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A Self-Evident Truth
From: Wind & Rhythm
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, t...

Bought by KTXK and WUAL


  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Live from the USS Bataan - at Sea
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: Helicopter Landing, Credit: Richard A. Solomon
Arriving on a Super Stallion Helicopter in the Atlantic Ocean, Richard Solomon meets the crew of the USS Bataan (LHD-5) and is granted behind the s...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Dreaming the DREAM
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Celebrate and relive the MLK Memorial dedications as we remember the life, legacy and dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with celebrity and news...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
Confronting Hatred: 70 Years After the Holocaust
From: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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This hour-long radio special, narrated by Morgan Freeman, brings together a broad range of voices to talk about racism, antisemitism, and the ways ...

Bought by WVTF, KSQD Santa Cruz, WKSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 54:27
  • Purchases: 72
The Amazing Story of "Strange Fruit"
From: Stephen Provizer
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A Radio Theatre piece about the creation and performance of one of America's most controversial songs.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 13:22
MLK: Three Landmark Speeches
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are excerpted and commented on by two lea...

Bought by KALW, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 33
MLK: Three Landmark Speeches
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are excerpted and commented on by two lea...

Bought by KUHF, WKSU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WGCU, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 109
Jazz-O-Rama #33: "Open the Door, Richard!" Remastered Count Basie 78s
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Count Basie 78s on Jazz-O-Rama
Cheek to Cheek, Rat Race, and Open the Door, Richard are among the tunes that will fill the air when the Count Basie 78 RM Records is heard on the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 1
MAKERS: The Women Who Make America
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Betsy West, Executive Producer of the PBS Special MAKERS:Women Who Make America, premiering on PBS February 26, ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRZA, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
WINGS #32-12 Remembrance and Action
From: WINGS Women's International News Gathering Service
Caption: Poster for the National Day of Remembrance and Action December 1, 2012 event, in Vancouver BC Canada, Credit: Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
23 years after the Montreal Massacre, feminists are still working like hell for accountability around violence against women.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:49
Preview of - A Rolling Stones Special: Got Blues If You Want It! [13:48 or 7:42 Broadcast Ready Preview Module of Upcoming Long-Form Special]
From: Paul Ingles
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As the Rolling Stones prepare to mark their 50th anniversary this fall, we join the celebration by presenting a preview of a two-hour public radio ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media and KGLT


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 21:30
  • Purchases: 2
Peace on the Battlefield: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and Manassas Peace Jubilee (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two instances when peace broke out – right on the field of battle. First, the impromptu but widespread unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914 in the e...

Bought by KUHF, RadioStPete Florida, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUHF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 19
All Available Boats: Harbor Voices From 9/11
From: David Tarnow
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The response of the New York maritime community to the events of September 11, 2001.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY, KHNS, WLRN and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
A March to Freedom: Martin Luther King
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Martin Luther King press conference, Credit: Marion S. Trikosko
On the anniversary of his birth, the life and work of the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His own voice and words make this a mean...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KCNP, KCNP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 44:36
  • Purchases: 6
A Shortcut Back To 1969 -"The Lunar Module"
From: Peter Bochan
Caption: Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11
50th Anniversary Mix of man's trip to the moon which began on July 16th, 1969

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Jul 16, 2009
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 4
One Giant Leap: How We Saw It
From: Camille Dixon
Series: How We Saw It
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On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing (July 20, 2009) this one-hour documentary will celebrate the event through the eyes of those ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 02:03
Afropop Artists Celebrate Human Rights: The UN Declaration at 60
From: Matt Payne
Caption: Beninese Chanteuse Angelique Kidjo
This special edition of Afropop Worldwide looks at the 60th Anniversary of the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the eyes (and m...

Bought by WNCU, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Finding Solid Ground 2008
From: Eve Troeh
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One-hour documentary **UPDATED for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WVAS, WMNF, WRVO Public Media, KMUN, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 55:36
  • Purchases: 8
Willie Nelson - When I've Sung My Last Hillbilly Song (new music)
From: Joyride Media
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Willie Nelson's brand new recording of the first song he ever recorded

Bought by WMMT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WTMD, Prairie Public, and KSUT


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 5
Organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, Bayard Rustin.
From: Iowa Public Radio
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Historian John D'emilio discusses his book on the controversial figure, Bayard Rustin

  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 57:18
Taken: How Will They Be Remembered? by Charles Moster
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
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A radio musical drama commemorating 9/11.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, KUNM, KUT, and KUT-HD


  • Added: Sep 18, 2007
  • Length: 37:51
  • Purchases: 5
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
What's the Word? Images of the American Self
From: Modern Language Association
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A look at the "American self," from Puritans to successful businessmen to changing roles for women.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDUR and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2006
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 6
Remembering Ludlow
From: KRCC-FM
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Rededication of the Ludlow Massacre Memorial

  • Added: Aug 16, 2005
  • Length: 06:31
RN Documentary : Building the Bomb
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Joseph Rotblat explains how he came to work on the first atomic bomb.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WVTF, WMMT, KUAF Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 12