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With fake weapons and phony uniforms, they helped win WWII. Now, they're finally getting medals.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A soldier sits next to a fake inflatable tank used by the U.S. Army during World War II. The inflatables and other decoys were deployed in Europe to fool enemy troops about the positions and movements of real Army units., Credit: Ghost Army Legacy Project
The U.S. will bestow Congressional Gold Medals on members of a secret Army unit that carried out what came to be known as psychological operations.

Bought by WRFA-LP, KPBS, KUT, and WHRV


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 4
" Patty Hearst, the Symbionese Liberation Army and Me..Fifty Years Later Remix" ( A Newsical Comedy of Terrors)
From: Paul Fischer
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A "newsical" to mark the 50th anniversary of the kidnap of Patty Hearst by The Symbionese Liberation Army ( Feb 4 1974). I was the “lucky” New...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
Rebel Without A Script
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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Nicholas Ray’s ‘troubled teen’ picture, ‘Rebel Without A Cause’ opened in the US on 27th October, 1955. The film was eagerly anticipated, partly du...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 11:01
Slava Ukraini with Frank Pichel Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Frank transporting his first group of Ukrainian passengers. , Credit: Frank Pichel
In the first part of this story we heard from Uliana Bazar who, with her husband, Matthew Propert, left their home in Ukraine five hours before th...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 24:18
Matthew Shepard – in his mom’s words
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Matthew Shepard was brutally killed 25 years ago for being gay. His mother Judy founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation 25 years ago this December a...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran
From: Samuel Robinson
Caption: Thien Tran, Credit: Orlando Gili
'A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran' is a firsthand profile of long-time Soho, London resident Thien Tran. In this poignant piece, Thien discusses the chal...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 10:00
As Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty, Army leaders promise the base won't forget its history
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Days before Fort Bragg was officially renamed Fort Liberty, crews erect new signs at the base's main gate., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
A newly constructed historic march route will remember the base's former name and the soldiers who served there.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
Return, Rebury, Repatriate
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Activists were angry that a museum held the skulls of enslaved people. Then they discovered it also had remains of Black children killed in 1985.

  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 56:58
"The Vampire Project"
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Can anti-racist scientists create racist science?

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 55:48
  • Purchases: 1
Keepers of the Flame
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Follow the money that props up racist science, and you'll find it all leads back to one man.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:03:24
Two Revolutions, Many Secrets (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Wilson Dairy Restaurant / Helen Zia as baby with Mom Bing
In the midst of our stress and trauma dealing with the sometimes harsh realities of life, its hard to imagine what stories we will ultimately tell ...

Bought by WFHB and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
81 years after it was founded, the USO is making changes to remain relevant to today's troops
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army soldiers help themselves to free food in the USO lounge at Fort Bragg, N.C. The organization plans to close about 40 of its lesser-used lounges while opening 28 in places where it says troops are especially isolated or face high stress., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
The service organization is closing some of its centers, opening new ones, and expanding its online programs to respond to funding reductions and t...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KUT, North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 7
Archives, artifacts, and 'a lot of rocks': The Army Corps of Engineers is training veterans for jobs
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Matthew Hanks labels a pottery shard in the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis office. Hanks is part of the Corps Veterans Curation Program, which employs veterans to help maintain artifacts unearthed in various Corps projects., Credit: Eric Schmid / American Homefront
An Army Corps of Engineers program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.

Bought by KRPS, WRFA-LP, North Country Public Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 6
A Look Back
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
The next “Sounds Jewish” marks Tisha B’Av, a day for mourning the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people on that day in history.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women fought trafficking and created a refuge in this Chinatown building
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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We look at the history of the Cameron House in San Francisco's Chinatown. The women who founded the organization worked to rescue Chinese women and...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Robert E. Lee once served as West Point's Superintendent. Should the school still display his portrait?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Dignitaries - including Robert E. Lee's great grandson, Hanson E. Ely III (right) - unveil a portrait of the Confederate general in West Point's library in 1952. The portrait is one of several images of Lee that still are displayed at the military academy, Credit: From the 1952 book "The Sesquicentennial of the United States Military Academy: An Account of the Observance." / U.S. Military Academy
Congress ordered Confederate names and images to be removed from military installations. But what about portraits of Lee before he joined the Confe...

Bought by KUT, Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KMXT, and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 3 - Agroforestry
From: Grounded Hope
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This month, when the maple sap is flowing, we have three different stories about the importance of trees and our interaction with them. We’ll meet ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 19:53
The Pseudo-Science of Whiteness: Biology as a Social Weapon
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week, filmmaker Stephanie Welch explores the role that racist, unscientific propaganda has played in promoting white supremacy in the U.S. She...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Episode Two - Black Farming
From: Grounded Hope
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The number of Black-owned farms has drastically declined since the 1920s, and now make up less than two percent of total U.S. farmland. In this epi...

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 21:23
  • Purchases: 1
GN_4.26_NazisAgainstNazis
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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A community in Germany fights back an annual nazi parade with pledges to a group that counters hate groups.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Tony Urbano (Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, Dusty’s Treehouse) – Under The Puppet #51
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Tony Urbano, Credit: Tony Urbano
Tony Urbano is a puppeteer who was trained by and worked with master puppeteers such as Ralph Chessé and Bil and Cora Baird. Tony turned down a job...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:37:03
Progress for Who?
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 3: Sea Level Rise
Caption: Phillips Committee resident Richard Habersham, Credit: Paige Polk
In Charleston, South Carolina and its suburbs questions of environmental justice and wetland protections arise as development encroaches.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 33:46
Engulfed in Flames (Radio Race 2020)
From: Alex Lewis
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Rodney Ford was 9 years old when he was forced to evacuate his home. What happened next was broadcast live on television. This piece was produced ...

Bought by WFHB and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Uncomfortable Truth About Race in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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“The Uncomfortable Truth” is a film produced by Loki Mulholland. It is a journey to understand how being white has benefited his family across gene...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, KMUN, KOWS, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 50:07
  • Purchases: 5
If the military renames southern bases, whose names should replace the Confederate generals?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Soldiers gather for a 2019 awards ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C. The base is one of 10 that Pentagon leaders say they are open to renaming., Credit: Joshua Cowden / U.S Army
With the call for changing the names of 10 Southern military bases gaining momentum in Washington, the question is starting to arise in Washington ...

Bought by KRZA, WUSF, KPBS, Colorado Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 6

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