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Constant Wonder - Thanksgiving Special 2021
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: Time for Cranberries; Topic 2: Tony Sarg; Topic 3: Turkey Talk

Bought by KTNA, RadioStPete Florida, KUHF, KRBD, and KTXK


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Korematsu v United States & Japanese American Internment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: Civil Rights
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The story of Japanese-American internment during WWII, and the Supreme Court case that challenged it.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCMU Michigan, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 14
Top of Mind - 4th of July Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Flags; Topic 2: US Senator Tammy Duckworth; Topic 3: Patriotism

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KETR-FM, KCLU, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 17
If It Sounds Good It Is Good - Monday Music Special featuring author Richard Manning Part Two
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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A Monday Music Special produced for Montana Public Radio featuring conversation with author Richard Manning. The interview focuses on his most rece...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:04
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind New Years Special - 2020 Almanac, Suffragists, Fat Man’s Quest
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - 2020 Was Something, Eh?; Topic 2 - Lessons from Suffragists on How to Change the World; Topic 3 - One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a...

Bought by KSTK, WCPN, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Pond #50: Showing Our Colors
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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People of mixed heritage lead complex lives, often navigating between two racial and/or cultural identities. Producer Jocelyn Robinson, who lives t...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #46: Black Art, Berlin Stories – Looking for Alain Locke
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In 1925, the African-American philosopher Alain Locke (1886-1954) launched a revolutionary black arts movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance....

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 34:12
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #36: Luftbrücke – 70 Years of Memories
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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On June 24, 1948, the Soviet military administration officially cut off roads and rails into West Berlin in the Berlin Blockade, isolating it from ...

Bought by KWMR, KICI Iowa City, and Morton College Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2019
  • Length: 19:21
  • Purchases: 3
Frankenfest! Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: Jim Armstrong, Andrea Wood, Anne-Marie Dunbar
2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. On this episode of Don't Cha Know we discuss the importance of ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 26:23
A Letter, A March, A Dream: 1963 Retold
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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50 years after the March on Washington, syndicated columnist Reverend Byron Williams makes the case that 1963 was the pivotal year for American cul...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
The Other 9/11: Part One
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Before 2001, there was another 9/11. In 1973, a military coup backed by the United States, overthrew the Chilean government and ushered in sevente...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Leslie M.M. Blume, Credit: photo by Billy Farrell
Try to imagine drinking your way through this book! That’s what author Leslie M. M. Blume has done in order to provide recipes for 144 cocktails.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 13:16
  • Purchases: 1
Golden Holocaust
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Golden Holocaust cover, Credit: jacket design by Jackie Drooker
The CIGARETTE is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. Few discoveries have been so consequential. So begins the work by his...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
Cheese & Culture
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Cheese & Culture
Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheese-maker throughout world history and by und...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Myth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Mathew Barrett Gross
In the past dozen years, from Y2K to 2012, apocalyptic anticipation in America has leapt from the cultish to the mainstream. Today, nearly 60 perce...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Surfermag.com, Credit: Chris Dixon
The true story of the largest wave on earth 100-miles off Catalina Island.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 21:18
Immaculée Ilibagiza: One of 16 Women Who Survived The Rwanda Genocide
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Immaculée Ilibagiza was one of sixteen women that survived the Rwanda Genocide in 1994. Listen to her story of survival and how it's changed her li...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 30:34
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond the Islamic Golden Age
From: With Good Reason
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Scholars from around the world gathered recently for George Mason University’s forum Beyond Golden Age and Decline: Muslim Societies and Global Mod...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The State of Latino's in Minnesota with Jesse Bethke Gomez, Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Latinos have been living in Minnesota for generations. The first record of Latino residents date back to the 1860's. Since the 1990 Census, the sta...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 30:54
  • Purchases: 1
Children Seen and Heard
From: With Good Reason
Caption: The Atcheson children, Washington, DC, Credit: Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) Courtesy: Library of Congress
Elementary school teachers may want to encourage a noisier classroom this fall. Adam Winsler’s recent research shows that 5-year-olds perform bette...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:43
Classic Mardi Gras Songs Profiles - Handa Wanda
From: David Kunian
Series: Mardi Gras Song Profiles
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In this short piece, the musicians who participated in the recording of the Mardi Gras standard "Handa Wanda" recall its origins and recording.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1