with a guy by the name of Leigh Carter, a nu...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 23:28
Carol Burnett: Loving to Laugh
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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Explore the loving journey of Carol Burnett, a story of resilience, heart, and the transformative power of laughter.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 16:43
Ulysses and Julia Grant - A More Perfect Union
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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Love triumphs, even through the Civil War, and the story of a union within the Union - the profound love of Ulysses and Julia Grant

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 15:10
John & Annie Glenn: A Love That Defied Gravity
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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John and Annie Glenn's life story is one small step for a man and one giant leap for love!

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 14:53
Lady and The Tramp: Love Unleashed
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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The untold and surprising behind-the-scenes history of Walt Disney's Lady and The Tramp.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 18:46
  • Purchases: 1
Sandcastles
From: Adriana Cargill
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Sandcastles is a podcast about home, how we create it, and why we fight so hard for it.

Bought by Capital Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2023
  • Length: 52:01
  • Purchases: 3
A Few Good Women -- in the French Pantheon At Last
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The French Pantheon was created in 1790 to honor those who have done great service to the country. The motto over the door reads "To great men, a g...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:58
Eponymous (episode 1)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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Explore what the Northwest looked like pre-contact, with Native nutritionist and food sovereignty expert Valerie Segrest of the Muckleshoot Tribe. ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 4
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Mary D. Williams, Credit: ncstatecapitol.org
Throughout the summer of 2016, this country has been reeling in the wake of profound injustice. As racial tensions swell, is it possible that somet...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:45
Island Stories Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Moorings on Cobb Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 25:24
Thanksgiving: People Without A Nation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chickahominy Assistant Chief Gene Adkins.
There are eleven tribes of Indians who call Virginia home, among them the Chickahominy. And though they all now enjoy state recognition, the federa...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:31
Blood Quantum
From: Margaret Poethig
Caption: Anita, Summer, and Vida wearing Jingle Dresses
Anita Fineday is an Ojibwe Indian from the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. “Blood Quantum” is about how Anita reclaimed her Indian heritage a...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:29
The Writ Writer - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: Scipio A. Jones, Credit: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
In the final episode, the NAACP begins efforts to fight the death sentences handed down in Helena, led in part by Scipio Africanus Jones, the leadi...

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Not a Foamer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Griffin Bourassa possesses many traits of a typical 15 year old boy, but there is one facet of his life that is not normal.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 2
Pete Seeger on "We Shall Overcome"
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger explains the history behind the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome", and why this famous song has many brothers ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KWEMradio.com/KWEM LP and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 17
America Swings
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: Chester Whitmore
The Golden Age of Harlem dance comes alive in Seattle

  • Added: Nov 02, 2008
  • Length: 06:51
The Story of Lili Marleen
From: Arndt Peltner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This features tells the story of the world renowned song Lili Marleen

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Jump for Joy - Duke Ellington's Celebratory Musical
From: WFIU
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Perfect for Black History Month (February), this one-hour special tells the story of Duke Ellington's musical "Jump for Joy"

Bought by WVIK, High Plains Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, KSUT, KCSM and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 37
MEETING MILAREPA
From: The Tibet Connection
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The life and legacy of Tibet's most celebrated yogi and spiritual bard is the subject of a new film. We find out more through interviews and song.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 1
Memorial Day: "Good Muslims, Great Americans"
From: Kyle Gassiott
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A story about Muslims in the American military-including a WWII vet who lobbied the government to designate Islam on military dogtags.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Nebraska's first Heisman Trophy winner honors another pioneer black Nebraska athlete.
From: Deborah Van Fleet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Johnny, "The Jet" Rodgers, Heisman '72, honors another pioneer Nebraska athlete, Marion Hudson, and talks about the importance of black communities...

Bought by WTIP and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Peace, War, & Indifference
From: Andrew Reissiger
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One-hour, newscast compatible program that examines the possibilities of peace in our world today by looking at excerpts from important presidentia...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KQED, New Hampshire Public Radio, WHRV, WETA and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2006
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 6
Rugged and Beautiful
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visit with two female WWII Liberty Ship welders from South Portland, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Yellowstone Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
The Ebony Hillbillies
From: Amber Edwards
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The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 8