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Oh! What A Poetical War!
From: Sue Zizza
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Featuring the popular poetry of the time before and during the Great War: the Music Hall songs; the songs the soldiers sang; the poems that served ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Trouble: Doppelganger
From: WBEZ
Caption: Prison photos of Ricky Amos (left), and the wrongfully incarcerated Richard Jones (right)
Richard Jones was sentenced to 19 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Seventeen years in, he discovers he has a look-alike, with the same...

Bought by KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGCU, KUNM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Risen
From: Wind & Rhythm
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In Milwaukee, while on the campus of Marquette University, I discovered a statue that made a big impression on me. Dedicated in 2002, the statue is...

Bought by KMFA and WUAL


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
Author of "Gail Force" A Memoir of a Breast Cancer Survivors Journey, Gail Ganzlin a Warrior and a Force for Hope Talks Sixteen Years of Defying Diagnosis.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Author of "Gail Force" A Memoir of a Breast Cancer Survivors Journey, Gail Ganzlin a Warrior and a Force for Hope Talks Sixteen Years of Defying Di...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 2
A Self-Evident Truth
From: Wind & Rhythm
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, t...

Bought by KTXK and WUAL


  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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Originally released as a B-side, so many deejays began playing Gloria Gaynor's “I Will Survive” that the record company reissued it as a single. It...

Bought by PRX Demo Station, KPIK-LP, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 8
Hundreds Shave Their Heads To Help Find A Cure For Childhood Cancer
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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All across the country, people are shaving their heads to raise money for the St. Baldrick's Foundation in support of childhood cancer research.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hannah's Home of South Florida is Saving The World one Single Mother at a Time
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Hannah's Home of South Florida Provides shelter, safety and restoration for Single homeless mothers and mothers to be in a loving inspiring atmosph...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 27:26
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Refuge in Friendship
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
Caption: Houda and Melanie on KXCI’s front porch. , Credit: Photo by episode 1 translator, Radwa Abdel-Barry.
Episode 1: In August of 2016, Melanie and Houda met at potluck for Arizona Welcomes Refugees. It was just a few weeks after Houda’s family arrived ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:58
Welcome to Urban Warriors
From: YMCA/YSVP Story Squad
Series: Urban Warriors: Story Album
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Urban Warriors is a program that pairs youth and veterans in trauma-informed, mentorship-based relationships. The program helps to promote self-emp...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:02
Dying Words: The AIDS Reporting of Jeffrey Schmalz
From: Kerry Donahue
Caption: Jeffrey Schmalz
Twenty-five years ago, New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz ended up in the middle of one of the biggest stories of our time: He had AIDS. His w...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media, WNYC, WVTF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 91
Lenn Brown: The Story Of Escaping Death To Go To The College Of Your Dream
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: Lenn Brown has been going to Syracuse basketball games with his family since he was a young boy, including the thriller against Villanova in February of 2010., Credit: (c) 2010 Rick Brown
Syracuse University sophomore Lenn Brown is a manager of the SU men's basketball team. His mom and dad both went to the school and his love for it ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:59
He's Kicking Out Doubt and Scoring Big
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: Peyton Sefick plays weekly on the local CNY United Power Soccer Team for extra practice for the 2017 World Cup, Credit: © 2015 Elissa Candiotti
One young man in Syracuse is preparing to embark on a journey across the world all for the love of a game. In 2017, Peyton Sefick will compete in t...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:54
Introduction to the 2015 Heisman Trophy Winner
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: North Jersey Radio Series
Caption: Derrick Henry
Derrick Henry of Alabama Football

  • Added: Dec 13, 2015
  • Length: 10:50
Get Up! The Miracle Story of Jarvis Johnson
From: Donny Rowles
Caption: Jarvis Johnson, Credit: photo by: Donny Rowles
Jarvis Johnson was a basketball prodigy by age 2. He’d developed elite basketball skills by the time he was 12, which is also about the time he dis...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:04
Love in the Time of Apocalypse with Dr. Carolyn Baker
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Carolyn Baker
Carolyn Baker, A former psychotherapist and professor of psychology and history, Carolyn offers life coaching for people who want to live more resi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:49
  • Purchases: 1
When The Parachute Failed
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Series: Kind World
Caption: David Hartsock at the airfield.
It was Shirley Dygert's first time jumping from a plane. When everything went wrong, skydiving instructor David Hartsock determined that there was ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 08:29
  • Purchases: 2
"WOMEN Write About WAR" -- five readings (M-F)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2015
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Our Special for Memorial Day week: 5 female authors. For Monday, Dava Guerin reads about a wounded woman, a vet from the Afghanistan theater, from ...

  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 08:20
World War II - Hampton Roads Heroes
From: WHRV
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Interviews with WWII Veterans radio companion piece to The War

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:03
Love Syndrome
From: Israel Story
Caption: Avichai and Kirin Ben Baruch
Israel Story's Valentine's Day Special is the most unusual, unpredictable and touching love affair you've heard in a while. Full hour and promo are...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCPN, KUER, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Rachel Barton Pine in The Green Room
From: Lara Downes
Series: THE GREEN ROOM with Lara Downes
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Behind the scenes and before the downbeat… join concert pianist and host Lara Downes backstage in the Green Room for a look into the real lives of ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 11:40
A Father's Choice: Autism or Alcohol
From: Jesse Regis
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Berta and Joseph spent years as drug dealers and hustlers in the roughest parts of New York. They both served time. Joseph was an alcoholic. Their ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 19, 2014
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
OOC4: Dick Cates
From: Jake Harper
Series: Out of Context
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A candidate for Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district remembers his son, Peter, who brought so much joy into his life.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:19
Studs Terkel: Born to Live
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Born to Live is Studs Terkel’s remarkable Prix Italia-winning audio collage program (produced with Jim Unrath) that first aired in 1962 and serves ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WWNO, WCQS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 56:45
  • Purchases: 9
Birth: A Rite of Passage or a Medical Event? A Mother's Day Special
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Baby Drew with her Mommy, Caitlin, and her Mamma, Monica, Credit: Giovanna Rossi
How does the process of birth impact new motherhood? Is it a rite of passage or a medical event? Next time on Well Woman Radio we’ll hear from Pam ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1