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A Monumental Change, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: State Senator Jennifer McClellan, Credit: Charles McGuigan
This is part 1 of A Monumental Change about how the brutal murder of George Floyd has propelled the entire country forward toward a more perfect Un...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 26:48
Democracy in Full Bloom: Women's March on Washington 2017
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: On the National Mall, Credit: Charles McGuigan
From where we stood, in every direction, as far as the eye could see, there were people holding placards above their heads, all of them moving, som...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 25:44
A Monumental Change Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rose Simmons
How the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers led to an ever-expanding ripple of protests across the country and...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 27:51
Uncivil War on Richmond's Monument Avenue
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Protesters and counter protesters, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Pro-Confederates and white supremacists faced off with counter-demonstrators on America's largest outdoor Civil War museum on Monument Avenue in Ri...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 26:39
The Dispossessed, Part 8; People Without a Nation, Chapter 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chickahominy Pow Wow
Although American Indians in Virginia now enjoy both state and federal recognition--that came fairly recently. For many years American Indians didn...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 27:52
Ian Caldwell's Vatican thriller, "The Fifth Gospel"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Taking place mostly in the Vatican and the tiny town that surrounds it, this fast moving, thoughtful novel features two brothers who are priests, t...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, a biographer of presidents
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
Maryland Town Celebrates Its 15 Hours Of Fame
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post
Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
Author Michael Korda and "Ike: An American Hero"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An author many times over and former editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, a major publishing company, Michael wrote this biography, “Ike: An Americ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author David McCullough and "1776"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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David writes both histories and biographies and has narrated many a broadcast program. His latest book is "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris....

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John MacLellan
Jay Ipson, the youngest Holocaust survivor living in Virginia today, lived in an underground lair for six months during the Nazi occupation of his ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:14
Giving the House of Representatives a Human Face
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Nicholas Longworth's gavel is among the treasures curated and conserved by the House of Representatives' very first curator., Credit: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
Meet the very first curator of the U.S. House of Representatives collection... 4,000 artifacts strong.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 3
How the White House Got Its Name
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Dr. Clarence Lusane is author of The Black History of the White House., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Hint: It doesn't have a whole lot to do with paint swatches...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
Remembering "I Have a Dream"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Julian Bond (right) at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs, with other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee., Credit: Julian Bond
We know what history books say about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech - but what about the people who were there?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, KRCB 104.9, WHFR and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 28
In The Prime: Washington's Meridian
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: D.C.'s Meridian Hill Park got its name from the Prime Meridian Thomas Jefferson proposed along 16th Street NW., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
What if Washington, D.C., really were the middle of the world?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline (short version)
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:27
Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
"Give Us Our Darling Back": Russia's 'Claim' on Alaska
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Should the U.S. give Alaska back to Russia? One presidential hopeful thinks so.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
McKinley vs. The High One
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why has an Ohio Congressmen spent 30+ years obsessing over the name of a mountain... in Alaska?

Bought by 91.7 WHUS Storrs and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 2
A Pioneer in Writing Women's History
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A conversation with Prof. Gerda Lerner, a foremother of women's history.

Bought by WVAS, KVNF, and WUSM


  • Added: Jan 30, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3