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From: Charlie Warren

Caption: World War II graves at Arlington National Cemetary, Credit: L. Sponsler

An objective, entertaining, and respectful music/sound chronicle of America’s war history starting with the Civil War, which spurred the eventual c...

Bought by KTNA, Wyoming Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUCB and more

Food Fight

From: Things That Go Boom

In this special from from Things That Go Boom, Inkstick Media, and PRX: Two stories about food, family, and the choices our government makes in our...

Bought by WFDD Ops, KECG, WYPR, WLPR , WGBH Radio Boston and more

The Chief Standing Bear Story

From: KWIT
Series: Small Wonders

As the United States spread west, indigenous people were displaced without being given the most basic recognition under law: being "people." When t...

NL 21-36: Glenn Miller Goes To War with the Army Air Force Band, 8/30/2021

From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights

In 1942 Glenn Miller broke up his popular big band and joined the military, where he formed a new and even bigger orchestra that included strings, ...

Escape from Kabul

From: Mateo Schimpf

In this episode, we unpack the war in Afghanistan, the misguided way it began and the catastrophic way it ended.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more

THE BOYS WHO SAID NO! -- Judith Ehrlich Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Judith Ehrlich talks learning lessons, fair use, and the power of words.

“Hear The Drumming: The music of the Kent State and Jackson State tragedies”

From: Robin Washington

Fifty years ago on May 21, 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young headed into a studio to record "Ohio" - the ultimate protest song, capturing the ho...

Remembering the Great War in India

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Sandip Roy remembers the veterans of World War 1, the Indian veterens.

Prisoners of War

From: Radio Diaries

During the war in Vietnam, there was a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon called Long Binh Jail. But LBJ wasn’t for capt...

Bought by PRX Remix

Honor Flight: Recognizing our War Heroes

From: Stephen Grant

Most World War II veterans didn’t receive accolades or experience the infamous New York City ticker-tape parade most Americans are familiar with in...

Bought by WBEZ

Vietnam: Radio First Termer

From: Robin Washington

The story of the role of radio in the Vietnam War — with actual airchecks of North Vietnamese propaganda, Armed Forces radio and underground GI bro...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

A Vietnam Soundscape

From: WHRV

Vietnam was the first war fought to a soundtrack, with over 4000 war-related songs written and recorded between 1965-73. The lyrics were patriotic,...

Bought by KHNS and WXXI Rochester

Making Music in the Syrian Diaspora

From: The GroundTruth Project

Caption: Ahmad Naffory is pictured on a Beirut rooftop. He founded the band Assa'aleek, but after being denied re-entry to Lebanon, was granted asylum in the Netherlands. The band endures without him, and he has continued making music in his new home., Credit: Photo courtesy of Mohamad Khayata

Ahmad Naffory fell in love with the guitar in a Syrian grocery store, but he didn't know that his music would cause him to flee his home for anothe...

Tuned to Yesterday #9

From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Tuned to Yesterday

Tuned to Yesterday #9 Drama Broadcasts include, "CBS Radio Workshop" and "Stars Over Hollywood".

Bought by WMUU-LP

Whitman at War

From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon

The best of American poets and the worst of American wars met head-on 150 years ago this summer in Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps, his reflections on nur...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WABE

The Remarkable Resilience of Zebrafish

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Dr VootYin survived the Cambodian genocide as a child and has gone on to become a leading scientist in the field of cardiac regeneration.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Radio Newark

Prelude to Summer

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

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 ...

Comedy Bootcamp

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

A new course dreamed up by students at the College of William & Mary, called Veterans Comedy Bootcamp is bringing laughter and storytelling to a cl...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KENW, KCMJ Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN and more

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

"England to Australia, 1914"

From: Margaret Evans

This is a dramatic, sound-rich recreation of the wartime diary of Barbara Jean Roberts. As a young woman, a newly trained nurse, she left her home ...

Losing Pakistan: A Search for Common Ground

From: Dan Boyce

This piece examines the tenuous state of relations between the United States and Pakistan. It follows Montana Public Radio Reporter Dan Boyce on a ...