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1972: The Birth of Pong and the Rise of Video Games
From: Action Speaks Radio
Caption: A snapshot of Pong , Credit: Google Images
Pong introduced America to video games and now there seems to be no turning back. Is this why we don't leave our houses anymore?

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUNM, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
1961: President Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex Speech
From: Action Speaks Radio
Caption: A scene from our first panel of our 2011 season!, Credit: Viera Levitt
Did a Fox guarding a hen house get it right, and if so, how?

Bought by WCPN, WRIR, KALW, Spokane Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
Reading the Bible
From: Terry Fernsler
Series: Third Sector Radio USA Interviews
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Dr. Daniel Peterson discusses how to interpret the Bible.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 13:56
Questioning Religion
From: Terry Fernsler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A conversation with Dr. Daniel Peterson

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 17:04
A Conversation with Jay Salinas of Wormfarm
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Farmer and artist, Jay Salinas talks about Wormfarm, the inventive organization he co-founded where art, agriculture, community, and creativity blo...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Jennifer Egan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Jennifer Egan talks about her National Book Critics Circle Award-Winning book, A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
Foreign Affairs
From: War News Radio
Caption: Chinese President Hu Jintao and Afghan President Hamit Karzai at a 2010 state visit., Credit: Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images AsiaPac
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Heating Oceans
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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Scientists have discovered that deep ocean waters near Antarctica have been heating up. Learn about the consequences now and for the future.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
Rights of the Child
From: Darren Copeland
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Voices of youth responding to social issues are re-worked into a sound art treatment of news documentary material. The voices are derived mostly f...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 16:42
The Heated Future: A Timely Tale
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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In this unique combination of radio drama and field reporting, three teens from a future racked by climate change travel back in time to present-da...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 22:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Revolving Door
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The revolving door between the federal government and its favorite contractors sets up abuses.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Collapse of Fish Stocks Worldwide
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
The Arsenal of Democracy is disappearing
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The US has been hemorrhaging high-paying manufacturing jobs since the 1959s.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Tesla vs. the United States
From: Deus Ex Machina
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Who invented radio? Marconi or Tesla? 90% of people get this wrong. Find out by attending the Supreme Court trial in 1943. The answer will surp...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2010
  • Length: 49:13
  • Purchases: 1
Best of Fall 2009
From: War News Radio
Caption: The National Museum of Iraq, Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jan 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
Flu Shot.........Or Not !!!!
From: Larry Carlson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Is the Flu shot safe for everyone

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:04
Science or Conspiracy?
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
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Do you believe in climate science - or is it a hoax aimed at world domination? First half: testimony of John Holdren, Obama science advisor, & Jan...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
Show 11: Art/Artist/Audience in Dylan' Songs
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Bill King dusting his broom
Dylan's Relationship to His Art, to himself as Artist, and to his Audience

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 4
Show 12: Dylan and the Traditions
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Dylan & the Traditions: Literature, Popular Song, Folk Song

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 5
The Libertarian Nominee Bob Barr
From: Burton Cohen
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Interview with former Republican Congressman Bob Barr

  • Added: May 27, 2008
  • Length: 29:15
How European Immigrants Became White
From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative
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How some immigrants once considered non-white became white

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 06:02
THE COLOR OF NIGHT
From: Phillip Martin
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Race and the Sexual Politics of Nightlife in Chicago

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
Einstuerzende Neubauten and their new album "Alles wieder offen"
From: Arndt Peltner
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One of the true musical pioneers release a brand new album

  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 01:01:11
John Trudell: Not an Activist, Poet or Musician, but Simply a Human.
From: Cultural Energy
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John Trudell on his past activism, his current values and beliefs.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
What are we ever going to do with all these gay people?
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Interesting Point with SCADRadio
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An unconventional idea on homosexuality.

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 15, 2007
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 2

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