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Inauguration Day
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Pomp, circumstance and 35 words can transform a person into a president.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 06:31
Democratizing Democracy: Redistricting by the People
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Redistricting has the power to shape elections, and this year, it’s more controversial than ever. After a contentious 2020 census, the development ...

Bought by KWMR, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
AOC & Noam Chomsky: The Way Forward
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this historic, inter-generational meeting of minds, Laura Flanders brings together New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and MIT profe...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KMUN


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pandemic Economics: Robert Reich, Esteban Kelly, Mary Kay Henry, Stephanie Kelton
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The economic collapse unfolding before our eyes is much bigger than it appears and the solution isn’t simply to “build back better.” COVID-19 didn’...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Spotlight on "Jimmy Carter-Rock 'n' Roll President" Documentary
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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We talk with music documentary director Mary Wharton and writer Bill Flanagan. They’ve collaborated with others to create the documentary we’re sp...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Debs In Canton
From: The National Audio Theatre Festivals
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American labor leader Eugene V. Debs gave a speech in June of 1918 to a movement rally in which he condemned US involvement in the First World War....

Bought by KUNM and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 2
The John Grisham Writers Hour - Jon Meacham
From: WMRA
Series: The John Grisham Writers Hour
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WMRA and James Madison University present The John Grisham Writers Hour with special guest Jon Meacham.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
The Great American Songbook Blacklist (A Labor Day Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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A special perfect for Labor Day! The Hollywood Blacklist didn’t only affect the film industry. On this show, we look at the repercussions it had fo...

Bought by WVIA, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WJSU, KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Starter Kit: Legislative Branch
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Rules, roles and representation in the People's branch.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 23:59
  • Purchases: 1
Program 2 ~ The Soundtrack in Vietnam
From: WPSU
Series: Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
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The second hour of the two-part series, Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War. Listen to the soundtrack of the Vietnam War as ...

Bought by KWSO, Radio Bristol, WQLN, Prairie Public, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 13
Episode 16: Liberty's Pitchman - Robert LeFevre & The Freedom School
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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In the mid-20th Century, a man named Robert LeFevre (pronounced Luh-FAVE) created a small mountain academy just north of Colorado Springs called Th...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Political Strategist David Axelrod
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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If there was ever a political strategist who could be consider a transformer of government, it would be David Axelrod. David has accomplished more ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
1971 Powell Memo
From: Action Speaks Radio
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A call to arms to protect business from the anti-capitalist rhetoric of the 1960s.

Bought by WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, and WRPI


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 4
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
Writers on a New England Stage: Chris Matthews
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Virginia Prescott and Chris Matthews, Credit: David Murray
The TV personality and former journalist talks about his new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero."

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 49:30
William's Leap For Freedom
From: Sue Zizza
Caption: Portrait of William Wells Brown, Credit: Engraving from State Historical Society of Missouri
SueMedia Productions, in conjunction with the National Audio Theatre Festivals, (NATF) is offering "William’s Leap for Freedom" for Stations to bro...

Bought by KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, WEMU and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 21
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1961: JFK Calls for the Moon!
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KREV-LP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 26, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 3
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -8: American As Apple Pie--How Terrorism Lost (1940-55)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Paul Robeson testifies
Equality under the law became viable for African Americans only after hard, dangerous work turned public opinion and federal policy against the whi...

Bought by WCPN and KSJD


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
Action Speaks!: What’s race got to do with it?
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks looks at contemporary issues through the lens of history by using under-appreciated dates of the twentieth-century that have changed ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WRNC-LP, WRVO Public Media, KUT-HD, WDCV and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
4.5 million Expats & the Dilemma to Vote McCain or Obama or The Choice.
From: Anton Foek
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Between 4 and 6 million of American do not live in the U.S.A. Voters among them can play a decisive role in the upcoming elections.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 15:47
Nuremberg – Law on Trial
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The legacy of the Nuremberg Trials – the first real experiment in International Criminal Law.

Bought by WBEZ, WOSU, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 4
Deep In Our Hearts
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
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Deep In Our Hearts is an award winning hour-long documentary about four white women who defied the color line to work in the southern Civil Rights ...

Bought by WCPN, KZYX, WRPI, KUT, KLCC and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 19
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