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Coming Home to Big Stone Gap (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Best-selling author Adriana Trigiani talks about life growing up in the small Appalachian town of Big Stone Gap. Plus: What are the biggest challen...

Bought by WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WTJU and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 6
The Evolution of Writing
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Learning to read and write rewired our brains in fascinating ways. But where and when did writing and language originate?

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 18:38
Traveling Solo, Living in Mexico, Exploring Malta and Barbados
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Seaside, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Enjoy a transformative travel experience as we travel to North Korea, Malta, Mexico and Barbados.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
Sex Machines in Our History
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Steam-powered vibrators the size of kitchen tables, the importance of dildos in Ancient Greece, and the future of sex machines in the second instal...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 24:25
Roger Waters - Amused to Death
From: Joyride Media
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Pink Floyd founder and 2015 Newport Folk Festival headliner, Roger Waters, looks back on his solo recordings, reflects on the continued relevance t...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
The Pillsbury A Mill
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Pillsbury A Mill is a National Historic Landmark, and in the midst of a $150 million redevelopment project. But back in the 1800s, it was the b...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:31
Unsung Abolitionist, William Howard Day
From: WITF
Caption: William Howard Day
The first African-American to become the president of a school board, William Howard Day worked with famous abolitionists Frederick Douglas and Har...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:55
Learning from the Uncivilized
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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We tend to view our hunter-gatherer ancestors with pity for their primitive ways. But what if they employ strategies for leading a depression-free ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:13
Stanford considering the fate of century-old dam threatening endangered trout
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Searsville Dam, Credit: Wikimedia commons user Gazebo
The Searsville Dam is causing big trouble on the peninsula. The 122-year-old, 65-foot-tall dam is closed to the public, hidden away on 1,200 acres ...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
Mayo Clinic traces roots back to the state fontier
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Dr. Charles Horace Mayo operating at the Mayo Clinic, 1913 , Credit: Courtesy The Minnesota Historical Society
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of the state's most iconic entities, renowned worldwide for its top-quality healthcare. KFAI produc...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Newly discovered John Steinbeck story now on newsstands
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Litography Project
Caption: John Steinbeck's childhood home., Credit: Max Pringle
John Steinbeck, the author of such classics as “the Grapes of Wrath” and “Of Mice and Men” was born to a middle class family in a beautiful, turret...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:27
A park ranger and Buffalo Soldier
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Yosemite National Park ranger Shelton Johnson in uniform as a "Buffalo Soldier."
Shelton Johnson is a ranger at Yosemite National Park. He’s part Cherokee, part African American, and part Seminole. And he’s used his background ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 2
Babies: A Social Trend According to History
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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In this short taken from our longer episode, "Babies. Why?" we talk to Dr. Christopher Ryan about the actual origins of "Baby Fever."

  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:59
Bob Dylan & The Band - Complete Basement Tapes - Part 1
From: Joyride Media
Series: Bob Dylan & The Band - Complete Basement Tapes - Shorts
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Bob Dylan biographers Sid Griffin, Clinton Heylin and Greil Marcus begin this series on Dylan's The Basement Tapes with the Band by calling it "a m...

Bought by Radio Catskill, PRX Remix, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz Fest Supports Local Culture On and Off the Stage
From: Nina Feldman
Caption: Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
As New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has grown over the course of the past four decades, so has the tension between local and national acts.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:41
The "Ghost Church"
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Before the great speech maker Patrick Henry died, he credited a Presbyterian minister named Samuel Davies with “teaching me what an orator should b...

Bought by KENW and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Interview: Jimmy Carter's call to action
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: KALW's Hana Baba with Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States
KALW’s Hana Baba met up with the former president during his recent stop in San Francisco to talk with him about his book, and the issues facing wo...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
Slavery: The Rise of American Capitalism (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
Slavery: The Rise of American Capitalism (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Southern Folklorist Bill Ferris
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: The Storied South , Credit: Bill Ferris
Preeminent Southern folklorist Bill Ferris has spent the last 40 years documenting the South in print, photography and film. His latest book, The S...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 15:59
  • Purchases: 3
A visit with the string whisperer
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Roland Feller is responsible for the well-being of many of the city's stringed instruments. When you imagine him working on a violin, picture him s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Lone Grangers
From: Leslie Chang
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A small group of Mainers is working hard to revitalize and modernize their local grange, while holding onto traditions that date back to the 1800s.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:44
Second Chance Diploma: Examining the GED
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Studying for the GED at an adult education school in Washington, D.C., Credit: Emily Hanford
Millions of high school dropouts hope their ticket to a better job is getting a GED. But critics say passing a test is not the same as getting a hi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, WITF, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
SPARK: A BURNING MAN STORY -- Jessie Deeter and Steve Brown Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jessie Deeter & Steve Brown, San Francisco, CA 9/3/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jessie Deeter and Steve Brown talk staying hydrated, defining authenticity, grilled cheese sandwiches at three in the morning.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 16:19
  • Purchases: 1
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It!
From: Joyride Media
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Inside the making of Preservation Hall Jazz Band's new album, featuring interviews with the band and co-producer Jim James (My Morning Jacket)

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14