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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited pay discrimination against women and minorities was passed August 1964. Some thought it was a joke -- looks...
- Added: Jul 27, 2023
- Length: 03:00
Would the Founding Fathers Have Given You the Freedom to Vote?
- Added: Jul 03, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Dave concludes our two part look back at the first and only exclusively American space station, Skylab, which was crewed by three teams of astronau...
Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach
- Added: Jun 22, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
June is Pride Month, and June 28th is Pride Day, marking the unofficial beginning of "Gay Liberation" in 1969 with the Stonewall riots in New York...
- Added: Jun 20, 2023
- Length: 03:00
Blue Dot host Dave Schlom is joined by space journalist Emily Carney and Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart in part one of our look back at the onl...
Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach
- Added: Jun 15, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The annual June Father’s day shopping binge is upon us. Stores are touting the latest gizmos, and everybody loves Dad. All except corporate Ameri...
- Added: Jun 09, 2023
- Length: 02:31
‘Disco Demolition Night’, the brainchild of 24 year-old shock jock Steve Dahl, caused mass hysteria at Comiskey Park, Chicago on 12th July, 1979 – ...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:43
One of the BBC’s biggest-ever flops, soap opera ‘Eldorado’, broadcast its final episode on 9th July, 1993 - just one year after it had begun, at a ...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:50
Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned off the coast of Tuscany on 8th July, 1822. His wife, Mary Shelley, waited an agonizing ten days to disc...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 10:08
‘Our Lady of Kazan’, a painting of the Virgin and Child, was discovered in the ashes of a fire in the Russian town of Kazan on 8th July, 1579. The ...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 10:04
‘The Seven Wonders of the World’ *sounds* impressive, but could they do with an update? That was the mission of the mysterious Swiss-based ‘New 7 W...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:15
Memorial Day is when we honor those who died while serving in the armed forces. It dates from 1866, when women decorated graves from both sides of ...
- Added: May 25, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The story of how Ed Dwight went from being an Air Force captain to almost becoming the first Black astronaut in the world.
- Added: May 19, 2023
- Length: 16:36
The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 59:05
Date-based history modules for broadcast May 15-19, 2023. Run time 02:45 for all episodes
Bought by WYAP
- Added: May 11, 2023
- Length: 13:45
- Purchases: 1
Tune in to the next “Sounds Jewish” for music exploring and celebrating the coming Lag B'Omer holiday.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: May 05, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
On March 6, 1971, a group of some of the top musicians from the United States – Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, The Staples Singers, and more – ...
- Added: May 03, 2023
- Length: 59:00
Chuck D of Public Enemy famously called Hip Hop "the Black CNN". As Hip Hop celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, Laura talks with him, and Br...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more
- Added: Apr 26, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 7
Date-based history modules for broadcast May 1-5, 2023. Run time 02:45 for all episodes.
- Added: Apr 25, 2023
- Length: 13:45
Tune in to "Sounds Jewish" for Jewish music from around the globe urging us to approach the natural world with gemilut chassadim – or loving kindne...
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Apr 21, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Date-based history modules for broadcast April 17-21, 2023. Run time 02:45 for all episodes.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Apr 06, 2023
- Length: 13:46
- Purchases: 1
Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.
- Added: Apr 05, 2023
- Length: 01:59
Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 01:59
Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 01:59
Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 01:59
