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2224: Refeed: The Art of War Writing, 6/16/2022
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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On this week’s episode of On Story from Austin Film Festival, we take a look at writing for war films with writers David Broyles, Bill Broyles, Ran...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Memorial Day with Lefty Lee
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today is Memorial Day. So happy Memorial Day. Many people have the day off work today and many will be spending time with friends and family. But w...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 15:53
People Over Parking Lots
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Half empty lot on Black Friday, Credit: Strong Towns
Fayetteville Arkansas and Buffalo NY stopped requiring off-street parking and found that walkable shopping districts boost local business. Its some...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 10, 2019
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 4
Oh! What A Poetical War!
From: Sue Zizza
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Featuring the popular poetry of the time before and during the Great War: the Music Hall songs; the songs the soldiers sang; the poems that served ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Songwriting To Heal Soldiers' Trauma
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On her 2018 album project, "Rifles & Rosary Beads", singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier shares the stories of American veterans by writing the songs wi...

Bought by WWNO, KWSO, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMPG, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Songwriting To Heal Soldiers' Trauma
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On her 2018 album project, "Rifles & Rosary Beads", singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier shares the stories of American veterans by writing the songs wi...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Over Here, Over There: Veterans and early Americans in their own words
From: Kettle Falls Media
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This presentation is a collaboration between radio dramatists in three states, and students in New York and Texas. "Over Here, Over There" adapts o...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:40:04
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2: Southwest Solutions of Detroit#50
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: John Van Camp
Southwest Solutions of Detroit Romy interviews John Van Kamp of Southwest Solutions. John has been the leader and visionary of Southwest Solutions...

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 40:13
Bringing Home the War Dead (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that. (An...

Bought by WCNY, WGZS, WABE, WDCB, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Bringing Home the War Dead (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
It's Not About the Fish
From: Jessica Murri
Caption: George Nickel was once in an armed standoff with the Boise Police Department. Today, he fly fishes. , Credit: Jessica Murri
Six military vets go fly fishing in Southwestern Idaho, to cope with the war that left their lives in ruins.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Dogs Help Vets with PTSD
From: WITF
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Learning to train their dogs as service dogs helps Veterans with PTSD deal with their issues in positive ways.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WDBM, WTIP, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 4
Veterans and Disabilities (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The army is scrambling to recover missing war records from Iraq and Afghanistan, and in the meantime, many veterans struggle to get their disabilit...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXDU


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Star Spangled Banner
From: John Messmer
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
A reading of the entire Star Spangled Banner.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Tony Lin: "You would only join the Marine Corps if you wanted to see action."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Tony Lin served from 2005 to 2013 and was deployed five times, including two Marine Expeditionary Unit deployments and three to Afghanistan. He ser...

Bought by KALH and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Katie Stevens Goidich: "Was this really worth 14 years of my life?"
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Katie Stevens Goidich served with the U.S. Navy from 1997 to 2006 on active duty and from 2007 to 2012 in the Navy Reserve. After bootcamp and the ...

Bought by KALH and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Ross Holcomb: "You're not allowed to sit there and not do anything."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Ross Holcomb served with the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines for four years and was deployed to Fallujah Iraq, and Goullistan, Afghanistan.

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Miles Netzer: "What opportunity would I have ever had without joining?"
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Miles Netzer served with the U.S. Marines from June 2002 through July 2011. He deployed several times to multiple theaters. His parent unit was VMG...

Bought by KALH and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
Tyler Preston: "I knew then that we were going to war."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Tyler Preston joined the Navy on Sept. 14, 1999, and served 11 years as an Aircrew Survival Equipmentman or "Parachute Rigger" and was stationed wi...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Sorn Jessen: "I grew up in Eastern Montana on the Crow Reservation."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Sorn Jessen was attached to the 513th Military Intelligence Battalion out of Fort Gordon, Ga. He deployed with his unit to Camp Doha, Kuwait, in Se...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Mike Warner: "I don't know how many lives were saved by handing them two MREs."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
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Michael Warner served with the U.S. Marines from 2002 to 2008, deploying to Iraq from 2003 to the end of 2005. His tank unit cleared a large number...

Bought by KALH and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 2
Mikaila Stinar: "When people look at me, they don't see soldier. They just see a girl."
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went
Caption: Mikaila Stinar, far left, Credit: contributed photo
Mikaila Stinar served in Iraq from 2010 to 2011 with Echo Co. 145th BSB attached to the 1-163rd Infantry Battalion. Her unit provided convoy securi...

Bought by KALH, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 3
Fields of Remembrance
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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To honor the young men who sacrificed their lives in the D-Day invasion, Brigadier General Casey Brower takes young cadets on tours of the American...

Bought by WJCT, Indie3 Radio, KVSC, Radio Catskill, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 17
Help for veterans returning home
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Tribute to my father
“Thank a returning veteran for their service.” Jean Stetz Puchalski What can each of us do to help veterans’ families when the veteran is still...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 31:43
Confederate Outlaw
From: With Good Reason
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The American Civil War has produced a number of mythical characters. Perhaps there are none like the notorious Champ Ferguson, a Confederate guerri...

Bought by WDVX


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1