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Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This second of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
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JEFF BECK: ESSENTIAL ARTIST – a remembrance of the multi-talented, multi-genre British guitar great JEFF BECK, who passed away January 10, 2023 at ...

Bought by WUTC, KSJE, KUPR low power FM, KTNA, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Caption: Studying for the GED at an adult education school in Washington, D.C., Credit: Emily Hanford
Millions of high school dropouts hope their ticket to a better job is getting a GED. But critics say passing a test is not the same as getting a hi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, WITF, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Civil rights activist Bob Moses famously helped organize a voter registration drive in Mississippi that changed the political landscape for the bla...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, and KVLU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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For the fourth week of December (12/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who became the youngest singer to scor...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: The campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., founded in 1874. , Credit: Steve Woit, courtesy of Macalester College.
The most popular college major in America these days is business. Does it pay to study liberal arts? (9/8/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHRV, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WTIP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Join some the nation’s most respected music experts and hear who they are most excited about at South by Southwest 2011.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 56:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mike Doughty, Credit: Deborah Lopez
Producer Rebecca Lavoie talks with singer-songwriter Mike Doughty about his unusually interactive presence on social media sites, the new narrative...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:06
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KUT News’s hour-long special report: Grounded: the End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight, explores the launch of U.S. space mission...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Kristin McHugh examines programs designed to reduce crime and poverty in some of the poorest neighborhoods of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 07:37
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Jocelyn Ford examines how American aid after the tsunami is impacting Aceh, Indonesia, for better or worse.

  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: 06:39
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Simon Marks explores the multi-faceted and often contradictory approaches that successive US governments have adopted toward non-proliferation.

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 11:01
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Kristin McHugh reports from Djibouti on American military efforts to combat terrorism through civil and humanitarian projects.

  • Added: May 18, 2007
  • Length: 09:08
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"Beyond Fear" explores new scenarios for US global leadership built on common action, trust, and hope.

Bought by WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, WVIK, Interlochen Public Radio, KUER and more


  • Added: May 10, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
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A documentary exploring the lives of Native American and non-Native people who live in Northern Arizona towns neighboring the Hopi and Navajo Nations

Bought by KRZA, KVNF, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WNJR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
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Sam Litzinger examines American-sponsored television and radio broadcasts produced for Arab audiences. The report asks whether these US governent ...

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Apr 20, 2006
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Simon Marks reports from Jordan and Syria on the changes brought about by increased citizen access to satellite TV channels. The story documents c...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2006
  • Length: 13:18
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Kristin McHugh reports from Doha and Dubai about the main players in Pan Arab satellite TV news including a behind-the-scenes look at controversial...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WBEZ, WUAL, and KWCW


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 11:22
  • Purchases: 4
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The dramatic expansion of open media in the Arab world is changing the political landscape of the region. How does this rapidly changing spectrum i...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WMUB, WETA, KCPW Salt Lake City, AIFM and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 20
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The dramatic expansion of open media in the Arab world is changing the political landscape of the region. How does this rapidly changing spectrum i...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 2
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Cambodian Musician Daran Kravanh says music saved his life during the Kiling Fields.

Bought by The Story, KGLT, and KZSC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 3
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Modern Texas cowboys in Tin type photos

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 07:53
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One-hour documentary details Howard Dean's record as a long-serving governor of Vermont.

Bought by WKSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPBS, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 02, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5