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Caption: Veterans Park, North Amityville, Long Island, where the Ronek Park marker is located, Credit:  Image courtesy of Mary Cascone
The latest episode of A New York Minute in History tells the story of Ronek Park, a non-discriminatory housing development built in 1950 in the vil...

  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
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In the 5th Century BC, water was classified as one of the four essential elements and over the centuries, artists, poets, philosophers, and compos...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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In the 5th Century BC, water was classified as one of the four essential elements and over the centuries, artists, poets, philosophers, and compos...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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In the 5th Century BC, water was classified as one of the four essential elements and over the centuries, artists, poets, philosophers, and compos...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Date-based history modules for broadcast May 15-19, 2023. Run time 02:45 for all episodes

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Date-based history modules for broadcast April 3-7, 2023. Run time 02:45 for all episodes.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 13:45
Caption: Jason Berry
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and mu...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
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For the past decade, now 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Rivete...

Bought by WJCT, RadioStPete Florida, WLRH, KWIT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Betty Reid Soskin
For the past decade, 96-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Riveter/WW...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, KUT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
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The bike journey continues. We explore navigation.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 21:15
  • Purchases: 1
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The kids begin their journey to Vandenberg on bikes. We find out about transportation

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 23:39
  • Purchases: 1
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The kids decide to hit the road in search of food and safety. We find out how crazy our food supply is.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 32:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Guest: Sherrie Dennis speaks with us on reclaiming Indigenous familiarity.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
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In "The White Elephant,” Yochai Maital walks us through the history of Tel Aviv’s ‘New’ Central Bus Station — a derelict eight-story behemoth and m...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 32:00
Caption: Slave Memorial on Martinique, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Walk through a chapter of America's darkest history in Birmingham, Alabama as we visit iconic sites that were central in the civil rights movement.

Bought by KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Jan 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Celebrate and relive the MLK Memorial dedications as we remember the life, legacy and dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with celebrity and news...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Mike Faulkner
We chat with retired educator and historian, Mike Faulkner, in London, about the real history of the first Cold War and Cold War II being created b...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:10
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A reading from the Kings James Version of the Bible from Acts: Chapter 2 Verses 1 thru 39.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:43
Caption: Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma
Great Broadway roles comparing the original talent with one's hired for today's revivals; Mathew Broderick or Robert Morse in "How to Succeed", Eth...

Bought by WRR and WVTF


  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
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This week's underappreciated date that changed America is the 1957 publishing of Frommer's "Europe on $5 A Day" and the American travel industry.

Bought by WGCU, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Anirvan & Barnali during a tour, Credit: Sandip Roy
It turns out that a community best known for winning spelling bees also has some radical skeletons in its closet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti traces the roots of the phrase "do it yourself" through its evolution in both corporate advertising and subcul...

Bought by WDBM and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 2
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George F. Johnson was the owner of the Endicott Johnson Corp. — at one time the country’s leading shoe manufacturer — and one of the nation’s leadi...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 4
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On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're "recycling the blues" by taking a look at a handful of world-famous, iconic blues songs and tracing their...

Bought by KHNS, WSLR, KHNS, and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Recounted in this installment is the life, times, and legacy of Phillis Wheatle...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 47:29