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Candice Millard on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
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Candice Millard tells intimate stories of great leaders, digging into their most vulnerable moments to reveal their true character. She is the auth...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 30:42
  • Purchases: 1
The Origins of Zionism
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Front cover of "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine.", Credit: Credit: Macmillan Publishers
In the midst of repeated, outsized, and unprecedented attacks on the people of Gaza, we talk to Rashid Khalidi about his book "The Hundred Years' W...

Bought by WXDU and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
EE 24-07: Author Jori Lewis on the natural and human history of the peanut , 2/16/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
The Man in the President's Limo
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. There are many photos from that day — Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in aboard Air ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KUCB


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
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
Tech in Check
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Tech in Check, Credit: public domain
Worried that AI will replace you? It may not seem like the Hollywood writers’ strike has anything in common with the Luddite rebellion in England i...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Civics 101: How Should We Teach Civics?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Civics and social studies education are getting a lot of attention these days. How do we teach about our democracy?

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:30
Iron, Coal, Wood
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Iron, Coal, Wood, Credit: Seth Shostak
The first coal-fired stoves changed domestic life, and that changed society. We take you back to that that era, and to millennia prior when iron wa...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. Combatants You Never Knew About
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
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
La Divina: Maria Callas at 100
From: WRTI
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A celebration of soprano Maria Callas's voice, life, and legacy in honor of her centennial.

Bought by WCLV and Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pardon Me: Can a U.S. President Pardon Him or Herself? The Question Will Likely End Up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Pardon Me: Can a U.S. President Pardon Him or Herself? The Question Will Likely End Up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Extraordinary Ordinary Objects
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Extraordinary Ordinary Objecets, Credit: Seth Shostak
“To live is to count and to count is to calculate.” But before we plugged in the computer to express this ethos, we pulled out the pocket calculat...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KZUM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
How Did Presidential Pardons Evolve, and What Are Their Limitations?
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
How Did Presidential Pardons Evolve, and What Are Their Limitations?

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Destroyer of Worlds
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Measure For Measure
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Measure For Measure, Credit: Seth Shostak
Whether in miles or pounds, meters or kilograms, we take daily measure out our lives. But how did these units ever come to be, and why do we want t...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Ethnocide -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Barrett Holmes Pitner discussed ethnocide.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ice -- Groks Science Show 2023-06-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Amy Brady discussed the history of ice.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Ears Have It
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Ears Have It, Credit: Seth Shostak
What’s the difference between a bird call and the sound of a pile driver? Not much, when you’re close to the loudest bird ever. Also, how everyda...

Bought by KIYU-FM, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Women of the Fur Trade
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Laura Powell-Marxen works in the basement of her Grand Marais home. Laura makes hats, mittens and other apparel from the fur from animals of the North Woods., Credit: Joe Friedrichs
The role of women, particularly Indigenous women, during the legendary fur trade in Minnesota is often overlooked. KFAI contributor Joe Friedrichs ...

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 21:58
A Day To Remember Radio Modules - May 15-19, 2023
From: KUCO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Origin Stories
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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How race was invented to support racism.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:44
Suffrage -- Groks Science Show 2023-04-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ellen Carol Dubois discussed her new book, Suffrage.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
EE 23-11: Jori Lewis on the complex story of the peanut, 3/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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While peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, I can’t say that I have given much thought to the peanut as a crop, or paid any attention to its r...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
A Day To Remember Radio Modules - April 3-7, 2023
From: KUCO
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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
A Day To Remember SAMPLE PROGRAMS
From: KUCO
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Sample programs to audition - series available April 1, 2023.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 13:16

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