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December 7, 1941 was one of the deadliest days in American History. The massive assault on Pearl Harbor drove the American military to do something...
- Added: Dec 04, 2023
- Length: 03:00
Libraries weren't always located in their own stately buildings. Many of our branches used to operate out of pharmacies, laundry rooms, storefronts...
Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 26:16
- Purchases: 1
He's mean. He's green. He's the poster child for poisoning prevention. And he's turning 50!
- Added: Mar 22, 2021
- Length: 16:40
A look back at LGBTQ activism, putting the Stonewall uprising into historical context on its 50th anniversary.
Bought by KZYX and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jul 31, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A look back at LGBTQ activism, putting the Stonewall uprising into historical context on its 50th anniversary.
Bought by KZYX, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jun 29, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
A look back at LGBTQ activism, putting the Stonewall uprising into historical context on its 50th anniversary.
Bought by KZYX, Radio Catskill, KPSQ-LP, WMPG, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more
- Added: May 31, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 9
March 14th is Pi Day! The irrational number that is the ratio between the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Its Pi day! 3.141592.........
- Added: Mar 13, 2018
- Length: 01:09
GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson about Communism as a quasi-religious faith that might ...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 03:27
GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson about fateful explorers in the Arctic.
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 03:45
GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson about how an angry Ike came off the golf course to kic...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 03:46
Thomas Page on oddball Civil War history
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 03:59
Here's an essay on the past as future by sci-fi cult author Thomas Page.
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 03:12
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Griftopia by Matt Tiaibi
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 02:18
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War by A. J. Baime
- Added: Jan 25, 2017
- Length: 02:31
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco about the roots of fascism in Europe.
- Added: Jan 12, 2017
- Length: 03:14
Anne’s debut novel is an imaginative contemporary view of Italy's iconic star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Her newest book, "The Lost Sisterho...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Feb 04, 2016
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 2
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 55:05
- Purchases: 1
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 16:51
- Purchases: 2
Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti traces the roots of the phrase "do it yourself" through its evolution in both corporate advertising and subcul...
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 06:21
- Purchases: 2
Anthony, no stranger to faraway places himself, tells the harrowing history of the search for the Northwest Passage in "The Man Who Ate His Boots."...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Mar 17, 2013
- Length: 10:11
- Purchases: 1
Mad Genius proudly presents the latest song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "Amend The Constitution!" Meet James Christophersen, a conse...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 04:23
Names are important signifers, but they are also very mutable. This piece focuses on the slipperiness of names: how their meanings can change, why ...
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 57:44
A one hour special featuring performers, writers, and puppeteers who worked with Jim Henson from the beginning. The program includes interviews, o...
Bought by The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KWMR, WNIN, KZYX, KSRQ and more
- Added: Nov 30, 2011
- Length: 58:07
- Purchases: 6
Episode one explores the old sounds that have influenced the new sounds of Chinese alternative music.
- Added: Feb 10, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 3
We're with two artists--musical and literary--working that busy space high above the old boundaries of East and West. Rana Dasgupta is the English-...
- Added: Feb 10, 2011
- Length: 58:59
