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A Call to Words: Veterans & Why They Write
From: New Letters on the Air
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This classic NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR commemorates Veterans Day with Vietnam veterans and poets, Bill Bauer and H.C. Palmer. Recorded in front audien...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WNJR, KVSC, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - Labor Day Special 2020 - Barbecue
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Celebrate Labor Day with our discussion on the history and culture of barbecue.

Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KTXK, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 54:46
  • Purchases: 7
Constant Wonder - Fourth of July Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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This Independence Day special explores how Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. viewed equality. We also learn about our first president,...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUHF, Wyoming Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 52:56
  • Purchases: 8
It's Groundhog Day!
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Groundhog Day fully explored...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:27:06
  • Purchases: 1
Happy Thanksgiving!
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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History of Thanksgiving celebration (bye bye Jack-O-Lantern)...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:31:19
The War in the Air
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: World War One planes
It's the 100th anniversary of World War One. CBC Radio presents The War in the Air. At the start of the war generals publicly stated their disdain ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVSC, KFAI Minneapolis, Marfa Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 8
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Anticipation - "Thousands of Years. Literal Bloodletting, to Figurative, Economic Bloodletting, to Sunscreen."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
254: Intangible Cultural Heritage
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Shrimp fishing from horseback in Belgium, Credit: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
Promo - American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: "Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln," ca. 1920, Credit: Library of Congress
With Halloween coming up, and vampires or zombies regularly topping the box office, it seems Americans can't get enough of all things spooky. This ...

Bought by WUFT and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
food for the holiday part 3
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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We sit down with cook and author Anna Teresa Callen, Paolo Vanini and Executive Vice President & Dean Emeritus of the international culinary center...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
The Last Word on Thanksgiving
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Michael is having a hard time getting into the spirit of it this year...this holiday exists by decree.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 2
Commentator Guido on Thanksgiving
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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When Guido thinks of Thanksgiving, he thinks of a time decades ago...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:26
KERA Commentary: The Hope of Christmas Light
From: KERA
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Thoughtful commentary about the symbolic role of lights at Christmas

  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
Team of Rivals
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Doris Goodwin's new book: Team of Rivals, is an exhaustive biography of "honest Abe"

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC, WCNY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Marfa Public Radio, New England Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2007
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 9
The American Spirit: The History, Voice, and Stand of the Declaration of Independence
From: Teen Attitudes
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(Uploaded by Josh Wehe) The history, the voice, and the physical and moral stand the Declaration of Independene took for our nation

Bought by KPIK-LP and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 2
Commentary: Labor's Day -- and Yours
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10