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Neil Harris Jr.
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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Around 2015, a young man who called himself Stephen showed up in Manhattan's Riverside Park. Locals noticed him sitting on the same park bench day ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 20:54
Episode 2: World On Fire
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Speaking Our Truths: The -Ism Youth Files
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Social activism by youth during and after the pandemic helped their mental wellness.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
PRESENT meets PAST at Burning Man
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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Most Burners don’t know much about the history of the land or its original inhabitants: the Pyramid Lake Paiute. Reporter Lucy Kang enlightens them.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:09
REVELRY meets REVERENCE at Burning Man
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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Beyond the effigy that gives Burning Man its name, there’s another wooden structure: The Temple. Arguably, it’s the spiritual center of the event.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 39:07
Millennial History
From: Andrea Voets
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In Millennial History, we relive recent history through the eyes of millennials who were there when it happened. The murder of anti-mafia judge Fal...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:39:06
House/Full of Black Women
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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For some eight years now, 34 Black women from the Bay Area — artists, scholars, midwives, nurses, an architect, an ice cream maker, a donut maker, ...

Bought by KASU, WWNO, High Plains Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2023
  • Length: 53:27
  • Purchases: 45
A Shortcut Through 2022
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Volodymyr Zelensky
A retrospective featuring the major events of each passing year, Shortcuts features no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtaposit...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCB 104.9, Raven Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 7
Gustav Mahler: Turmoil and Triumph
From: Charlie Warren
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"To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world," said Mahler. Hear unique historical comment and quotes from biographers, authors, conductor...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 5
Caribbean Roiled by Adjustments to Exams in 2020
From: Jewel Fraser
Series: COVID-19 and Its impact on Caribbean Students
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This second podcast looks at the debacle that unfolded following the CXC's adjustment of school-leaving examinations in 2020 in the face of the pan...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 14:16
Mother Mine: January Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear people from Mexico, Jamaica, Indonesia, and Nigeria talk about their mothers and who they are because of their mothers.

Bought by WMPG and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 2
A Shortcut 2021 Tribute Mix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Betty White
An extra hour of celebration of those who've left us this year, with music and events that broke too late to be included in A Shortcut Through 2021

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut Through 2021
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Stephen Sondheim, Credit: Al Hirschfeld
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left us.

Bought by The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KAAD-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KVSC, Hawaii Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 13
The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
From: Radio Diaries
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On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 2
What Fire Reveals: Stories from the CZU Lightning Complex Fire
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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On August 16, 2020, some 12,000 lightning strikes exploded across northern California, igniting more than 585 wildfires. In the Santa Cruz Mountain...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 33:41
  • Purchases: 2
Big Pharma vs The People: The Fight to Save America’s Largest Generic Drug Manufacturer
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This July, America’s largest remaining generic drug manufacturing plant is set to close its doors forever in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its parent ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Mother Mine: July Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece we hear from 6 people across the globe talking about their mothers and who they are because of their mothers. From a mother who never...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMPG, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:36
  • Purchases: 3
Mother Mine: May Edition
From: Katie Semro
Series: Mother Mine
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In this piece six women talk about their mothers, and who they are because of their mothers. From the the secrets they never told their mothers, an...

Bought by WORT, Prairie Public, RadioStPete Florida, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
The Keepers: Archiving the Now with Host Frances McDormand
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Keepers
Caption: Host, Frances McDormand, Credit: Alison Rosa
The Keepers: Archiving the Now — a new hour-long special from The Kitchen Sisters and PRX with host, Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Storie...

Bought by Prairie Public, WJCT, WABE, WNMU-FM, WCQS and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:25
  • Purchases: 70
Best of the Best 2020: Letters to a Young Poet
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Special: Artists and the Pandemic
From: Katie Semro
Series: Transmission Times: Radio Diaries During COVID-19
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Artists of all types from across the nation speak about how the pandemic has affected their work, their art, and their lives.

Bought by KGUA, WMMT, KVMR, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 11
Unprisoned Radio Hour: Stories of Being Black and Male in America
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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In this hour we hear three stories about what it's like being Black and male in the United States of America. The first story, from season 1 of Un...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 08, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Myth of the Super Predator
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 2, Episode 4 'The Myth of the Super Predator debunks an idea first made famous by then-first lady Hillary Clinton, an idea we still haven't...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 30:03
  • Purchases: 1
95,000 Names: Gert McMullin, Sewing the Frontline
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Keepers
Caption: Cleve Jones and Gert McMullin, 1987, Credit: Deanne Fitzmaurice / SF Chronicle
Gert McMullin, The "Mother of the AIDS Memorial Quilt" memorializing those who died in the AIDS pandemic, is now sewing masks for nurses and health...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 3
4 : STAR TREK
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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Spoon talks about his love for Star Trek and the day his TV was taken from him. Matthew visits a Star Trek fan club.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
2 : PAWS FOR LiFE
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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Episode 2. Spoon talks about a dog rescue program that took place inside Lancaster State Prison. He talked to Common the rapper, Matthew visits a s...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00