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" Patty Hearst, the Symbionese Liberation Army and Me..Fifty Years Later Remix" ( A Newsical Comedy of Terrors)
From: Paul Fischer
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A "newsical" to mark the 50th anniversary of the kidnap of Patty Hearst by The Symbionese Liberation Army ( Feb 4 1974). I was the “lucky” New...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
Revisiting GOP Party Dynamics: The Decline of Moderates & Rise of Populism
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Revisiting GOP Party Dynamics: The Decline of Moderates & Rise of Populism
Applying a GOP history lesson to our current political moment

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 36:31
  • Purchases: 1
Covid-19 Demands a National Reckoning
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The U.S. already has over one million confirmed cases of Covid-19 and tens of thousands of deaths. Victims of the disease are disproportionately bl...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
One Long Night: Andrea Pitzer on the Global History of Concentration Camps
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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"Honorable people can do terrible things" says Andrea Pitzer in her book "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps." We talk to Andr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
Caption: Hugh Turley, The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton
Heart failure, accident, or murder? John Shuck interviews Hugh Turley about the mysterious death of Thomas Merton.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2018
  • Length: 57:01
Hujar, Wojnarowicz: Art, AIDS & Challenge of Retrospection
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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1980’s art both personal and political arose out of the AIDS epidemic. Two major NYC art exhibits – Peter Hujar: Speed of Life (Morgan, thru May 20...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Taking Down the Confederacy - One Monument At A Time
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many are protesting Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's proclaiming April as Confederate Heritage Month, the last state banner to feature confederate ic...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Surprise! The New Russian President Is the Same as the Old Russian President
From: Jason Fields
Caption: War College Logo, Credit: War College
Mark Galeotti joins us for War College’s Russian election special. The winner, Vladimir Putin, was never in doubt, but what’s the sham election all...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 33:56
Black History Matters: Stereotype Threat
From: c j armentano
Series: Black History Matters
Caption: Emmett Till and mother Mamie
Professors Marva Lewis and Marvin Dunn discuss "stereotype threat" and its effect on African Americans sense of safety when interacting with police...

Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 4
Do You Believe Conspiracy Theories?
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO, DECEMBER 2015
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Well, you might believe some, of course. "Watergate" was a conspiracy, indeed.... Touching on a more recent national trauma, author Rob Brotherton ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
TJ English discusses "Where the Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World that Made Him"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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TJ English is an award winning journalist and screenwriter.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 16:14
Interrogators Without Pliers
From: Matt Thompson
Caption: Hanns Scharff "Master Interrogator" of the Luftwaffe, Credit: Scharff Estate
Why torture doesn't work. How to trick the enemy into revealing secrets. Lessons from the Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe. The British Poli...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WRPI


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Music of Noise
From: A. Randall Wenner
Caption: Syracuse University Design Professor Zeke Leonard demonstrates his intonarumori noise-making instruments., Credit: A. Randall Wenner
Is it possible to make “music” from “noise”? Is it possible to enjoy it? Randy Wenner reports on an experimental music genre making a comeback of s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 2
THE LAST SHUTTLE ( May 2012 Update/Remix)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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On April 27th, 2012, I stood on the banks of the Hudson River in NYC.. and watched Space Shuttle Enterprise make a fly-by, strapped to the back of...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 57:37
Moyers & Company Show 103 How Big Banks are Rewriting the Rules of our Economy
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Big banks are rewriting the rules of our economy to the exclusive benefit of their own bottom line. But how did our political and financial class s...

Bought by KRDP, WMNF, KBRP Community Radio, WGCU, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 21
DoD Godwin (3-7-11)
From: Charles Showalter
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Brian Frayer and Pete Kovac both DoD Law Enforcement officers

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 50:00
ADA (3-14-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor News Commentary
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Today on The Union Edge, Michael J Wilson of Americans for Democratic Action, (ADAction.org) and his guests Andy Gussert Citizens Trade Campaign (c...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 49:52
  • Purchases: 1
Friday Wrap Up and Jack Shea (3-11-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: What Veterans Need to Know
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Today on The Union Edge, Jack Wade & Doug Cunningham, then our new program, "What Vets Need to Know”. Later, Jack Shea, Allegheny County CLC Presid...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 50:02
TWU and History (3-15-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor History & Current Events
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Today on The Union Edge, Jim Little, International President of the Transport Workers Union,(TWU.org) then labor history with Charlie McCollester a...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 50:02
Working America & Ohio Afl Cio (2-10-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor History & Current Events
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Today on The Union Edge, Maggie Priebe of Working America (workingamerica.org) and later Tim Burga President of the Ohio AFL-CIO (ohaflcio.org), Ti...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 02:09
AFSCME & Americans for Democratic Action (2-14-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor News Commentary
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Today on The Union Edge, National Workrights Institute (workrights.us) president Lew Maltby will join ADA (ADACtion.org) national director Michael ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Building Trades (2-15-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor News Commentary
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Today on The Union Edge we're featuring the building trades. Rich Stanizzo, President of Pittsburgh Building and Construction Trade Council; Willia...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Labor History/Current Events & Retired Americans (2-15-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor History & Current Events
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Dr. Charlie McCollester with the Battle of Homestead Foundation (battleofhomesteadfoundation.org) and Rosemary Trump of the Pennsylvania Labor Hist...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 50:00
Labor Heritage & GASP (2-17-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor History & Current Events
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Darryl Moch, Executive Director for The Labor Heritage Foundation, Later Tom Hoffman, Western Pennsylvania Director for Clean Water Action and Rach...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 50:00
Labor History/Current Events & Young Trade Unionists (2-22-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor History & Current Events
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Dr. Charlie McCollester with the Battle of Homestead Foundation (battleofhomesteadfoundation.org) and Rosemary Trump of the Pennsylvania Labor Hist...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 50:00