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The Gospel Ranger
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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One of the last songs that Johnny Cash recorded before he died was called, “There Ain’t No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down).”

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WABE, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 6
March of the Bonus Army
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, WRPI, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:56
  • Purchases: 5
The Artichoke King
From: Emily Gadek
Series: Footnote Podcast
Caption: Busting the Artichoke King's racket in the Bronx
Before Prohibition hit, the New York mafia had another racket that netted millions of dollars in profits. The name of the game? Sweet, sweet baby a...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
Irena Sendler, May 12, 2008
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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She was a small, dark-haired Polish Catholic who somehow managed to save 2500 Jewish children from the Nazis. How? Here's the tale. Also available...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
KUT's Views and Brews: Miles Davis and the Making of Kind of Blue
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Kind of Blue
As part of KUT’s Views and Brews series we engaged in a spirited discussion about Miles, his music, his relationships with his musicians, and the g...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 1
Nguyen Sinh Cung, September 3, 1969
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, January 3, 1923
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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While many of the most-told love stories are fairy tales, hers was real and it changed YOUR life.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Grace Murray Hopper, January 1, 1992
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Even if you've never heard of Grace Hopper, she changed your life.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Jack Norworth, September 1, 1959
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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You may not know his name, but chances are good you could sing, hum or whistle one of his tunes.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Roger Arthur Peterson (Buddy Holly Pilot), February 3, 1959
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The Buddy Holly pilot. Everybody knows how Roger Peterson died, but almost nobody knows who he was.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
The Rabbit Hutch
From: Big Shed Audio
Series: Place + Memory
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Have you ever eaten Fried Rabbit? Barbecued Rabbit? Rice with Rabbit Gravy? They were standard fare at the Venz Rabbit Hutch Restaurant in Logan, ...

Bought by WBHM, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
Medical Marijuana - New Jersey moves bill, New Mexico's active program
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: NJ Assembly Medical Marijuana hearing 6-4-09
Actuality Audio from the NJ Assembly health committee hearing on medical marijuana 6-4-09 and interview with New Mexico Drug Policy Alliance on the...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription Dose #8 - Spotlight on Eric Clapton
From: J. Duck
Series: Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription
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Spotlight on Eric Clapton as one Who Changed the way Guitar is Played and His Tremendous Influence on the Guitar Community ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2008
  • Length: 58:00
Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription Dose #7- The Byrds/Buffalo Springfield Connection
From: J. Duck
Series: Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription
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The Byrds - Buffalo Springfield Connection and the impact they have on the global music community.

Bought by Prairie Public, KZYX, WTIP, and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription Dose #5
From: J. Duck
Series: Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription
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All Guitar Music - All the Time - From all Genre' - and a Party Too !

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 12, 2008
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 1
Red Crystal Palace ~ 1: Introduction
From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace
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RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:26
Jim Miller pushes his wife's wheelchair across New Jersey for Medical Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
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Cheryl Miller died in 2003 working to gain medical marijuana access in NJ, her husband Jim continues her work.

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 26:00
ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 1. The First Jews
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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Their long climb from poverty to prominence and prosperity in the New World

Bought by WCPN, KWIT, WRGY, WNMU-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 16
The Gospel of Lido
From: Miranda Diboll
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The story of three outdoor swimming pools, known as 'lidos' in London.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 19:04
In Search of James Brown: An Appreciation (58:00 / 53:00 / 29:00 or 6:30 Feature)
From: Paul Ingles
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In 1999, radio producers Paul Ingles and Joe Warnes went in pursuit of an interview with the Godfather of Soul, James Brown at a tour stop in Albuq...

Bought by KRVS, KGLP, WCBE, Radio New Zealand, WYSO and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 30
Johnny Cash: Personal File
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour music intensive documentary hosted by Rodney Crowell explores Johnny Cash?s ?Personal File? home recording archive.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, WMMT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 20
Roy Orbison: In Dreams
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour music intensive documentary presents rock music legend, Roy Orbison, through his own words and music, and comments by artists inspired by ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KPIK-LP, KPIP-LP, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 18
The WASPs: Women Pilots of WWII
From: Radio Diaries
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The story of the first female pilots in WWII.

Bought by KVMR, KUT, RadioFreePalmer, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KCNP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 22:42
  • Purchases: 50