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Constant Wonder - Making the Modern Christmas
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Christmas wouldn't be the same without Dickens. And, the railroads changed Christmas forever.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Radio History - 2021 Holiday Special
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This year, the Rough Draft Diaries is taking a step back in time to learn about the history of the radio play. Tune in for this year's special but ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
641: Rethinking The Holidays / 642: Writing Truth And Lies, 11/27/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rethinking The Holidays" - What are you doing for the holidays this year? We know we need to keep it small, keep it safe. But maybe we c...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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 - 4th of July Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs; Topic 2: Legendary Photographer, Steve McCurry

Bought by KETR-FM, KSTK, WPCA-LP, Troy Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - 4th of July Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Flags; Topic 2: US Senator Tammy Duckworth; Topic 3: Patriotism

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KETR-FM, KCLU, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 17
The Lisa Show - Memorial Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Topic 1 - Conceptualizing Death to Children; Topic 2 - Oral Histories and the Military; Topic 3 - The History and Meaning of Memorial Day

Bought by KTXK and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Memorial Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: General Patton; Topic 2: Race of Aces; Topic 3: Pacific Wrecks

Bought by KTNA, WYPL, RadioStPete Florida, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUHF and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Memorial Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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In this special episode marking Memorial Day, we learn about an effort to write the stories of every American service member who died in World War ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WLPR , WYPL, KRWG, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:36
  • Purchases: 18
Weddings - recorded 6/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational panel discusses weddings

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 23:17
StoryCorps Griot: Clara Jean Ester
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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72-year-old Clara Jean Ester remembers bearing witness to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech in 1968, and rushing to his side the next day w...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - President's Day
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Our President's Day special puts some focus on a woman who performed some of the functions of President of the United States. We'll learn about Edi...

Bought by KVMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 3
NM Historic Sites Holidays, 2020 Edition
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Jemez Ruins
Join Patrick Moore and Timothy Roberts, the director and deputy director of New Mexico Historic Sites, who together with interpreters and educators...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
The Lisa Show Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special - “I Have a Dream” Speech Witness, Representation in Media, Being Anti-Racist
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Topic 1 - Witness of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech; Topic 2 - Representation in Media; Topic 3 - Being Anti-Racist

Bought by KTXK, Radio Catskill, WLPR , WCPN, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 52:19
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind New Years Special - 2020 Almanac, Suffragists, Fat Man’s Quest
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - 2020 Was Something, Eh?; Topic 2 - Lessons from Suffragists on How to Change the World; Topic 3 - One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a...

Bought by KSTK, WCPN, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 3
Sending Light Into a Dark World
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're meeting with Stephen Rothschild, the executive director of The Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, to c...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:18
RDD: The Christmas Ship
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner famous for having sunk in a violent storm on Lake Michigan in 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago wi...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 06:05
RDD: Those Who Once Lived
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today's Rough Draft Diaries celebrates Veterans Day, a holiday honoring military veterans while marking the anniversary of the end of World War I. ...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 06:12
RDD: Haunted Toledo
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Halloween is just around the corner so for this year's Halloween special, The RDD is talking to Haunted Toledo! A website and YouTube channel locat...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 06:09
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
International Nurses Day
From: Levingston Lewis
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Ears Adrift speaks with Navy Nurses that are deployed on the USNS Comfort .

  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 09:10
RDD: Can You Hug a Ghost?
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's our Halloween Special! Join us as we encounter the spookier side of Fort Meigs with the Garrison Ghost Walk. It's a night-time stroll through ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2019
  • Length: 06:17
Memorial Day with Lefty Lee
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today is Memorial Day. So happy Memorial Day. Many people have the day off work today and many will be spending time with friends and family. But w...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 15:53
Christmas Radio Show Paul Sannerud Interview
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we talk to Paul Sannerud, writer and director of Theatre du Mississippi’s 6th Annual Christmas Radio Show at the Black...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 22:10