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Journey to D-Day: Expert Guide to Normandy with Smithsonian Associate Kevin Dennehy
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
Our guest today, Smithsonian Associate Kevin Dennehy, is someone who can guide us through a journey to Normandy like no other. Smithsonian Associat...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Smithsonian Associate, Dr. Shohini Ghose: Galactic Pioneers: The Women Who Mapped the Stars
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
Her Space, Her Time: Trailblazing Female Scientists Who Decoded the Hidden Universe Women physicists and astronomers from around the world have tr...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 31:06
Duke Steps Out
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Duke Ellington
It seems that jazz developed an affinity for royalty in its earliest years. First the was the “King of the Zulu” and King and Queen of the Mardi Gr...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Off with Her Head
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Eleanor Herman
Wherever you look in history, you’ll find misogyny. It’s equally rampant in the rumors surrounding Cleopatra during her reign and Kamala Harris bef...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Molly Barr and Nevada Barr
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Molly and Nevada Barr remember their mother Mary Barr, a firefighting aviator who was the first woman to fly for the U.S. Forest Service.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
Intersection of Black and Indigenous Resistance & Justice in the U.S. with Kyle T. Mays - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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In his book “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States,” Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the United States are rooted in Anti-Bla...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
StoryCorps Griot: Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper at their StoryCorps interview in San Diego, CA on May 11, 2022., Credit: StoryCorps.
Lana Cooper-Jones and Marla Cooper sit down at StoryCorps to remember their dad and his commitment to celebrating Juneteenth.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
WoodSongs 856: The Earls of Leicester
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: The Earls of Leicester on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's encore broadcast of WoodSongs, folksinger Michael Johnathon celebrates the legacy of Flatt & Scuggs with the Grammy winning bluegras...

Bought by Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, Radio Bristol, KEDT, KBBI Alaska, WETS and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 34
Jeremy Mackie - Cinematographer - Your Sister's Sister, Green Room, Special, Eden, Almost Friends, Language Lessons, 7 Days, and the upcoming I'll Show You Mine
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Language Lessons
Jeremy Mackie - Cinematographer - Your Sister's Sister, Green Room, Special, Eden, Almost Friends, Language Lessons, 7 Days, and the upcoming I'll ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Brett Bachman - Film Editor - Max Rose, The Party's Just Beginning, Mandy, Color Out of Space, Pig
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Pig 1
Brett Bachman - Film Editor - Max Rose, The Party's Just Beginning, Mandy, Color Out of Space, Pig

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Sep 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Lisa Show Presidents Day Special - Washington's Legacy, Lessons from the Founding Fathers, Talking to Kids about Politics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Topic 1 - Washington's Legacy; Topic 2 - Morning Buzz - Lessons from the Founding Fathers; Topic 3 - Talking to Kids about Politics

Bought by KTXK


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 52:48
  • Purchases: 1
Mott Hupfel - Cinematographer - The American Astronaut, The Savages, Jack Goes Boating, All is Bright, Eating Animals, The Last Shift
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: The Last Shift
Mott Hupfel - Cinematographer - The American Astronaut, The Savages, Jack Goes Boating, All is Bright, Eating Animals, The Last Shift

  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
WoodSongs 777: A Country Tribute to Buddy Holly featuring David Frizell and Helen Cornelius
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
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On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, it's tribute to Buddy Holly featuring country music legacy artists David Frizell and Helen Cornelius.

Bought by KENW, High Plains Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 24
Making Good Time in Miami
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fall 2020 Student Edition
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In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami student Kristian Kranz heads to Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florid...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 13:13
Proving Einstein Right, Saving Coral Reefs, and Healthy Whining
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Proving Einstein Right: Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe. Topic 2: Scientists Lured Fish Back to Dying Coral Re...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 52:13
Traveling Route 66 and Crossing Europe in an RV
From: World Footprints LLC
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As we travel through Iceland you will hear about America’s historic Route 66 with Route Magazine editor, Brennan Matthews and Kat Bird of the Wande...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
Musician's Spotlight -Garifuna Collective Part Two- 709
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Host John Floridis sat down to talk shop with Al Obando from the Garifuna Collective at the 2019 Montana Folk Festival to lean about the unique cul...

Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
Monday Music Special Montana Folk Festival Part One
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Highlights of music and conversation from artists featured at the Montana Folk Festival 2019

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #31: The Berlin Ringbahn
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Hop on board Berlin’s Ringbahn, a suburban train that carries over 400,000 passengers each day and circles some of the city’s most authentic and li...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 23:41
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Saklad - Production Designer - Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Drag Me to Hell, The Muppets, The Front Runner
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: The Front Runner, Credit: Steve Saklad
Steve Saklad - Production Designer - Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Drag Me to Hell, The Muppets, The Front Runner

  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
WoodSongs 943: Juggernaut Jug Band and Erin Enderlin
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: "Washboard Man" Roscoe Goose of the Juggernaut Jug Band.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes the sound of Louisville, Kentucky The Juggernaut Jug Band plus in-demand ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WRGY, WVRU, KUCO and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 20
The Art of Capitalism
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Today, capitalism, aka the free market, is linked to trade wars, suffocating student debt, entire countries gone bankrupt, burgeoning virtual curre...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:36
¿QPM? S2 EP 4: Los del 1.5 Generation reconnect with their roots.
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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The experience of 1.5 generation immigrants, a term used to describe people who arrived in the U.S. as children and adolescents, is a unique one. U...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 10:15
Outsider Power Shifts Insider Politics: Working Families' Maurice Mitchell
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Social movements and party politics - inherently at odds or natural allies? This week, in his first in-depth TV appearance, Maurice Mitchell, the n...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Key West: Creativity at the end of the Road
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: FreshArtINTL Live Radio
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Come with us to the legendary Key West for conversations about creativity on two live streaming Fresh Art International radio shows. This cultural ...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 51:23