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World Histories of Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Two history books are profiled that both provide a timeline of history for peace periods, peace leaders, key philosophers, important turning points...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Scholar Denied
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Aldon D. Morris
Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, he had to announce the death of W.E.B. Du Bois. The crowd fell into tears.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life's Greatest Secret
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Matthew Cobb
Everyone has heard of the story of DNA as the story of Watson and Crick and Rosalind Franklin, but knowing the structure of DNA was only a part of ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Evicted from the Mountains (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. Margaret Marangione says new information has emerged sugg...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, KRDP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Evicted from the Mountains (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of them ...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WCNY, WTJU, and WXDU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the Quest for Longitude
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Come with us on a visit to the home of the prime meridian for a conversation with the curator of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich about the race to...

Bought by WQCS, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Poet, Translator, and Educator Xánath Caraza
From: New Letters on the Air
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Xanath Caraza likes to use poetry to showcase some of Mexico's linguistic and cultural diversity, drawing inspiration from Afro-Mexican history, La...

Bought by KRZA and WNJR


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Indigenous Experiences, Values, and Peacemaking (59:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we explore how Indigenous people in the United States handle the conflict of living in a world taken from their anc...

Bought by KRWG, KUOW, WCPN, WEKU, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Rogue Traders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Scott E.D. Skyrm
When one of Wall Streets biggest scams was revealed in a segment on 60 Minutes, viewers were outraged. Front Running. Although it is legal, it’s, a...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Voices of The Past: Part Three
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we feature Part 4 of The Winona County Historical Society's "Voices of the Past" Cemetery Walk" This years theme...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 13:51
  • Purchases: 1
Promo - American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: "Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln," ca. 1920, Credit: Library of Congress
With Halloween coming up, and vampires or zombies regularly topping the box office, it seems Americans can't get enough of all things spooky. This ...

Bought by WUFT and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
36: Bambaataa's Open Archive
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 12:04
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of Minnesota Author, Tom Berg
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of, Art Beat - we visit with an individual who penned a book about Minnesota politics during the span of 1968 through 1978. The boo...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 27:42
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage Minnesota: An interview with Brian Laidlaw, an essay from Alison Scott, and a review a review of the Trampled By Turtles and Actual Wolf concert in Grand Rapids by Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Brian Laidlaw, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek
Brian Laidlaw is a singer / songwriter out of the Twin Cities. For the past year he's been working on a project inspired by Bob Dylan, and made pos...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Live Feed Presents: "Enemy Alien" by Scott Dixon
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this special edition of "The Live Feed" we air a reading of the original play, "Enemy Alien" written by Scott Dixon of the Commonweal Theatre in...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:42:08
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Scott Macdonald and Rob Graber of Arcwelder join Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Arcwelder, Credit: Jesse Keenan
This week's feature is a conversation Charlie Pulkrabek recently had with two members of the mainstay Twin Cities punk/hard rock band Arcwelder, Sc...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Texas Music History: Roberto Pulido
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of March (3/1): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an eager student of music who went on to mentor many...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
Marie Curie: The Love Life of the Mother of Modern Chemistry
From: Liz Humes
Series: Wordy Birds
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On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Lauren Redniss about her book, Radioactive: A Tale of Love and Fallout, which artistically chronicles t...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 27:31
American Book Award-winner Luis Alberto Urrea
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Luis Alberto Urrea
Known for his book THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction, and his American Book Award-winning memoir, NOBODY'S SON, Luis Al...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Magna Carta Online
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The Magna Carta is one of most important legal documents in history and it is now being digitized, translated, and uploaded online.

Bought by WJCT and WMNR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of MN Author Eric Dregni
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we examine the author. MN author Eric Dregni is here to talk about his new book "Vikings in the Attic: In search of Nordic Americ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 32:34
  • Purchases: 3
A Symphony of Hopes and Dreams
From: With Good Reason
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A recent classical music piece was inspired by the poetry written by children in Birmingham, AL, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KRPS, WNMU-FM, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Andrew Shapter - The Teller & The Truth
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: The Teller & The Truth
Andrew is a filmmaker whose credits include Happiness Is and Before the Music Dies. Andrew is working on a new film, The Teller and the Truth, abou...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 27:22
A Symphony of Hopes and Dreams
From: With Good Reason
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Some lovely pieces of music and some not-so-lovely pieces of history.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
MN Author Will Weaver and "The Last Hunter"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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"The Last Hunter - An American Family Album" by MN Author Will Weaver.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 1