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Audacious Live! Show & Tell in Stamford
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode, Audacious takes the show to Third Place by Half Full Brewery in Stamford! Hear stories about special doilies, passports, and even ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Missoula 2022 - 02
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: MTPR Documentary Specials
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The second special to come from StoryCorps' mobile tour visit to Missoula in 2022. First aired on Montana Public Radio in December 2023, this speci...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 1
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: The Gay Black Civil Rights Financier
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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I SEE U examines the mystique behind the late millionaire, Norris Herndon, as a disappearing family legacy looms and the public knows little about ...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut Through 2023
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: GW Bridge June 2023
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSRQ, WJCT, KMSU, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 6
"Surviving The Bataan Death March" (Narration by the late Senator John McCain) Special Encore Presentation
From: Ronald Duffy
Caption: Ken Porwoll, Proud Veteran, Credit: Brainerd Dispatch (Brainerd, MN)
For 2023-24 "Surviving The Bataan Death March" Narrated by the late Senator John McCain (former POW) Special Encore Presentation Offered as ...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM, KWMU St. Louis, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WVTF, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 57:22
  • Purchases: 17
Tony Bennett... with piano (An Afterglow Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this Afterglow special, we’ll continue our tribute to the great Tony Bennett, who passed away at age 96 on July 21st. We'll feature recordings h...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tony Bennett’s Early Columbia LPs (An Afterglow Special)
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this Afterglow special, we pay tribute to the incomparable Tony Bennett, who just passed away at age 96. We’ll explore the early artistry of his...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Willie Nelson - Me & Paul
From: Joyride Media
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The history of Willie Nelson and Paul English - the untold stories of a fabled friendship between a singer and his drummer. Inspired by Willie Nel...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUT, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
All Mixed Up:Tributes & Celebrations
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Black Power, Credit: Bill Russell RIP
A late-summer tribute mix of music, history and celebration featuring some of those who have left us--while striving to move the world towards a be...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:07
Both Sides Now from both sides of a life: Essay by Paul Ingles
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Joni Mitchell at Newport Folk Festival - 2022
Joni Mitchell's re-emergence onto the stage at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival had music specials producer Paul Ingles joining the multitude of musi...

Bought by KGLP and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 30, 2022
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 2
Surviving The Bataan Death March (Narration by Jack Doepke)
From: Ronald Duffy
Caption: Ken Porwoll, Proud Veteran, Credit: Brainerd Dispatch (Brainerd, MN)
Veteran Ken Porwoll’s story recounts his inhumane treatment & riveting story of survival as one of 10,000 American & roughly 50,000 Filipino soldie...

Bought by KJZZ, KFAI Minneapolis, WRKF, WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 57:32
  • Purchases: 17
AG 21-22: The Songs That Won The War, 5/24/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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From 1939 to 1945, as World War II raged on, American Popular Music responded. On Afterglow’s Memorial Day special this week, we look at the songs ...

  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Women's History Month: Indigenous Women and Leaders’ Lessons on Community Care, a Tipi Town Approach
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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On Indigenous Peoples' Day, Laura reports from “He Sapa‘’, the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota where NDN Collective is reclaiming ancestral land...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Portraits In Black: Jazz Tributes To African-American Heroes
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Caption: Jackie Robinson
Music tributes to African-American figures such as Paul Robeson and Joe Louis from Count Basie, Clifford Jordan, Charles Mingus, and others.

Bought by WLRH, KRCU Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WJSU, WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
A Shortcut 2021 Tribute Mix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Betty White
An extra hour of celebration of those who've left us this year, with music and events that broke too late to be included in A Shortcut Through 2021

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
Korematsu v United States & Japanese American Internment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: Civil Rights
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The story of Japanese-American internment during WWII, and the Supreme Court case that challenged it.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCMU Michigan, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 14
The Apple Seed - Memorial Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Memorial Day can be filled with backyard barbeques and summer fun, but it can also be filled with remembrances that bring us closer to the ones we ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KRWG, KCNP, KRVS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 16
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: The Music and Philanthropy of Harry Chapin- Single Hour Version
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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Single hour version of a program spotlighting a 2020 documentary called HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING. Music host Paul Ingles talks abo...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tracing the Racist Roots of American Psychiatry
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Acclaimed white anti-racist scholar Mab Segrest, author of the influential book Memoir of a Race Traitor, takes Laura through the US South to trace...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
SPRINGSTEEN: Writers' Favorites (Compilation Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Bruce Springsteen
"...articulate, thoughtful, moving" Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce Springsteen tracks from th...

Bought by North State Public Radio, WKMS, KGLT, KRPS, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Through the Narrows
From: Chris Griffith
Caption: 6-year old Chootch and 3,500 year-old Elli, Credit: Bruce Silcox
Award-winning puppetry artists Shari Aronson and Chris Griffith of Z Puppets Rosenschnoz share stories of two characters from their own ancestry: a...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2020
  • Length: 51:51
Lynching and Lunacy: Mab Segrest on the Racist Roots of American Psychiatry
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Acclaimed “Race Traitor” author, Mab Segrest, takes Laura through deep south to trace the racist roots of American psychiatry. They explore the inf...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Orange Grove
From: Kate Madara
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Someone has to hold their hands very carefully underneath, to catch a tear inside a message in a bottle. Plus, a look at the sound triangles make.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 10:28
THE PAPER KEY
From: Kate Madara
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Anne’s whisper became a long silk thread, spun around a butterfly. Caterpillar all too eager to wrap it from inside its body around like a cocoon....

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 11:08
Novelist, Poet, & Memoirist Alan Proctor
From: New Letters on the Air
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We mark Veteran's Day with two interviews featuring Alan Proctor. His book, THE SWEDEN FILE: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN EX-PATRIATE, was named one of th...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00