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For the third week of April (4/21): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at how one of the states most famous songs is based on...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the second week of April (4/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who rode the rails to international stard...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the last week of March (3/31): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a young singer whose promising career ended tragical...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the fourth week of March (3/24): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who was nicknamed for his lively stage ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the fourth week of January (1/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering trumpeter who performed with some o...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of January (1/16): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering female R&B artist who is a triple th...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the third week of July (7/17): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who had a minty fresh moniker.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the second week of October (10/10): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a popular artist who stopped making records in ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
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For the fourth week of November (11/22): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an artist who could really sink his teeth into...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:41
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NASA's Chief historian, Bill Barry discusses the impact each generation has had on the space program.

Bought by KVSC and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: (CC) Jared Goralnick - http://sn.im/ignitedc1
The evolution of modern warfare suggests that robotics are here to stay. But what is the current status of drone use in the U.S.? Elliana Bisgaard...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:36
Caption: Tom Malvetis, owner Unicorn Tavern. , Credit: Kyle Leppek
The number of older Americans working full time has been rising steadily for years. Many work because they have to. Some work because they want to ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brothers Justin and Derick Jewell, 22 and 24 years old. Justin is a two-tier worker and makes $16 an hour. As a traditional worker, Derick makes $28 an hour.
The American Dream is that each generation will do better than the last. But the families of auto workers no longer have that expectation. As Detro...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Fresh Greens 2.0
NHPR teams up with Generation PRX and the Terrascope Youth Radio group at MIT for another one-hour youth special. "Fresh Greens 2.0" examines what ...

Bought by WNIJ, KBRP Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSFR, WEKU and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Inside Technology
The Water-Energy Crunch is a clash of essential needs. Humans are thirsty creatures who need water to drink and bathe, but also to produce most for...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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3 Generations compare their perspectives on this very important day in history

Bought by WMUU-LP, 'The Sea', WXDU, and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today on a very special Culture Clique we cover a topic that some people approach timidly: Race Manners. We visit with Bruce A. Jacobs, author of R...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Older, middle and younger generations discuss being closeted

  • Added: Aug 29, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
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“Antarctica: Life on the Ice.” Our guide is Glenn Zorpette. He takes us behind the scenes to see what its like to live in Antarctica year round. W...

Bought by KMXT, WLRN, KVSC, Marfa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Antarctica: Life On The Ice is a co-production of IEEE Spectrum Radio and The National Science Foundation.

Bought by WTIP, KEOS, KXOT Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Georgia Press Secretary Bert Brantley, Credit: slg
Georgia's Press Secretary Bert Brantley Talks with Stephen Lloyd about the Tri-State Water Rights Issues

  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 41:58
Caption: Champion Truck Association Drivers Listen to Lots of Public Radio - Do You Know Why?, Credit: SLG
Truckers Are Tuning In to PubRadio Big Time!

  • Added: May 17, 2009
  • Length: 17:28
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David White balances his day job as a Massachusetts electrician with his single-handed mission to save the Nipmuc language unused for 100 years but...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Troy Public Radio, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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An indepth special on Zimbabwe's collapse with the voices of a wide range of Zimbabweans about their hopes in the wake of the establishment of the ...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1