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Audacious Live! Show & Tell in Stamford
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode, Audacious takes the show to Third Place by Half Full Brewery in Stamford! Hear stories about special doilies, passports, and even ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: The Gay Black Civil Rights Financier
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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I SEE U examines the mystique behind the late millionaire, Norris Herndon, as a disappearing family legacy looms and the public knows little about ...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
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
Novelist, Poet, & Memoirist Alan Proctor
From: New Letters on the Air
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We mark Veteran's Day with two interviews featuring Alan Proctor. His book, THE SWEDEN FILE: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN EX-PATRIATE, was named one of th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Listening to Our Better Angels
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Red, blue, rich, poor, country, city, left or right. Chances are you probably fall into one of those categories. And you may be quite happy where y...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KDNK


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
W.S. Merwin: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We kick off National Preservation Week and continue our celebration of National Poetry Month by pulling from our audio archives to look back on the...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
I Was Boston
From: Otis Gray
Caption: Keven Joyce, umpiring a JV baseball game in Plymouth, Credit: Otis Gray
50 years after the infamous Battle of Hue, a Vietnam vet talks about living with memories you have no choice but to carry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Former Mississippi Poet Laureate & Two Term US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Black History Month, we present THE 19th U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-14) and former Mississippi Poet Laureate (2012-16), Natasha Trethewey, who wo...

Bought by WNJR and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
WASPs / Honoring Heroic Legacies / Servicewomen Today / Reunions! / Cultivating Life After War
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Deanie Bishop Parish/WASPs Segment 2: Melvin Morris/ Medal of Honor Segment 3: Tanya Biank/Women in military Segment 4: Larry Kelle...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
World War II - Hampton Roads Heroes
From: WHRV
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Interviews with WWII Veterans radio companion piece to The War

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:03
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
WAR WIDOWS - Part One
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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WWII widow Peggy S. Harris lost her husband of 6 weeks and never remarried. Pauline Laurent's husband died in Vietnam in 1968 and Erin Dructor's hu...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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
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
The Legacy of Massive Resistance
From: With Good Reason
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In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia closed its schools rather than integrate. The closures lasted for five years, and the people who were denie...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KZYX, WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
Inauguration at Independence Mall in Philadelphia: Street Interviews, Ambient Sounds
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Philly, Independence Mall, Credit: Chris Goldstein
Interviews with members of the public attending the Presidential Inauguration on Philadelphia's Independence Mall.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 13:50
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
Peace Talks Radio: 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Three people who lost family members in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the U.S. talk about turning their grief into action for peace. The...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM, WESM 91.3 FM, KSFR, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
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
RN Documentary: Jersey War Tunnels
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A tour through the audio visual exhibits of the Jersey War Tunnels Museum tells the story of the 5 year German occupation of The Channel Islands d...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:30