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Si Se Puede

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story

An oral history account of the successful workers' sit-in at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago in December of 2008, the first Ameri...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Oct 07, 2009
Length: 21:57
Purchases: 2

Honeyboy Edwards - blues legend talks about hoboing through the great depression

From: Gianluca Tramontana
Series: Sitting With Gianluca

Ninety-four year-old Blues legend recalls his almost thirty years as a boxcar hobo and gambler.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUOW

Added: Aug 18, 2009
Length: 10:02
Purchases: 2

NEA Jazz Master George Benson On Miles Davis

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments

George Benson on being mentored by Miles Davis.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more

Added: Apr 22, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 8

Rediscovering Barbara Jordan

From: KUT

One-hour documentary about the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan, the first black woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Feb 04, 2008
Length: 54:01
Purchases: 3

Holocaust Voices

From: WHRV

5 Survivors of the Holocaust share thier stories

Bought by WCPN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KREV-LP, KHNS and more

Added: Feb 01, 2008
Length: 59:03
Purchases: 10

Remembering...The D-Day Spirit

From: Ted Magnuson

Patriotic recollections

Added: Nov 22, 2007
Length: 08:49

Patriots

From: Laura Spero

In May 2002, seniors compare the post 9/11 world to Pearl Harbor and World War II.

Bought by KUER

Added: Oct 28, 2007
Length: 26:44
Purchases: 1

Take The Old Road, program four

From: Spokane Public Radio
Series: Take The Old Road

A 4-part series about small towns in eastern Washington state.

Added: Jun 23, 2007
Length: 28:30

Take The Old Road, program two

From: Spokane Public Radio
Series: Take The Old Road

A 4-part series about small towns in eastern Washington state.

Added: Jun 23, 2007
Length: 31:27

Take The Old Road, program one

From: Spokane Public Radio
Series: Take The Old Road

A 4-part series about small towns in eastern Washington state.

Added: Jun 23, 2007
Length: 28:34

ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 2. The Streets Were Paved with Gold: A Journey Through The Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 1

From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience

Jewish immigrants found a harsh life and no gold on the Lower East Side. The program describes aspects of daily immigrant life including tenements,...

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WXXI Rochester and more

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: 58:30
Purchases: 9

ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 3. Becoming Americans: A Journey Through the Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 2

From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience

The Yiddish Theater - Culture and religion of the Old Country abandoned - The Triangle Shirtwaist fire - Assimilation into mainstream America

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New England Public Media and more

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: 58:26
Purchases: 10

ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 4. White Christmas: The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley & Hollywood, Part 1

From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience

Jewish immigrants like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and George Gershwin reinvented American popular music

Bought by WCPN, KCSM, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: 58:21
Purchases: 15

ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 5. Over the Rainbow: The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood, Part 2

From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience

Yiddish-speaking moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Samuel Goldwyn created Hollywood, and an idealized, small-town Protestant America that never was.

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, New England Public Media and more

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: 58:13
Purchases: 9

ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 6. No Dogs or Jews Allowed: The Story of Antisemitism in America.

From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience

The Story of Antisemitism in America - Father Coughlin, Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh publicly denounce Jews - Joe Lieberman chosen to run for V...

Bought by WCPN, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New England Public Media and more

Added: May 01, 2007
Length: 58:19
Purchases: 9

Me and Hank

From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views

The story of a boy and his hero, baseball home run champion Hank Aaron, and an exploration of the hatred Aaron endured in chasing a white man's rec...

Bought by WXDU, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix and more

Added: Apr 13, 2007
Length: 16:54
Purchases: 8

Program 20: Journey's End

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

Daisy Turner was proud of her heritage and understood the value of her family tradition. This is the concluding program in the series, Journey's End.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 02:48
Purchases: 2

Program 19: Alec Turner's Funeral

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

At the time of Alec Turner's death in 1923, Journey's End had been his home for 50 years.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 2

Program 18: Daisy's Near Marriage

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

At 40 Daisy became engaged to Joseph Bonet. When he later broke off the engagement, Daisy sued him--and won!

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 2

Program 17: A New Year's Recitation

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

By the turn of the century the Turner household had become a kind of community social center. This program explores the texture of these gatherings.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KGOU, PRX to iTunes, and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 04:56
Purchases: 4

Program 16: Daisy's Premonition

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

Daisy and her father were so close that she felt they could communicate psychically. This program details such an event.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 05:16
Purchases: 2

Program 15: Daisy Turner Goes to Market

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

When a Boston market owner attempts to cheat her father, Daisy travels to Boston to confront him.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 04:14
Purchases: 2

Program 14: Daisy's Black Doll

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

As a girl, Daisy Turner faces discrimination at school and confronts it directly--with poetry.

Bought by KZYX, PRX to iTunes, and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 04:39
Purchases: 3

Program 13: How Daisy's Sister Shot the Bull

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

Daisy suffered from rickets as a child and during her younger years was unable to walk. At a young age she heard prayers, recitations, hymns, and s...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX