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Dr. Ed Tick - Warrior s Return - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Edward Tick, author of War And The Soul and Warrior's Return: Restoring the Soul After ...

  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:42
No Peace for Women in Afghanistan
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Afghanistan is a place where peace just won’t stick. Radical Islamist Taliban insurgents have intensified their attacks on the capital with brazen ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
The Tet Offensive
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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William Ingalls new book tells the story of what one year in Viet Nam as a combat engineer was like. Based on 500 color slides taken by the author,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Peacemaking Chapters of The Roosevelts
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Te...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 6
The Roosevelts Through a Peace Studies Lens
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Te...

Bought by KMXT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Aspen Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
America's War of Ideas
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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In the run up to another war in the Middle East, after stalemate in Afghanistan and Iraq, what is it in the American DNA that makes us think it it ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
Grace Notes
From: Capital Public Radio
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World War I was a real blow to the European musical community. They were utterly unprepared for the war’s cruelty, and composers found it difficult...

Bought by WVTF, KHNS, and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Hiroshima Survivor / Miep Gies talks of Anne Frank / Foreign Aid
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Soh Horie/Miep Gies/Jamie Drummond
A three-part Peace Talks Radio program this time features a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb; also remarks from the woman who helped hide Anne...

Bought by WXDU and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Charley Goddard
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we meet Charley Goddard. He is the newest character brought to life by the Minnesota Historical Society's Histor...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:40
  • Purchases: 1
In Turkey, Legal Limbo for 500,000 Syrians
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A Syrian refugee girl looks out from behind the fence at Yayladagi refugee camp in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border April 10, 2012., Credit: Freedom House
The refugee crisis in Turkey has reached unprecedented proportions, with more than half a million Syrian refugees streaming across the border. But ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:32
One Gay Vet: A History of Service
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: Activist Voices
Caption: Denny Meyer, Credit: Kelly Cogswell
Denny Meyer's service didn't end when he left the U.S. military. A first generation American, the gay Vietnam vet has spent the last decade working...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
Friend is a Verb (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How social media is changing the concept of friendship.

Bought by WJCT and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Setting an Example
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian Ann Marie Wilson talks with host Brian Balogh about the call for intervention in Armenia during the early 1890s, and how arguments about ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 3
Maryland Town Celebrates Its 15 Hours Of Fame
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post
Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
The Woman’s War
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian Catherine Clinton discusses gender dynamics on the home front, and the American History Guys consider ways in which the Civil War is dist...

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 06:38
  • Purchases: 3
Fighting for Liberation
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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The American History Guys discuss the important moral and tactical contributions of African-American soldiers in the Union Army.

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, Louisville Public Media, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 4
Military Headline News
From: Rick Rogers
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Unique, non-partisan military and veterans news and information in a short format.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
WorldCanvass: Refugees in the Heartland
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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A discussion of the international refugee picture and the refugee experience in the American Midwest, including personal stories of life as a refug...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:54:25
The Best of 10 Years of Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Engaging, inspiring and informational clips from episodes featured on Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resoluti...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Nautilus Music-Theater from St. Paul Presents "I Am Anne Frank"
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we learn about the music theatre production of "I am Anne Frank" being presented by Nautilus Music-Theatre company out...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 18:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Decline in Violence & The Pursuit of Dignity (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two Harvard scholars with recent books are featured on this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO. First Steven Pinker, talks about his 2011 book "The Bett...

Bought by KSJE, KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
Dr. James Robertson: The Untold Civil War
From: Liz Humes
Series: Wordy Birds
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On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Dr. James Robertson, the author, professor, and famed historian, on his new book-The Untold Civil War: ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
Baby chimpanzee rescue from South Sudan
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Annie Olivecrona in recording studio with Elleni Stephanou, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
It takes great courage to rescue orphaned baby chimpanzees from a country in the middle of a deadly war. But Annie Olivecrona flew from Kenya into ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
Wat Misaka
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Japanese-American shows uncommon courage on and off the basketball court during WWII.

Bought by KSLU and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
Learning International Negotiation (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A program about what's known as SENSE training to teach negotiation skills. The US Institute of Peace puts on these trainings for people seriously...

Bought by WPSU, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3