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The Mothers of Gynecology
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The history of why Black women are more likely to die when giving birth than White women.

Bought by WVTF and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 56:56
  • Purchases: 2
Bad Blood, Bad Science
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
DAVID CROSBY: Remember His Name (optional Hour #2)
From: Paul Ingles
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AN OPTIONAL SECOND HOUR HONORING MUSICIAN DAVID CROSBY, A TWO-TIME INDUCTEE INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, WHO DIED JAN. 18, 2023 AT 81. WHET...

Bought by WUTC, KSRQ, WUSF, WXXI Rochester, KLCC and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
DAVID CROSBY: Remember His Name
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: David Crosby - 2019 - Red Rocks / Denver
MUSICIAN DAVID CROSBY, A TWO-TIME INDUCTEE INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME HAS DIED AT 81. WHETHER AS A MEMBER OF THE BYRDS, CROSBY-STILLS- &...

Bought by WUTC, KBBI Alaska, KAAD-LP, KSUT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
Four Pillars of Soul
From: Paul Ingles
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In the late 1960's and early 1970's, 4 African-American performers tossed records onto the American pop and R&B charts that would establish them as...

Bought by WJCT, KRVS, WXPR, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KFSK and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
JEFF BECK: Essential Artist (optional Hour 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Jeff Beck
This is an optional bonus hour of JEFF BECK: ESSENTIAL ARTIST – a remembrance of the multi-talented, multi-genre British guitar great JEFF BECK, wh...

Bought by WUTC, KUPR low power FM, WCBE, KSUT, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Nicest Troll in Town: On and Offline identity, Extremism, and Polarization
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Episode 10: Nicest Troll in Town, featuring Dr. Chris Bail
Social media is not fundamentally a source of information or a competition of ideas, but a competition of identities. With that and other provoca...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 1
Online Conspiracies & Virtual Cults Part 2: Celebrity Makes the World Go Flat
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Online Conspiracies & Virtual Cults Part 2: Celebrity Makes the World Go Flat
Do we live in an age where online conspiracies and cults proliferate ever more frequently and powerfully? We continue to explore this question by f...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 27:48
Episode Six: When a horse goes 'home'
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Montana, two ranchers adopted ‘Delilah.’ They’re among the growing number of people actually getting paid to adopt wild horses and burros.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 15:40
Episode Five: The unsexy burro
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Arizona, two incarcerated men rehabilitate wild donkeys for adoption.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 18:19
Episode Two: Why wild horses pull on our heartstrings
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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Horses and humans evolved together. Much as we do with dogs, we have a special relationship with the species. In this episode, host Anna Coburn spe...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 1
Episode One: Is federal mustang management reaching a breaking point?
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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If wildlife managers, landowners, wild horse advocates and the BLM cannot work together to come to a solution, the Wild Horse and Burro Program wil...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 18:53
  • Purchases: 1
Unprisoned Hour: The Toll our Criminal Legal System Takes on Young People and Families
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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In this hour we hear five stories about how mass incarceration and our criminal legal system impact young people and families. According to the Ann...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Aug 09, 2020
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 1
This "Bad Child" Became a Judge With a Passion for Justice, Poetry, and Decency
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1.5, Episode 3 Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 11:51
How are the record number of people returning from Louisiana prisons making their way in the world?
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 14 Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:21
What does "adult" mean in the eyes of the law? In Louisiana, many work to change the answer.
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 11 The legal system operates very differently for juveniles and for adults. Yet the age at which a person is considered an adult...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
A New Orleans rabbi and her congregants are starting new conversations about mass incarceration
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 7 Congregants at a New Orleans synagogue study and educate themselves about mass incarceration and form bonds with formerly inca...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Paul McCartney: An Appreciation - Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase Episode #001
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Paul McCartney's musical skills are explored in this hour-long special hosted by Paul Ingles and musician and Beatles expert Richard Goldman.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KFSK, WPVM 103.7, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Regionalization in America
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A special interview with Author Collin Woodard discussing his book, American Nations: A History of the 11 Regional Rival Cultures.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2017
  • Length: 51:26
Sound Ecology: Aleutian Geese
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology focuses on the recovery of the once-endangered Aleutian Geese that winter in northern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
GE and the Art of Brand Reinvention
From: PJA Advertising + Marketing
Series: The Unconventionals Season 5
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In this episode, host Mike O’Toole sits down with Linda Boff, GE’s Chief Marketing Officer, about the recent changes GE has undergone. They discuss...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 35:52
#BlackGirlsMatter: The Criminalization of Black Girls
From: Youth Express
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Challenges faced by African American boys in America are significant and rightfully in the news. But what about those faced by girls? Teen reporter...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Man who Named 'Earth Day'
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: Julian Koenig, who coined 'Earth Day'., Credit: Photo Courtesy of Sarah Koenig
Who came up with the name 'Earth Day'? It turns out, a legendary Madison Avenue ad man named Julian Koenig. He was responsible for some of the most...

Bought by KMXT, WSLR, KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7
True nature of time remains elusive
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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As the old year ends and a new year begins, the passage of time is on our minds. We check the time on cell phones, computer monitors, watches and w...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Francis Little House was a Frank Lloyd Wright design
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Francis Little House in Deephaven, Minnesota, was designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building and design took some time--l...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1