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DC 2407
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Playing the hits? Hardly (well, maybe a couple).

Bought by KRSC, KRZA, KIYU-FM, KSLU, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
StoryCorps: Joy Kahahawai and Kim Farrant
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kim Farrant and Joy Kahahawai-Welch at their StoryCorps interview in Honolulu on June 17, 2022, Credit: Ben DeHaven for StoryCorps
Sisters Kim Farrant and Joy Kahahawai-Welch remember their uncle, Joseph Kahahawai, who was murdered in Hawaii in 1932.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:51
The Declaration Revisited: Black Americans
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How enslaved Americans and Black Americans pushed against the document from the very beginning of our nation’s founding.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 14:42
Open Spaces, October 20, 2023
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Open Spaces
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Today on the show, the Endangered Species Act became law 50 years ago. Since then, hundreds of species have been put under its protection. Wyoming ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 50:22
The Nakba: 75 Years On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Palestinians fleeing from their villages as Israeli troops approach on October 30, 1948., Credit: David Eldan, National Photo Collection of Israel, Government Press Office, under the digital ID D275-120
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or the "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers both to the events starting in late 1947 when Zionist ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 1
Bernard Offen – "Surviving the Holocaust"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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My Hometown Concentration Camp Bernard Offen, age 72, survived five Nazi concentration camps in Poland during World War Two, when he was a young t...

  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Rodolfo Gomez – "A Walk in the Costa Rican Rain Forest"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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On the eastern slope of the Continental Divide, about an hour’s drive east of San Jose, Costa Rica, is the Rain Forest Aerial Tram, a tramway that ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
DC 2305
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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More madness.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KRSC, KDUR and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 28
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Shall Furnish Medicine Finale and a story from above the Arctic Circle.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
DC 2302
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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A bit of live guitar rock.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, Raven Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KRSC and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
DC 2247
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Rockin' the Blues.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, RadioStPete Florida, KRSC, KDUR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Dr. David Ray Griffin– "Was this a Cause of the 9/11 Attacks?"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 The forces behind the disasters of September 11, 2001 are said to...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Appalachian Vibes: Colby Helms, A. Jordan, Disco Risque
From: Amanda Bocchi
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week we discover what really happened to the Bondurant boys with Franklin Co country, singer-songwriter and amateur historian, Colby Helms of ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
StoryCorps: Natalie Young and David Young
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Natalie and David Young at their StoryCorps interview in May of 2019. , Credit: Kevin Oliver for StoryCorps
Natalie and David Young remember abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, who was killed three years after they sought his help in Wichita, Kansas.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Alan Amen and Ron Amen
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Alan and Ron Amen at their StoryCorps interview in Dearborn, Michigan on August 10, 2012., Credit: Erin Dickey for StoryCorps.
Ron Amen speaks with his brother, Alan, about their bond, and how it persevered even after Ron was drafted in the Vietnam War.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Rodger Patience and Kirby Metoxen
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Rodger Patience and Kirby Metoxen at their StoryCorps interview in Green Bay, Wisconsin on January 27, 2022. , Credit: Carl Romey for StoryCorps.
Kirby Metoxen and his priest Father Rodger Patience talk about the forced removal of Oneida children to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 02:21
Disposable Cities: Part 4 of The State Made Visible
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: An abandoned home near Love Canal in Niagara Falls. (UPI Photo)
This is part 4 of The State Made Visible with Rasul Mowatt, author of The Geographies of Threat and The Production of Violence published by Routled...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
DC 2141
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Rockin' Down the Freedom Highway

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KDUR, Southern Branch Bluegrass, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
GN_3.11_Indigenous Peoples Day
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Native American's have been overlooked since America got its start. Now, they are finally starting to get the appreciation they deserve instead of ...

Bought by WTIP, KLCC, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps American Pathways: Najat Hamza
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Najat Hamza reflects on her experience resettling in the US and her longing for the home she left behind.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Dorlie Fong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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In the late 1930’s, dancer Dorothy Toy debuted on Broadway with her partner Paul Wing. It capped years of hard work on the Vaudeville circuit and l...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 125: Six Months Ain't Long
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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An hour of country, bluegrass, and rural music from 45 rpm singles. Featuring mostly unknown artists.

Bought by KIYU-FM and KIYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
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
'The Stone Age Program' 249
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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This one hour program is part of a series that explores the finest electric music of the '60's and '70's.

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), KEOS, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KGLT


  • Added: Aug 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Wagner, Sally Roesch — Suffragist, Matilda Gage, Almost Jailed for Voting
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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This program is about Matilda Joslyn Gage, who lived from 1826 to 1892 and was a vibrant and leading figure in the suffragist movement of that cent...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00

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