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SHINY OBJECT
From: Bradley Wester
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The worst U.S. mass murder of homosexuals in the 20th century was by a gruesome fire in a New Orleans French Quarter nightclub. Yet, the Upstairs L...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 19:45
F-Word: Divest / Invest
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"For many Americans, there’s never been a better time to reconsider the entire system. Years of work, by abolitionists like Angela Davis, Ruthie Gi...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
If It's Broke, Fix It
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Fifty years ago, there was a radical plan to completely remake a county sheriff’s department in an iconic western town. It almost worked, they almo...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Free Brooklyn
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
Important stories about the struggle for freedom in Brooklyn, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Height...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Halcyon Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we are talking about ocean calm and the ways that we are affected in mind, body and spirit by a peaceful ocean. In this episode we tell t...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 04:51
Chasing Love (Clean)
From: Miguel Macias
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Chasing Love profanity edited version. A poetic exploration of the notion of romantic love, and the way it drives lives and societies.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:42
  • Purchases: 1
Some Thoughts On Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption, written and read by Ross Gay
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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In this provocative radio essay, a commonplace encounter with racial profiling opens the door to the vast and painful reality of racism in the Unit...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
What the Truth Costs: An Advanced Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
When we see the tools of discrediting the truth happily taken on, now or in history- we might say this. The cost of the truth is, it turns out, th...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 11:09
Water for Gold
From: Tom & Debra Weistar
Caption: Miner 49er, Credit: Tom Weistar
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies the San Juan Ridge. On the Ridge, tucked away amongst towering pines, flanked by two forks of the Yuba R...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:25
So Do You Think You’re Modern? Nope! The Middle Edges #101
From: Teosson Wells
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So do you think you’re modern? Well, only if you’re 100 years old. Is it history that repeats itself, or do we simply not move forward in the ways...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:46
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Minnesotans and Bragging - "No Time To Brag. Holes To Dig, Or Talk About Digging. You're Welcome."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
"The Country Doctor Revisited" edited by Therese Zink
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Heidi Holtan talks with Therese Zink about this collection of writing in various forms penned by modern day rural health care professionals. Things...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 20:08
  • Purchases: 1
Carpenters of Nazareth: Joseph & Jesus
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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Jesus, in this narrative, emerges from the shadows to walk in a world peopled by simple hard-working men in a town called Nazareth. A town where a ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 48:58
Undark
From: Jenna Hammerich
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Glow. Green. Light. Radium. Even the words are beautiful.

Bought by Remix Radio and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 30:13
  • Purchases: 2
Ernesto Che Guevara, the myth
From: Anton Foek
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How a myth destroys the truth in ourselves

  • Added: Nov 16, 2008
  • Length: 43:53
What happened to the truth?
From: Ted Magnuson
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The truth appears to be in short supply, especially when measured by the events of the past.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 18:35
  • Purchases: 1
Our American Generations - Race- This I Believe essays
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 generations share essays on Race from This I Believe archive

  • Added: Nov 10, 2007
  • Length: 24:40
Healing after the Rwandan Genocide
From: David Kates
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David Kates looks at reconciliation process starting in Rwanda.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:41
Hart Island
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem about New York City's Potters Field

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:11
Challenges To American Foreign Policy In The Middle East.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Career ambassador Richard Murphy talks about the deterioration of U.S./Arab relations.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
America's Women: Four Hundred Years Of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates And Heroines.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Columnist Gail Collins says that women in colonial times had nearly as much freedom and even more power than they do today.

Bought by KZYX, Stan, KMUN, KDLG, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 5
Perpetual War, Perpetual Power
From: Craig Barnes
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Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Chasing Love
From: Miguel Macias
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A poetic and creative exploration of the notion of romantic love, and the way it drives lives and societies.

Bought by KMUD, KUT, PRX to iTunes, KCUR, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 11