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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
Red & the Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
The duet of Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman "The Bean" Hawkins, 1933.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:52
The Blue Revolution
From: Chrys Bocast
Series: Aquaculture and You
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The history of aquaculture from the mid-20th century to the present.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 16:26
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
Action Speaks! What's Eating Us? 1927 - Father Coughlin "On the Air" and the Birth of Right-Wing Radio
From: Action Speaks Radio
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With the popularity of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and now Glenn Beck, we felt it was time to look at the ‘original’ nationally known conservative ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, Spokane Public Radio, WSKG, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
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
Robin Kelley's Transcendental Thelonious Monk
From: Open Source
Caption: Robin Kelley
Christopher Lydon is in conversation hour with Robin Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. His superb biog...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, KFOK-LPFM, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Into the Music of Bob Dylan (3 Hours)
From: Hwy. 61 Productions
Series: Into the Music
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A 3-part chronological profile of Dylan's career from the early 1960's until his most recent work. Each part has a :60 intro and 2 segments of app...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:49:42
  • 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
Downtown Profile: Florence, Oregon
From: KLCC
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A Profile of an Oregon City

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:21
Downtown Profile: Springfield, Oregon
From: KLCC
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A Profile of an Oregon City

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 08:21
Downtown Profile: Eugene, Oregon
From: KLCC
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A Profile of an Oregon City

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:21
Downtown Profile: Corvallis, Oregon
From: KLCC
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A Profile of an Oregon City

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:19
Downtown Profile: Coburg, Oregon
From: KLCC
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A Profile of an Oregon City

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:41
Downtown Profile: Cottage Grove, Oregon
From: KLCC
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Profile of an Oregon City

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:33
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
Bix Beiderbecke: Never the Same Way Twice
From: WFIU
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one-hour special on the life of jazz pioneer Bix Beiderbecke

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Cavalry, Caravans and Christians: Genghis Khan and Europe's first global age
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The lasting impact of the Mongol invasions on Europe, 800 years after Genghis Khan united the Mongols into one nation.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRPI


  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
World Tour Radio presents Music of Morocco
From: Andrew Reissiger
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Moroccan Amazigh Music, Arabic/Indigenous politics of North Africa

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and KTNA


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2