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A History of Live Radio
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: WBAI Staff, Credit: 1960s
In honor of radio pioneers Larry Josephson, Steve Post and Bob Fass, a look back at the early days of free form radio at Pacifica and WBAI in New Y...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4: On The Death Penalty - The Unexpected Messenger
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Over the past decade, support for the death penalty has plummeted. In this episode, we look at why this happened and how one unexpected messenger, ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 35:11
Episode 2: On Poverty - The Power of The Camera
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign took over a portion of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Their aim: change how Americans understand ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 37:10
  • Purchases: 1
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
Voting, Indigenous Languages, and Wildlife
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote? Topic 2: Photography is Capturing the Faces of the Last Remaining Speakers of Indigenous Languages. Topi...

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 51:56
  • Purchases: 1
America for Americans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Erika Lee
We like to think of America as a country that, until recently, welcomes immigrants. In reality, that’s never been the case. You may have read abou...

Bought by KCBX and KRZA


  • Added: Dec 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Don Davis – A Story Teller at Work
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Don Davis, a story-teller from Okracoke, North Carolina and joins us in this archive edition first broadcast in July 1993, when Radio Curious was c...

  • Added: May 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Interview: Bob Minkin, legendary photgrapher
From: KISU
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Cory Daniels interview with Bob Minkin

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1
Dave's Picks Volume 24: Berkeley, CA, 8/25/72 | Grateful Dead
From: KISU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dave's Picks Volume 24 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at the Berkeley Commu...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 4
LTR 10th Anniversary Special
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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The 10th Anniversary special edition episode is here. Hosted by LTR's own Susi, this episode covers a wide range of international & cultural topics...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 58:32
The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism
From: History Talk from Origins
Series: History Talk Shorts
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Listen to how Pope Francis - the "people's pope" - fits into the longer history of the papacy.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
The Friendship Triangle of Spock, Kirk and McCoy on Star Trek (1:55)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: William Shatner / Leonard Nimoy
David Gerrold, author of "The World of Star Trek" and screenwriter of the "Trouble with Tribbles" episode, tells Paul Ingles about the Spock-McCoy-...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KHNS, KREV-LP, and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 4
Trying to Make it
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we’re speaking with groups who are trying to make it, despite the obstacles. People who are aren’t in positions of power, who are taken a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 27:53
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Retrospective: Radio at War
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Frank Sinatra being interview during World War II, Credit: Wikipedia
Radio reached its height of popularity during World War II. But the war also ushered in its greatest competitor - television.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMMT, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Radio Retrospective: The First Woman of Sound Effects
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Ora Nichols (left) and the CBS Sound Effects Team, Credit: Wikipedia
Ora Nichols lead the sound effects team that brought "War of the Worlds" to life on the radio. That doesn't mean she got along with Orson Wells. Me...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
Making Contact’s 20th Anniversary
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A 20th anniversary edition of Making Contact. We hear the story of the program’s creation by volunteers, and how this little radio show became part...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Community Resources
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week, we’re relying on the Twin Cities community. The eclectic, exciting and energetic society that we’re fortunate to surround ourselves with...

Bought by KVSC and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 24:59
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Their Way
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week, we’re talking to people trying to find their place. Whether it be an independent artist in saturated music industry, a person struggling...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Media Through Time
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week, we’re answering big questions, like is there a place for vintage technology in our increasingly digitized world? How can we make the mod...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 1
Finishing What We Started
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we’re all about conclusions. Aaron Bolton wraps up his historical account of Minneapolis Hip Hop, Katie Bolin pulls the breaks on her ser...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:08
  • Purchases: 1
Remember the Old Times
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we’re reminiscing on what makes life in Minnesota – Minnesotan. We’re thinking about the toys we played with in elementary school, we’re ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:34
  • Purchases: 1
Summer Stories
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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From now, the days are only going to get shorter, believe it or not. Winter is officially on its way, people, but… let’s not think about that. We h...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
Learning on the Job
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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Tonight we say goodbye to a qualified member of Culture Queue while we welcome another. Nathan Gerdes sings his heart out for the last time and tal...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 1
Queueless: The Clueless Radio Play (Part 2)
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week, we conclude The Clueless Radio Play, the first (as far as we know) radio reenactment of the sensational 1995 cult classic, Clueless, as ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 1
Queueless: The Clueless Radio Play (Part 1)
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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We here at Radio K are proud to present The Clueless Radio Play, the first (as far as we know) radio reenactment of the sensational 1995 cult class...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1