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Caption: Dr. L. Michael White
Dr. L. Michael White challenges us to read the gospels as they were originally intended -- as performed stories of faith rather than factual histor...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
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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 ea...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WFIU, KUNM and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
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Opera America President Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 31:03
Caption: Pilgrims, Credit: turtlemom4bacon
Just who were the Pilgrims and what did they want?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 46:15
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Karl Jenkins, Credit: www.karljenkins.com
A music historian tells stories about how classical composers have been influenced by the threat of war and the hope for peace in their works. Mus...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with this edition of Kaleidoscope. From Mose the Firefighter to terminology and Irish practices, here is a look at th...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 47:56
  • Purchases: 1
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
Caption: Mayflower II, Credit: joiseyshowaa, Keith Tyler
Our Pilgrim Fathers & Mothers—Mike Whorf details the first few years of the Plymouth colony and the natives they befriended.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 44:09
Caption: Massasoit, as depicted in PBS Series WE SHALL REMAIN, Credit: www.pbs.org
Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy who negotiated a truce with British settlers of Plymouth Colony that lasted for 40 years in t...

Bought by KVSC, WNCW, KVMR, WFHB, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 26
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A roundtable explores The Electoral College system for electing the U.S. President - its history, its pros and its cons.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KDUR, and KTNA


  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 28:15
  • Purchases: 4
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A profile of a centuries-old martial art with roots that go back to Angola, Africa

  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
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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
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Jay Allison hosts a documentary exploring the history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series of the early 1950s.

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, KZYX, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2007
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 23
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How four towns in an idyllic valley were levelled and burned in the late '30s to build the biggest drinking water reservoir of the era, as experien...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WNIJ, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Mar 08, 2007
  • Length: 01:02:02
  • Purchases: 3
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A conversational profile of Ralph Bunche - a sometimes overlooked African-American who excelled in the world of diplomacy. Bunche negotiated tire...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KUOW, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 30
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Peace Talks, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution, brings together proponents of applying Native American wisdom both to br...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUOW, WCPN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2007
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 15
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A look back at some of our favorite guests and segments including; Operation Truth's Paul Riekoff, historian and activist, Howard Zinn, Green Acti...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 27:58
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Immigration to the Dutch Republic in the 17th century.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 29:30