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Back in the 1930s, when the US was in the midst of an economic crisis, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt enacted a set of policies to protect the...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A lyrical tribute to a history buff who just might have the Big picture (and a certain State of the Union address) in his back pocket!

  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 03:37
Caption: Carter Rubin
The first time you saw a fleet of rent-able electric scooters huddled together on a city sidewalk, what was your reaction? Annoyance at yet another...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: The Sword of Damocles, Credit: Susan Cook
Quick and to the point! Citizens' Guides adapted from Greek myths, proverbs and so on.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:23
Caption: Downward facing dog..., Credit: Susan Cook
Great American Wrong Book lyrics for Mr. Bannon, now that Roger Stone, one of 6 of his former campaign colleagues indicted, is one of 3 now convict...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:47
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Immigrants to the United States share their personal stories of how they journeyed from Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, a...

Bought by WCPN, KXCV, WGZS, WNMU-FM, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Peter Knights
Have you ever seen one of those ads with a celebrity like Jackie Chan or Leonardo DiCaprio beside a beautiful, rare animal? If so, there’s a good c...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Booktalk. After a long and adventurous naval career, marine historian Andrew Jampoler has authored 7 books that are often about obscure pieces of ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2019
  • Length: 09:50
Caption: Santa Claus pays it forward..., Credit: Susan Cook
Musical tribute with Santa Claus paying attention to who's marginal and who's not!

  • Added: Jan 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:10
Caption: "...Should old fish stories be forgot and never allowed to surface..., Credit: Susan Cook
To the tune from Auld Lang Syne - for the Great American Wrongbook- a musical tribute to say farewell to the past and anticipate a more visionary ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:46
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Using their own words to condemn them, Rob Larson exposes these intellectual opportunists for what they are: defenders of cruel power systems. Men ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
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The idea that art, literature and music in particular, might work as a sort of “Marshall Plan of the Mind” is our topic tonight. At the end of Worl...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Species: jodchumaryliz.newjerszeyish.corruptus, Credit: Susan Cook
As Maine's new Governor has formed a transition team. A "How to Honor the Public Trust Guide" might be helpful.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:59
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Stabilizing our climate is going to take some hard truths – and hard numbers. “If you look at 1.5 degrees, it's about 13 years,” says Stanford’s Ar...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, KMXT, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Emily Atkin
This week, as we inventory the things for which we are thankful, many of us may include some of the midterm election results in our accounting. Tod...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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New Mexico-based Hampton Sides’ newest book is "On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War’s Greatest Battle.” Based on ne...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2018
  • Length: 09:55
Caption: Climate change will make Florida much hotter..., Credit: Susan Cook
A musical tribute to a special soon-to-be-retiring Government Elected! George Gershwin might not mind if you sing this to his 1937 "They Can't Take...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 03:51
Caption: John Stoehr
Did you know that in last week’s election, only half of eligible voters turned out? And that turnout was surprisingly robust as election prognostic...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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Singer songwriter Amy Ray has always been toward the “rockier” side of the folk-rock description that usually follows her work as one half of the G...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: :45
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-With the country deeply divided, brands whose livelihoods depend on appealing to the entire population companies can't afford to take sides and mo...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WTJU, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 8
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-With the country deeply divided, brands whose livelihoods depend on appealing to the entire population companies can't afford to take sides and mo...

Bought by WJCT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WFHB, KRDP and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Brooke Bessesen
How splendid would it be if humans could somehow find a way to truly co-exist with the rest of the planet’s creatures? This week on Sea Change Radi...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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Singer songwriter Amy Ray has always been toward the “rockier” side of the folk-rock description that usually follows her work as one half of the G...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: There are race tracks that run horses daily...Picking ponies a good gig...", Credit: Susan Cook
A musical tribute to polling before Election Day! In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning) with lyrics for "The Great American Wrongboo...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:20
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John Larison is the author of "Whiskey When We’re Dry," a book of historical fiction. It’s an epic story of 17-year-old Jessilyn Harney who disguis...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 09:46