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Whistle Stops: The 1948 Presidential Campaigns
From: Lester Graham
Caption: President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the inaccurate headline: Dewey Defeats Truman., Credit: public domain
2023 is the 75th anniversary of one of the biggest political upsets in American political history (although the documentary does not mention the 75...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Michigan Radio, KUOW, and WAMU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
Bold Women of Montana - 0328 - Harriet Eliza Cushman
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women of Montana - 0324 - Jessie Wilbur
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
"Sounds Jewish" celebrates the coming Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Day with songs and remarks extolling equal rights and affirming a fundamental a...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kristallnacht
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish commemorates the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nixon at War: How Vietnam Led to Watergate
From: Nixon at War
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On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in (June 17th, 1972), writer, historian, and Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 host Kurt A...

Bought by WCMU Michigan, Spokane Public Radio, KRCU Public Radio, KAAD-LP, KUOW and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 40
Voices of the Past Cemetery Walk 2021: Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we went to the Winona County History Center to hear the 22nd annual voices from the past cemetery walk. They talked all abo...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 38:58
Constitution Day Special: The Constitution & The Bill of Rights
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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In honor of Constitution Day, Civics 101, the podcast refresher course on how our democracy works, shares the story of the two most important docum...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WITF, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 5
FM 91 Turns 45!
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's FM 91's 45th birthday! WGTE FM first broadcast aired May 2, 1976 and since then has continued to deliver the highest quality arts, entertainme...

  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Top of Mind - Memorial Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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In this special episode marking Memorial Day, we learn about an effort to write the stories of every American service member who died in World War ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WLPR , WYPL, KRWG, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:36
  • Purchases: 18
A Conversation with Ruby Bridges
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
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The little girl who went to school with federal marshals as escorts has something to say about what she went through and what we are going through ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:02:02
The Untold Story of Edwin “Bud” Nakasone’s Experience with the Secret Language School During WWII, THE FULL PRESENTATION at the Stearns History Museum
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends a presentation at the Stearns History Museum b...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:01:12
The Untold Story of Edwin “Bud” Nakasone’s Experience with the US Army's Secret Language School During WWII at the Stearns History Museum
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends a presentation at the Stearns History Museum b...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:20
We Are Still Here - "Mir Zaynen Do!"
From: William Zukof
Series: The Western Wind Judaica Series
Caption: We Are Still Here!
The Holocaust Through Music & Memory; Sung by The Western Wind & Narrated by Danny Burstein and Jessica Hecht

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KWIT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 2
Memorial Day with Lefty Lee
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today is Memorial Day. So happy Memorial Day. Many people have the day off work today and many will be spending time with friends and family. But w...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 15:53
The Dutch And New Netherland
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
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On the fourth episode of A New York Minute In History, we detail Henry Hudson’s exploration of what would become the Empire State and how his journ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 52:02
Independence and Liberty Encore
From: Wind & Rhythm
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1776 was 239 years ago and it has been quite journey. Celebrating the 4th of July, at least to those of us here in the US is a time honored traditi...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
I Was Boston
From: Otis Gray
Caption: Keven Joyce, umpiring a JV baseball game in Plymouth, Credit: Otis Gray
50 years after the infamous Battle of Hue, a Vietnam vet talks about living with memories you have no choice but to carry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Assignment: Memphis
From: Drew Darling
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The plot that killed the dream. The Who, What, Where, How and Why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated.

Bought by WLPR and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Frankenfest! Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: Jim Armstrong, Andrea Wood, Anne-Marie Dunbar
2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. On this episode of Don't Cha Know we discuss the importance of ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 26:23
James the Sixth Becomes James the First
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:25:25
When the Equal Rights Amendment Came to Utah
From: Women Run the West
Caption: As soon as the 19th Amendment passed, giving women the right to vote, National Women's Party leader Alice Paul started drafting the Equal Rights Amendment., Credit: Caroline Ballard
Women are only mentioned in the Constitution once: in the Nineteenth Amendment which grants women the right to vote. In 1923, suffragists proposed ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 2
Out of the Blue: 50 Years After the UT Tower Shooting
From: KUT
Caption: UT Tower, Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr. /KUT News
It’s been 50 years since the University of Texas Tower shooting – long considered the first modern mass shooting of its kind. On Aug. 1, 1966, a sn...

Bought by WVTF, KUER, Prairie Public, WBEZ, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:49
  • Purchases: 13
The Live Feed Presents: The Winona Municipal Band June 15, 2016
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed we bring you The Winona Municipal Band and its 2016 season. You will hear selections such as Ballad and Dance from...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 50:47
Norman's House
From: Jonathan Hirsch
Series: ARRVLS
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A story of three friends, a disease, and the opera.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 20:25