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Echoes of a Coup
From: Scene on Radio
Caption: Echoes of a Coup art, Credit: Zaire McPhearson
One-hour special (59:00 with 5-minute news hole), Echoes of a Coup, telling the story of the only successful coup d'etat in U.S. history -- the 189...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNYC, WUNC, WYPR, WFDD and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 25
Whistle Stops: The 1948 Presidential Campaigns
From: Lester Graham
Caption: President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the inaccurate headline: Dewey Defeats Truman., Credit: public domain
2023 is the 75th anniversary of one of the biggest political upsets in American political history (although the documentary does not mention the 75...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Michigan Radio, KUOW, and WAMU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
Heroes of American Dissent (Special Episode)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Stories about We The People, pushing back, in the pursuit of a better America.

Bought by WGTE Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KWIT, KICI Iowa City, and KWTF community radio for Sonoma County


  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Unspun Honors Black History with Educator and Poet, Pamela Spoto
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Pamela Spoto
Unspun takes a look at Black History and current Civil Rights and equality issues in America with Pamela Spoto, local educator, activist and host o...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:56
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
Amnesty At 50
From: Neil Gardner
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Amnesty has recently attracted criticism, sometimes from those who have been its most committed activists.  John Tusa asks if it has lost its way a...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 36:34
THE STORY OF TIBET/Conversations with the Dalai Lama
From: The Tibet Connection
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The Tibet Connection producer Julie Adler interview journalist Thomas Laird on his book, The Story of Tibet, based on conversations he had with the...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 18:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Clash: Revolution Rock
From: Joyride Media
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A new one-hour radio special pays tribute to "the only band that matters" with both exclusive and archival interviews.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Prairie Public, WTJU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
RN Special Broadcast on International Law
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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At the request of WBUR, Radio Netherlands has prepared a 60-minute broadcast on International Law pegged to fast moving developments this week in W...

Bought by KVNF, WUFT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WUAL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 4