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Too Soon? The First Family 60 Years On
From: Mike Flanagan
Caption: The First Family, Credit: Courtesy Cadence Records
A 60th Anniversary review of the funniest album of the Kennedy era. The Grammy Award winning Album of the Year that was ultimately withdrawn from c...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
Kristallnacht
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish commemorates the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Party Like It's 360 BCE!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
"Sounds Jewish" parties like it's 360 BCE with a global Jewish playlist celebrating the approaching Purim holiday.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
210103 The Covid Christmas
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: I purchased this Corona when I first read about the Corona Virus making it to the USA. My mom was inoculated with the Covid vaccine on December 31st, 2021. I will drink this Corona after I'm inoculated.
A touch of retrospection and melancholy as we live out our pandemic. Audio postcards of the first and hopefully the last Covid Christmas. (And...

Bought by KFCF FM and Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 02:57:51
  • Purchases: 2
Monacan Voices:True History of First Contact & Paper the Genocide of Virginia Indians
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Native American Heritage
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Please join us for a rare journey through poetry and conversation with the Monacan Nation of Virginia regarding first contact, the birth of our nat...

Bought by WCPN, KWIS 88.3 FM, KWMR, WRNC-LP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:17
  • Purchases: 8
StoryCorps: Greg and Abby Force
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Greg Force and Abby Force at their StoryCorps interview in Greenville, SC on May 21, 2019., Credit: By Alletta Cooper for StoryCorps
Greg Force tells his daughter, Abby Force, about what it was like to play a small role in the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, when he was a ten-yea...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Christopher Harris
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Christopher Harris
StoryCorps Legacy gives people with serious illnesses the chance to share their stories. At Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Christopher Harris recorded...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Reich
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Steve Reich, Credit: Dan Callister Rex
We’ll celebrate the music of one of the architects of minimalism, composer Steve Reich on this episode of What’s New!

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KVNO and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Day the Earth Stood Still
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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The entire 1951 movie is narrated -- and commented on -- in this sound-rich radio show...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:36:58
Charlie Chaplin on the Radio
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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How the heck do you get a silent film star on the radio?

  • Added: Sep 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:16:54
James the Sixth Becomes James the First
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:25:25
Where the Buffalo Roam
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Fourth of July broadcast featuring the film "Where the Buffalo Roam"

  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:36:57
16-18 Agustin Barrios Mangore Tribute
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Nitsuga Mangore (Agustin Barrios Mangore)
In honor of the 131st anniversary of his birth, this week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive features a tribute to Paraguayan guitarist-composer A...

Bought by Ohm Radio , New Hampshire Public Radio, WKMS, KXIQ , KTXK and more


  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 42
Monacan Voices Promo #1
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Native American Heritage
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:30 Promo for the full length program

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: :30
Does a new 9/11 virtual reality video game go too far?
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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A new virtual reality video game puts players into one of the Twin Towers during 9/11. Players try to escape the flaming towers. The developers d...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:57
Rabin is a Cat
From: Israel Story
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Etgar Keret, an author and a regular contributor to our show, lives less than a ten minute walk from Kikar Malchey Israel, the square where Rabin w...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 20:08
Laid Back Halloween Special
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Gather round and listen to some traditions surrounding the Halloween celebration...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:33:18
The Pullman Strike & Kim Davis is Arrested
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Do you know how we got Labor Day? Winston Smith's torture has begun, and Kim Davis' arrest is ordered by the Supreme Court

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:34:32
Christopher Columbus and the US Navy
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Columbus tricks the Arawaks. History of the US Navy, the Barbary Wars and more...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:44:56
General Nathan B Forrest and the Confederate Flag
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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The honor of a Confederate hero shrinks in the twilight of 21st century political correctness, as does the rebel flag...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:05:07
How I left Saigon
From: Valerie Hamilton
Caption: Lawyer and newspaper publisher Dat Huy Phan at his desk at California's Nguoi Viet Daily News, Credit: Marcus Teply
California lawyer and newspaper publisher Dat Huy Phan was a 27-year-old high school teacher in Saigon when the city fell to North Vietnam in April...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:47
StoryCorps: Gay Talese and Bob Walsh
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Gay Talese interviews Bob Walsh, one of the ironworkers who built the the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge,...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Taps and Air Raid Siren - Tonal
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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Two haunting sounds that are powerful, and have an unusual quality when heard together.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:06
StoryCorps: Shengqiao Chen and Zehao Zhou
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Shengqiao Chen (L) and Zehao Zhou (R)
Shengqiao Chen (L) tells his friend Zehao Zhou (R) about being smuggled to the U.S. aboard the Golden Venture in 1993.

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 3
"Kiss That Fish!"
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Oil & Water: Recovering from the Spill"
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A recent poll shows forty percent of Americans still think Gulf seafood isn’t safe to eat. Commercial fishermen in Bayou La Batre are fighting to w...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:34