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The Freedom Riders of 1961 were upholding the law. So why were they being arrested as soon as they got off the buses in Jackson, Mississippi? KFAI'...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:44
- Purchases: 2
This piece lets listeners follow along as The Great American Think-off asks America to answer the question "Love or Fear: Which Motivates Us More?"...
- Added: Feb 13, 2015
- Length: 53:00
(NOTE: The full length piece is now available)
This piece lets listeners follow along as The Great American Think-off asks America to answer th...
- Added: Jan 07, 2015
- Length: 04:41
3-D talking maps use a variety of sensory modalities to help the visually impaired find their way around college campuses and other institutions.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Retired Army Sgt 1st Class Max Voelz first recorded in 2011 to remember his wife...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Nov 17, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 1
Author Sam Roberts reads about a civil rights pioneer indeed, from his new book. Another example of our daily 100-second show -- great for top-of-t...
- Added: Oct 01, 2014
- Length: 01:40
Storm Reyes tells her son, Jeremy Hagquist, about growing up in migrant farm worker camps during the early 1960s.
Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, WTJU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 05, 2014
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 4
Alton Yates tells his daughter, Toni, about being part of a small group of Air...
Bought by WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WEZU, WTJU, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 03, 2014
- Length: 04:24
- Purchases: 5
Three stories about inventors who have done some pretty amazing things before even graduating from high school. From cats to semiconductors, these ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 13:47
- Purchases: 2
Diabetes has been known to doctors for thousands of years. How was it treated before the discovery of insulin? What new ways are being developed to...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Jack Hopkins got his first harmonica at age 7, and nearly 90 years later, he is still going strong.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 2
Poetry is form of self-expression that’s become vital to the incarcerated. To mark National Poetry Month, we bring you a special production by the ...
- Added: Apr 15, 2014
- Length: 29:00
"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on" - Johnny Cash in a previously unheard interview recorded in 1996. The man in black covers sidebur...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZYX, WABE, KVNF, Troy Public Radio and more
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 06:40
- Purchases: 8
New guidelines could maximize transplant success by better matching donated kidneys with recipients.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
An experimental treatment for bulimia nervosa may help restore connections within the brain that influence eating behavior in some patients.
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Captive-bred California Condors lack role models to show them how to survive in the wild. But wildlife biologists are there to help them navigate t...
- Added: Dec 09, 2013
- Length: 01:00
What is a cooperative business model and how can it support both economic viability and social responsibility? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Regi...
- Added: Nov 22, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Alane Cameron Miles was groomed throughout her life to be comfortable with death and the dying. She had a knack for it and would ultimately become ...
- Added: Oct 10, 2013
- Length: 27:26
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2013
- Length: 21:58
In the mid 1970s, three teenage brothers from Detroit formed a band. That’s not exactly an unusual story. Motown history is full of bands that made...
Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio
- Added: Jul 15, 2013
- Length: 03:53
- Purchases: 3
There are many different sounds that float through the intersection of 81st Avenue and Rudsdale Street in East Oakland: crowds heading to the Oakla...
- Added: Jul 10, 2013
- Length: 07:09
Suriname is van oudsher het land waar immigranten welkom zijn. De afgelopen jaren proberen velen uit evenvele delen van de wereld zich in Suriname ...
- Added: Jun 26, 2013
- Length: 30:13
De zo vertrouwde Werknemers uit Polen gaan Nederland verruilen voor andere landen.Dat verwachten experts binnen uitzend- en andere organisaties. Ze...
- Added: Jun 15, 2013
- Length: 10:57
Siew Naipal is een Surinamer, die in de Oekraine dat deel uitmaakte van de voormalige Soviet Unie, tot hdroloog, expert in de waterhuishoudkunde, i...
- Added: Jun 01, 2013
- Length: 28:12