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Steve Jobs said, "We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else even be here?” Running our fingers over those dents connects us to ...
- Added: Feb 25, 2024
- Length: 07:54
Welcome to “Unveiling the Ancestors,” a radio special that sheds light on who we are today by looking at WHO came before us. I'm your host, Anne Ho...
- Added: Nov 24, 2023
- Length: 53:10
Matthew Shepard was brutally killed 25 years ago for being gay. His mother Judy founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation 25 years ago this December a...
Bought by WORT
- Added: Oct 13, 2023
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
What's in a name? We reflect on where we belong and what it means to be American, especially in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes.
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 52:02
The Old Farmer's Ball is a regional folk dance organization in Asheville, North Carolina that is best known for its lively Thursday night contra da...
- Added: Feb 22, 2021
- Length: 49:50
Shortly after the outbreak of WWII, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It called for the forced removal of over one-hundred-thousand ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 17, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Most of us have a basic understanding of events surrounding the Vietnam War. That understanding, however, is usually vague, and incomplete. Especia...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 14, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Twenty-five years before Fukushima the worst nuclear disaster occurred in the Soviet Union.
- Added: Jul 20, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
There’s been a documentary, a Broadway musical, an HBO movie, and a memoir. The documentary, produced 40-years ago, is a cult classic, and has heav...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 27, 2018
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Mary Tamaki Murakami talks about life in an internment camp during World War II and why she sees parallels in today’s treatment of Muslim-Americans.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUNM
- Added: Apr 30, 2018
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 4
Part 7 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, series-exclusive...
- Added: Apr 24, 2018
- Length: 14:47
An eight part series, tracing the 25 year career of one of the UK's finest Jazz sax players. It covers initial promise, highs, lows and recovery, w...
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 28:13
Part 5 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, series-exclusive...
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 21:45
Part 4 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, series-exclusive...
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 24:52
An eight part series, tracing the 25 year career of one of the UK's finest Jazz sax players. It covers initial promise, highs, lows and recovery, w...
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 11:47
Part 2 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, some series-excl...
- Added: Apr 22, 2018
- Length: 15:18
Part 1 of an 8 part series tracing the 25+ year career of UK Jazz player Chris Bowden, from early promise to highs, terrible lows, series-exclusive...
- Added: Apr 22, 2018
- Length: 13:31
Many people have heard of the brutal dictatorships that ruled Soviet Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. RadioActive youth producer and high s...
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 04:55
From: Out of Bounds
Journalist (LAT) and author BILL CARLSEN discusses his compelling book "Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey & T...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 29:00
An exploration of regional memories of the American Civil War and the ways we use story to hide or confront our complicated past.
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 20:40
This is a personal story of the Vietnam War with Lynne Lorine Ludwick author of The Box.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 1
When Gerald Moore decided to try his had at journalism, his reasoning was very good. He needed a job. But what began, as a way to pay the rent beca...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 30, 2016
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
This audio documentary was produced by Karima Ragab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The course...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 06:57
“I‘m a coward, I didn’t want to die” - Patty Hearst in 1982, as told to Larry Grobel.
Larry Grobel told us the story about a time back in the earl...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Nov 02, 2015
- Length: 11:27
- Purchases: 1
At 15, Melanie Clarance's world was turned upside down.
- Added: Aug 30, 2015
- Length: 03:54
