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Every May 29th is Mt. Everest Day.
- Added: Jun 15, 2021
- Length: 06:00
This week on World Ocean Radio: part four of the five-part Slavery: Heritage and Identity series. In this episode we discuss the history of La Amis...
- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 05:30
Earth Day is here, but a lot of us are inside. On this episode of Borrowed, we gather sounds of the natural world from the stoops and parks of Broo...
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- Added: Apr 21, 2020
- Length: 32:47
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Sandip considers the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, 150 years after his birth.
- Added: Sep 30, 2019
- Length: 06:00
We continue our thematic overview of the ocean edge this week with a conversation centered around coastal and offshore zones and the politics that ...
- Added: Feb 12, 2019
- Length: 05:26
This August 15th marked 70 years of India’s independence. But this also marks 70 years of one of India’s greatest human tragedies.
The partition ...
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- Added: Aug 21, 2017
- Length: 06:00
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New Orleans is a weather town. As hurricane season begins, hear the most emotional federal weather bulletin ever written. Plus, more on how the Nat...
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- Added: Jun 01, 2015
- Length: 17:53
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Just who were the Pilgrims and what did they want?
- Added: Oct 24, 2011
- Length: 46:15
- Purchases: 2
The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is a good time to recognize the importance of public employees.
- Added: Sep 08, 2011
- Length: 03:43
From great grandson of William Dawes, midnight rider with Paul Revere, to U.S. Vice President under Calvin Coolidge ... to co-writer of a number on...
- Added: Apr 11, 2011
- Length: 03:00
On the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride, re-visiting the Longfellow poem. What did Longfellow get right or wrong? Who rode that night...
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- Added: Mar 21, 2011
- Length: 10:14
- Purchases: 2
Much has been written about the life, times and experiences of Abraham Lincoln, but perhaps the nicest part of the truth is the story of Lincoln an...
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- Added: Jan 12, 2011
- Length: 50:47
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On the anniversary of his birth, the life and work of the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His own voice and words make this a mean...
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- Added: Dec 07, 2010
- Length: 44:36
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A commentary on labor leader Harry Bridges, one of the 20th century's greatest leaders of any kind, on the anniversary of his death.
- Added: Mar 18, 2010
- Length: 04:21
Of the many dramatic events in the long struggle to win decent conditions for America's farm workers, none have been more dramatic -- or influentia...
- Added: Aug 07, 2009
- Length: 03:11
It's the 75th anniversary of "Bloody Thursday," the day in July of 1934 when open warfare between police and striking longshoremen raged on San Fra...
- Added: Jul 02, 2009
- Length: 04:45
A commentary noting Martin Luther King Jr.'s staunch support of union rights, which he died defending.
- Added: Apr 04, 2008
- Length: 02:58
A commentary noting that Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the staunchest and most effective supporters working Americans have ever had.
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- Added: Jan 13, 2008
- Length: 03:11
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Three essays about different aspects of Stravinsky's life and work
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- Added: Jun 07, 2007
- Length: 01:00:25
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- Added: Mar 23, 2007
- Length: 03:44
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- Added: Jan 20, 2007
- Length: 03:38
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This commentary celebrates the 70th anniversary of the fledgling auto workers union's spectacular victory over mighty General Motors.
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- Added: Jan 20, 2007
- Length: 03:20
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A commentary marking the anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, one of the most enduring and influential of American symbols.
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- Added: Nov 05, 2006
- Length: 04:06
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This is a commentary about the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's firing of 11,500 air gtraffic controllers, an action that propelled A...
- Added: Aug 10, 2006
- Length: 02:28
The "Wheatland Riot" nine decades ago laid the foundation for creation of an effective union and other steps to improve the miserable conditions of...
- Added: Jul 23, 2006
- Length: 03:14
