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So Far From Care Episodes 1 & 2
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: So Far From Care
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In episode 1, "Don't Cut The Cord," you’ll get the lay of the land in the Big Bend— what it feels like to live in a place where getting care has al...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 53:30
Willie Nelson - Me & Paul
From: Joyride Media
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The history of Willie Nelson and Paul English - the untold stories of a fabled friendship between a singer and his drummer. Inspired by Willie Nel...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUT, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: The Music and Philanthropy of Harry Chapin- Single Hour Version
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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Single hour version of a program spotlighting a 2020 documentary called HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING. Music host Paul Ingles talks abo...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ireland And The Circus ~ Part 2
From: Mark Baker
Series: Ireland And The Circus
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Presenter Mark Baker, speaks with members of two of Ireland’s contemporary circuses, Fossett’s, Ireland's National Circus and Circus Gerbola, to di...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 27:56
Teajay and the (Berlin) Wall
From: Olivia Oyama
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For the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Teajay details his world, before and after the event through his lens as a youth.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 18:40
George Jones: He Stopped Loving Her Today
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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George Jones, Bobby Braddock, and Hazel Smith tell the story behind one of the saddest songs ever written, selected for the National Recording Regi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGLT, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 3
No Common Market: Whither Kensington?
From: Marion Kane
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There's a battle going on for the soul of Kensington Market in downtown Toronto...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 22:00
West of Memphis
From: Joyride Media
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New one-hour special details the story of the West Memphis Three case – the accused, the victims, the legal battles and the advocates. Will include...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM, KSRQ, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
First World War poetry with Dr Kate Macdonald
From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium
Caption: Dr Kate Macdonald, Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Gent, Belgium
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, talked to Dr Kate Macdonald ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Never On Sunday: The Hidden World Of Elena Fonseca
From: Samuel Robinson
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The story of Elena Fonseca, a remarkable women from Montevideo, Uruguay. Elena was a diplomats wife who lived in a number of countries before retur...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Robeson: America's Sung Hero
From: Mark Lavonier
Caption: Paul Robeson
An exploration through the life and times of singer, activist, athlete and entertainer Paul Robeson.

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WRPI


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
Ashford & Simpson: The Real Thing
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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One-hour special delves into the history and music of songwriting and singing team Ashford & Simpson.

Bought by WFUV, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPIP-LP, WSGE and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
WWOZ Street Talk - an Elegy for Willie Tee
From: David Kunian
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6 minute radio piece with interviews and music about the New Orleans keyboadist, singer, and producer Willie Tee

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:57
Reflections on New Orleans - An exclusive interview with Marcia Ball
From: Linda Seabright
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Marking 2 years since Hurricane Katrina - what's happened?- not much

  • Added: Sep 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:38
Humankind: Meeting Hate With Love -- Stories of King and Gandhi
From: Humankind
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Explorations on the non-violence philosophies shared by King and Gandhi

Bought by KZYX, KUT, KPIK-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 48
MASH 1969 - Visions of War, Dreams of Peace
From: Center for Emerging Media
Series: Shared Weight
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Profiles of poet George Evans, a veteran medic, and Lynda Van Devanter, whose experiences as Vietnam nurse inspired China Beach. Warning: Graphic D...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, WKMS, WRGY, KBYS 88.3 FM, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Patrick's Loyalties
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Patrick's Loyalties

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
Healing the Wounds of Wounded Knee
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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Hal Cannon accompanies a group of Lakota Indians on an odyssey to reclaim the remains of their ancestor, a Lakota chief who was killed at the massa...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KVNF, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 24, 2005
  • Length: 17:59
  • Purchases: 3