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First World War poetry, with Hugh Dow - Break of Day in the Trenches, by Isaac Rosenberg
From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium
Caption: Isaac Rosenberg
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, asked expat actors living in...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Martin Blackwell reads Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen
From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium
Caption: Wilfred Owen
Martin Blackwell reads Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
StoryCorps: Joel Healy and Kelli Healy Salazar
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Joel Healy tells his daughter, Kelli Healy Salzar, about participating in Operation Plumbbob, one of the largest nuclear tests conducted by the U.S...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Forgotten Circassians
From: Julia Barton
Caption: Youth dance troupe at the Circassian Benevolent Association in Wayne, NJ., Credit: Julia Barton
As far as he knows, Zack Barsik is the first Circassian born in the US. He grew up in Passaic County, New Jersey, where Barsik’s father emigrated f...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:48
Kentucky Exhibits Mark Civil War Sequicentennial
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: Monument at Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
Two historical exhibits now open in Louisville, Kentucky explore the state's unique position as a Civil War border state.

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Frank Curre
From: StoryCorps
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88-year-old Frank Curre remembers serving on the U.S.S. Tennessee during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WDBM, WVBI-LP, WEZU, KUER and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 10
Home Again
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Pearl Harbor, Credit: Rich Engelbrecht
A poignant tale of a returning veteran who witnessed December 7, 1941.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 47:48
George and the Alien
From: andy boyd
Series: Stories that Take Place in Space and End in Death
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A very short story about Aliens.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 02:58
Three Cups of Tea
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
Caption: Greg Mortenson
Humanitarian Greg Mortenson discusses the book that tells the story of his work building schools for the children of Pakistan.

  • Added: May 11, 2009
  • Length: 14:27
Love, War, and PTSD
From: Karen Brown
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A young couple tells the story of married life after war -- and it's not pretty.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 2
Voice of the Troubles: 25th Anniversary of the Irish Hunger Strike (Segment)
From: Charles Lane
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Exploring conflict in the modern world through the stories and experiences of the Irish Troubles

  • Added: Jul 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:52
Voice of the Troubles: 25th Anniversary of the Irish Hunger Strike (Cutaway)
From: Charles Lane
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Exploring conflict in the modern world through the stories and experiences of the Irish Troubles

  • Added: Jul 09, 2006
  • Length: 08:23
Who bows to honor this ordinary woman?
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem for the Women who voted in Iraq

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Measure, Measure, Measure
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A father copes with his son's departure for the Navy during a time of war.

Bought by KUHB and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 2