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Christmas Traditions Around the World: Is Santa in a pickle?

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Christmas traditions around the world have different origins and different meanings -- not all Santa and elves, sometimes funny, many surprising.

OutCasting 0063 - The Stonewall Uprising, 50 years Later - Part 3 of a 3 Part Series

From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting

Caption: The Stonewall Inn, NYC, Credit: Diana Davies via New York Public Library

A look back at LGBTQ activism, putting the Stonewall uprising into historical context on its 50th anniversary.

Bought by KZYX and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

OutCasting 0062 – The Stonewall Uprising, 50 years Later – Part 2 of a Series

From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting

Caption: Journalist and activist Andy Humm

A look back at LGBTQ activism, putting the Stonewall uprising into historical context on its 50th anniversary.

Bought by KZYX, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

OutCasting 0061 - The Stonewall Uprising, 50 years Later - Part 1 of a Series

From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting

A look back at LGBTQ activism, putting the Stonewall uprising into historical context on its 50th anniversary.

Bought by KZYX, Radio Catskill, KPSQ-LP, WMPG, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more

Why is Deerfield (Still) So White?

From: Amy Roost

Caption: Deerfield, 1963 , Credit: ART SHAY / @ART SHAY ARCHIVE, 2018

A North Shore Suburb of Chicago skirts fair housing laws that require affordable housing and struggles to come to terms with segregation and a trou...

The Egyptian Revolution in the Eyes of Women

From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries

This audio documentary was produced by Jehad (JeJe) Rajab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The ...

Whatever Happened To Hope: Egyptian Youth Post-Revolution

From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries

This audio documentary was produced by Shaza Walid for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The course ...

PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: The Jollimores raise mussels., Credit: Charles McGuigan

We return to Prince Edward Island where we’ll spend the next half hour with a father and daughter who produce what PEI has come to be known for the...

A Language Teacher's Fight to Save the Western Armenian Dialect

From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America

Caption: Hratch Sepetjian stands in front of his class on a typical day. He gets frustrated when his students do not take the Armenian lessons seriously., Credit: Andy Vasoyan

A century after Armenians fled genocide in 1915, language teacher Hratch Sepetjian is fighting to keep their dialect – Western Armenian – alive in ...

Carrots help you see in the dark

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM

Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness

From: Untrammeled!
Series: Untrammeled!

A hand-drawn map on a dining room table in a Colorado home was the main reason the spectacular Maroon-Bells Snowmass Wilderness was one of the firs...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KGNU Community Radio

Grace Notes

From: Capital Public Radio

World War I was a real blow to the European musical community. They were utterly unprepared for the war’s cruelty, and composers found it difficult...

Bought by WVTF, KHNS, and Delmarva Public Media

Fukushima, 3 Years Later

From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments

Caption: Fukushima Survivor, Kenichi Hasegawa, Credit: Greenpeace

March 11 marks three years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It might be more accurate to say it marks three years since the start of this ongo...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc.

Fidel Castro 1959: the Lost Interview

From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank

"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself." - Fidel Castro in 1959. Havana.

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix

Racing to Save D.C.'s Oldest Federal Monuments

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: The boundary stones are the oldest federal monuments in D.C. (and Virginia)., Credit: Stephen Powers

Washington's oldest monuments have nearly been forgotten. But a group of engineers, preservationists and history buffs is racing to change that.

The First Memorial Day

From: Charles McGuigan

We generally think that the first Memorial Day was held in the north. In fact, the very first Memorial Day was held at Blanford Church Cemetery 27 ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, WRFA-LP, RadioFreePalmer and more

The Legacy and Lessons of Lewis & Clark (an hour-long special)

From: Boise State Public Radio

Stories about the Corps of Discovery and the Endurance of Native Tribes who helped them.

Bought by WCPN, KISU, KQED, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Morehead State Public Radio and more

"THE WORKING STIFF -- THAT'S WHO!"

From: Dick Meister

A commentary on labor leader Harry Bridges, one of the 20th century's greatest leaders of any kind, on the anniversary of his death.

Obelisk In The Sky/Obama In The House: D.C.'s Monumental Myths

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington

Caption: Why is the WaMo three different colors?, Credit: Rebecca Sheir

Think you know why the White House flag is flying, and the Washington Monument is tri-colored? Then you might want to think again.

Bought by PRX Remix

Return to Camelot PT. 2

From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House

As the Kennedy presidency begins, a veritable Who's Who of artists, writers, and composers visit the White House.

Organizing Farm Workers: The Beginning

From: Dick Meister

Of the many dramatic events in the long struggle to win decent conditions for America's farm workers, none have been more dramatic -- or influentia...

A Bloody Day in San Francisco

From: Dick Meister

It's the 75th anniversary of "Bloody Thursday," the day in July of 1934 when open warfare between police and striking longshoremen raged on San Fra...