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Tulsa's Black History Saturday School
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ribbon cutting at Tulsa's EduRec Youth Center for Black History Saturdays. , Credit: Credit: Black History Saturdays
When Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History ...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
International Day of the Girl Child: We're NOT number one
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The United Nations designates October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, promoting empowerment and rights of girls to safe, educated, ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Pride Month - Many Victories, But Rough Sledding Ahead?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
June is Pride Month, and June 28th is Pride Day, marking the unofficial beginning of "Gay Liberation" in 1969 with the Stonewall riots in New York...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Father's Day -- What Dads Really Need
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The annual June Father’s day shopping binge is upon us. Stores are touting the latest gizmos, and everybody loves Dad. All except corporate Ameri...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:31
A Day To Remember Radio Modules - May 15-19, 2023
From: KUCO
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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
Equal Pay Day is March 14 - Are Women Catching Up with Men?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
March 14 is date this year when U.S. working women finally reach the amount men earned by the end of last year. And that’s only when all women are...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:01
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
Rachmaninoff 150 – A Celebration
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Holiday Specials from WFMT
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Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth, acclaimed musicians discuss and perform his compositions, and Rachmaninoff himsel...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KRPS, WHQR, WMNR, KENW and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 15
The Day the Music Died
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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The Winter Dance Party -- Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:55:28
Howard Zinn at 100: A People’s History, Urgent Lessons for the Present
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Historian Howard Zinn would have turned 100 in 2022. His monumental work, A People’s History of the United States, published in 1980, continues to ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Declaration Does Not Apply
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The founders left three groups out of the Declaration of Independence: Black Americans, Indigenous peoples, and women. This is how they responded.

Bought by WYAP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WVTF, WXDU, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 14
American Bandstand
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
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Salute to the iconic TV dance show!

  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:55:41
Say It Loud: Black-Pride Soul Jazz
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Black History Special A one-hour program of jazz music, exploring the black-pride movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Perfect for Black Hi...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WNMU-FM, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WMOT and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Constitution Day Special: The Constitution & The Bill of Rights
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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In honor of Constitution Day, Civics 101, the podcast refresher course on how our democracy works, shares the story of the two most important docum...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WITF, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 5
A Conversation with Ruby Bridges
From: Loki Mulholland
Series: The Uncomfortable Truth: Civil Rights Movement
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The little girl who went to school with federal marshals as escorts has something to say about what she went through and what we are going through ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:02:02
Constant Wonder - MLK Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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We all know of Martin Luther King Jr.'s major contribution to the discourse about non-violence. Who planted the seeds of his thinking? It turns out...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, WKMS, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 6
Radio's First Announcer interviewed
From: JAMES MEHRLING
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On the centennial of the first US commercial broadcast, this is a rebroadcast of an interview with its announcer, recorded 65 years later, in 1985,...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 07:44
The Emergence of Janis Joplin (one-hour version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Music documentarian Paul Ingles presents a 1-hour exploration and celebration of the music of rock legend Janis Joplin featuring author Holly Georg...

Bought by KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSUT, North State Public Radio, and WVPE


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie - Great Moments in Presidential Debates (2020)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin for a review of many great moments from the history of televised presidential debates, with commentary from several...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WUWM, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 13
Political Junkie - Great Moments in Convention History (2020)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin on a journey through political history as we revisit memorable and historic moments from national party conventions...

Bought by WVPE, Vermont Public, KCPW Salt Lake City, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Amistad
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Oil painting of La Amistad off the coast of Long Island , Credit: Courtesy of the New Haven Museum
This week on World Ocean Radio: part four of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series. In this episode we discuss the history of La Amis...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
IE: Inside Europe, 5/8/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Germany's generous state subsidy keeps workers on the payroll. Our Italy correspondent ventures outside after two months u...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
IE: Inside Europe, 2/14/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Ireland's left-wing nationalist party Sinn Fein scores big in the Irish election. Putin says Russia's birth rate is too l...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
WoodSongs 952: Smithsonian Folkways Celebration
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: “The American Songster” Dom Flemons on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon honors one of the most important legacy’s in all of recorded music… Smit...

Bought by KKRN, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUCO, Spokane Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 23
Unbroken Promise
From: Levingston Lewis
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For over 70 years, Sailors of the Pearl Harbor attacks have been unidentifiable. The Defense POW/MIA accounting agency is part of the effort to ide...

Bought by WOUB and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Dec 06, 2019
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2