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Interview with Kira Luna and Travis McKenzie
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Kira Luna and Travis McKenzie talk about the Recuerda a Cesar Chavez March and celebration plus the events leading up to this yearly event. Intervi...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 12:03
Faith on the Fourth
From: Interfaith Voices
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Our Independence Day special has stories on the Fourth of July as an American High Holy Day, the faiths of our founding fathers, and Jefferson's cu...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Jul 01, 2016
  • Length: 52:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Allegheny Front Earth Day Special
From: The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment
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A 29-minute special including interviews, sound-rich features and historical clips about the history of Earth Day.

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Christmas with the Enemy
From: Drew Darling
Caption: Christmas on the Western Front, 1914
The Christmas truce along the Western Front of WWI

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WVTF, WUTC, RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2014
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 21
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Dinner at Broad Channel, in Queens, New York City, c1910, Credit: Library of Congress
As families across the United States sit down for their Thanksgiving meal, this episode of BackStory explores the meals we eat for the rest of the ...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRGY, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
PROMO - Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Dinner at Broad Channel, in Queens, New York City, c1910, Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast]," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: :30
The Messiah Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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One is earthy and comical--an 18th century musical tale of thieves, tramps and trollops. The other is the most beloved holiday concert piece in the...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
PROMO - Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: Detail from 1919 Red Cross poster, “Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service.”, Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific ...

Bought by WHRV, WUFT, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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. So th...

Bought by KMUD, WDSE, WKSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
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
The Carol Connection
From: Capital Public Radio
Series: Connections
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George Bizet used an old Provencal carol to open his L’Arlesienne Suite. A British hymn writer borrowed the tune from a now-forgotten work by Felix...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WUAL, WUFT, KRPS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Memorial Day 2012: Civil War 12-21
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week the heartbreak and valor of the American Civil War has inspired filmmakers and film composers since the earliest days of cinema.

Bought by WCRI, KPVL, KREV-LP, KPVL, and WEKU


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
The Last Word on Thanksgiving
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Michael is having a hard time getting into the spirit of it this year...this holiday exists by decree.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 2
Commentator Guido on Thanksgiving
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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When Guido thinks of Thanksgiving, he thinks of a time decades ago...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:26
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 North Country Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KQAL, RadioFreePalmer, KUCB and more


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 24
An Early Music Christmas
From: WFIU
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An hour-long program of seasonal music from the distant past and through the ages -- both sublime and earthly, across time and place, across belief...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WCNY, RadioStPete Florida, Kansas Public Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 12
Why Thanksgiving?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Why is it that Thanksgiving is celebrated almost exclusively in the United States and Canada. How has it been celebrated and how is it celebrated now?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KMUN and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 6
Thanksgiving Hour (With WW2 Veterans in Hawaii) (59mn plus post bed)
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Series: Public Radio Worldwide Holidays
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See info at PRX.org/pieces/20840

  • Added: Apr 20, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
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