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AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
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
Bois Forte Veteran Series - Thank you message from Veterans
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Bois Forte Veterans Series
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KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hear...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:23
Bois Forte Veteran Series - George Brown
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Bois Forte Veterans Series
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KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hear...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
Bois Forte Veteran Series - Gene Goodsky
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Bois Forte Veterans Series
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KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hea...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Memorial Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: General Patton; Topic 2: Race of Aces; Topic 3: Pacific Wrecks

Bought by KTNA, WYPL, RadioStPete Florida, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUHF and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Salem Bewitched
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Local women perform witch trials in costume for the tourists., Credit: Eric Molinsky
To understand Salem in 1692, we need to delve into the imaginary world the Puritans believed in, where witches and Indians were both agents of the ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 16:34
  • Purchases: 3
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
The Big Pond #36: Luftbrücke – 70 Years of Memories
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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On June 24, 1948, the Soviet military administration officially cut off roads and rails into West Berlin in the Berlin Blockade, isolating it from ...

Bought by KWMR, KICI Iowa City, and Morton College Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2019
  • Length: 19:21
  • Purchases: 3
The Big Pond #20: Hessian Barracks in Maryland
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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It is estimated that 30,000 Hessian soldiers fought for the British during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Where did they come from and...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 23:47
Getting Into Vietnam (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the first episode of a new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the self-image of Ameri...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Getting Into Vietnam (hour version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, Troy Public Radio, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 14
Getting Into Vietnam (half hour version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Voices of The Past: Winona During Wartime - Part Eight
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you our conclusion of Voices of the Past Cemetery Discovery Walk 2014, sponsored by the Winona County H...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 13:42
Voices of The Past: Winona During Wartime - Part Two
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique, we continue our coverage of the Voices of The Past Woodlawn Cemetery Discovery Walk 2014 sponsored by The Winona County Hi...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 19:00
Voices of The Past: Winona During Wartime - Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part one Voices of the Past Cemetery Discovery Walk 2014, sponsored by the Winona County Historical...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 16:35
Nathan Hale and the 4th Blood Moon
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Nathan Hale regrets he has only one life to lose for his country, and the fourth blood moon is about to appear...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:48:48
1968 Bullock Museum
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
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Rebecca McInroy invites Kate Betts, Margaret Cook, Nancy Baker Jones, and Jean Heath to discuss The Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibit on...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 58:08
Bombs drop at Brookings, Oregon
From: Ron Johnson
Series: Because It Matters
Caption: Nobuo Fujita, who piloted the plane that bombed Brookings, donating his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city of Brookings
The 9-11 attacks weren’t the first time that America had been bombed. Listen to what happened at Brookings, Oregon on a Wednesday morning in Septem...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 10:26
The Peacemaking Chapters of The Roosevelts
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Te...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 6
WAR WIDOWS - Part One
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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WWII widow Peggy S. Harris lost her husband of 6 weeks and never remarried. Pauline Laurent's husband died in Vietnam in 1968 and Erin Dructor's hu...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
"Changi Concert Party"
From: Margaret Evans
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In a Japanese P.O.W. camp during World War II, a group of Australian prisoners created performances that sustained them and their “captive” audienc...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:03
Peace on the Battlefield: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and Manassas Peace Jubilee (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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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
The Peace Message in Classical Music (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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