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"Surviving The Bataan Death March" (Narration by the late Senator John McCain) Special Encore Presentation
From: Ronald Duffy
Caption: Ken Porwoll, Proud Veteran, Credit: Brainerd Dispatch (Brainerd, MN)
For 2023-24 "Surviving The Bataan Death March" Narrated by the late Senator John McCain (former POW) Special Encore Presentation Offered as ...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM, KWMU St. Louis, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WVTF, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 57:22
  • Purchases: 17
Musicians' Memorial 2020 - Pop Music Edition
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Kenny Rogers / Helen Reddy
Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts 1 of 4 hours remembering musicians who passed away in 2020. This edition spotlights pop music artists lost. ...

Bought by KSJE, Prairie Public, KMSU, Troy Public Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Story: Veterans Day Special (narrated by Alec Baldwin)
From: Stephanie Postles
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This immersive Veterans Day one hour special is narrated by Alec Baldwin and uncovers the backstories of six veterans who have built companies, pro...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, KTOO, KCPW Salt Lake City, Raven Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 38
International Nurses Day
From: Levingston Lewis
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Ears Adrift speaks with Navy Nurses that are deployed on the USNS Comfort .

  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 09:10
Seabees Women's History Month
From: Levingston Lewis
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Ears Adrift celebrates the Seabee birthday month and Women's History Month. Hoorah, Seabees!

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas Stories Part 1 No Room at the Inn
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Nativities at Church of the Redeemer., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Every year, at the Church of the Redeemer in Mechanicsville, Virginia, people exhibit exhibit hundred of Nativities from all over the world. And ea...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 27:00
New Year's Day in South Philly with the Mummers
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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The Mummers Day Parade is as quintessentially South Philadelphia as Ben Franklin or Willy Penn, a Philly cheese steak or Italian water ice. It’s u...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:35
King Stories: (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
From: Dorothy Green Alcorn
Caption: King Poster, Credit: Nicolene DuToit
King Stories is a one hour documentary of captivating stories told by close friends and associates of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Host Julian Bond,...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRWG, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:26
  • Purchases: 88
Thanksgiving in Virginia: People Without a Nation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chief Gene
In Virginia, there are eight Indian tribes, some several thousand people in all. Yet the United States doesn’t believe they exist. The seeds of thi...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:39
Prelude to Summer
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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In this Prelude to Summer we end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and looking up at the ...

  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 25:20
Paradise in the Everglades
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Maureen and Lucky Cole, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Two of the only human inhabitants of the Everglades live just off Loop Road less than a mile before it links back up with Tamiani Trail. Their comp...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 26:16
Messages From a Forgotten Troopship (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Troops aboard the General Nelson M. Walker, Credit: Vietnam Graffiti Project
Sound-rich stories from and about a Vietnam War-era troopship, in the voices of people whose lives were affected by the journey to war.

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WGCU, KMUN, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 53:32
  • Purchases: 29
The Writ Writer - part 1
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: The Writ Writer, Credit: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
This is a story that begs to be told. It’s long overdue. The year was 1919. The place: Phillips County, Arkansas. What became a watershed moment i...

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Halloween :The North Side Witch Hunt
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: PM was one of the North Side witches., Credit: Catherine McGuigan
Witch-hunts are curious phenomena, and thoroughly reactionary in nature. They generally begin with an inexplicable event of one kind or other—cows ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 26:55
The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Tiffany stained glass window inside Blanford Church.
Memorial Day, a national holiday of remembrance, was first celebrated south of the Mason/Dixon line in Petersburg, Virginia at Blandford Church Cem...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUCB, RadioFreePalmer, KSRQ, KVNF and more


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 21
See Jane Do: Mother's Day for Peace and Social Justice
From: Elisa Parker
Caption: CODEPINK Mother's Day for Peace Vigil, Credit: Jesse Locks, See Jane Do
The stories of everyday women doing extraordinary things for peace at the largest Mother's Day peace vigil in Washington D.C. Special guests includ...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 56:10
  • Purchases: 1
Crypto-Jews
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Hidden Jews of Mexico profile

Bought by WBEZ, WYSO, and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 3
Songs of Joy and Peace: The Yo-Yo Ma Holiday Party
From: Joyride Media
Series: Holiday Programming Extravaganzas
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Celebrate the Holidays with Yo-Yo Ma and his friends

Bought by KNAU, North Country Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Harford Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
A '40s Radio Christmas
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
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A reminiscence of Christmas on the radio in the 1940's

Bought by KDUR, KUAT, KSLU, KRPS, WXPN and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 89
Church Music
From: Charles Lane
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A documentary exploring why we sing music at church and what it does for individuals and communities.

Bought by WORT, North Country Public Radio, WVAS, WGBH Radio Boston, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 38
Holocaust Voices
From: WHRV
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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
Dear Martin: Jazz Tributes to Martin Luther King Jr.
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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Perfect for Black History Month (February)or MLK Day (January), Night Lights presents this one-hour program of jazz tributes to Dr. Martin Luther K...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, Radio Catskill, WVPE, WSLR, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 66
Stories Make the World
From: Claire Schoen
Series: ILLUMINATIONS: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World
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"Stories Make the World" is an hour-long audio documentary celebrating the rich tradition of Jewish storytelling within the context of storytelling...

Bought by WWNO, KUPR low power FM, KMUN, KUNM, KZYX and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 25
An Open Gate
From: Claire Schoen
Series: ILLUMINATIONS: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World
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"An Open Gate" is an hour-long audio documentary exploring the repercussions of a Jewish/Christian intermarriage on faith, identity and the family....

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRKF, KUAF Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KTOO and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 20
Turkey Hunting Tips
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
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Hunter Barry Forbes uses turkey psychology to lure in the toms. And some great gobbling...

Bought by 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, Prairie Public, and WNKU


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3