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The Untold Story of the 2021 MN State Fair in the Time of COVID
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with a variety of Minnesota State Fair exhibitor...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
International Cities of Peace, and more
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This time on PEACE TALKS RADIO, a three-part program about nonviolence and solidarity across international borders. We explore the question: “How ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Why NYC Is Banning Cars From Some Streets
From: Catharine Smith
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The Open Streets program aimed to give New Yorkers more safe spaces to hang out during Covid. The program was so popular that it's going to be perm...

  • Added: May 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:42
GN_4.26_Nazis Against Nazis
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
One step for hate, two steps for peace. A village in Germany took action against local Nazis by tricking them into raising money against their cause.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
USING BISON TO RESTORE NATIVE PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEMS
From: renee wilde
Series: The Grounded Hope Podcast
Caption: Sculpture at Battelle Darby Creek Park, Credit: Renee Wilde
The Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks have transitioned thousands of acres of farmland back into the prairie habitat, reconstructing parts o...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2021
  • Length: 05:39
GN_4.26_NazisAgainstNazis
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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A community in Germany fights back an annual nazi parade with pledges to a group that counters hate groups.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Auld Lang Syne for 2020: Should Old Deniers Be Forgot?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: He didn't do it alone., Credit: Susan Cook
In the Department of Poetic Justice, the ode to 2020 and caucasian, male, non-mask wearing arrogant reality - like that of the now closed Institute...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
Party Dynamics and the 2020 Election in Context: A Discussion with Historian Geoffrey Kabaservice (Niskanen Center)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: From Episode 17, Party Dynamics and the 2020 Election in Context: A Discussion with Historian Geoffrey Kabaservice (Niskanen Center)
Inaccurate polling… Split-ticket results… Denial of election results by large numbers of Republican voters and members of Congress... There have...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:19:42
Episode 153: The Max Headroom Incident
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the nine o’clock news in Chicago. As one television viewer said, it...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 23:35
The Modern West: Ghost Town(ing) Broadcast Special
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: The Modern West
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Ghost towns are an icon of the American West. But they’re not just part of a sepia-toned past; ghost towns in the making today as rural communities...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 57:41
Police De-escalation / Quakers in Costa Rica
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We explore peacemaking strategies for law enforcement officers who are trying to respond to persistent calls from citizens to address repeated high...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Ep 13 & 14: Gone With The Wind / Behind The Scenes Doc
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 13: Gone With The Wind It is three weeks since Ernie dropped Jerry off back at their home in Washington DC. Jerry has been in the care of...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 11 & 12: A Bed of Coals / The Simple Proposition
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 11: A Bed of Coals Ernie pays a visit to the home office for a meeting with his editor, Lee Miller. Miller, an old friend, knows about Je...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 9 & 10: A Desolate Corporation / The Zipper
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 9: A Desolate Corporation Ernie’s first writing job was as an aviation columnist in The Washington Daily News. Amelia Earhart once said, ...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 7 & 8: Not The Washington Post March / Have You Been Away?
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 7: Not The Washington Post March Finally back on the road, Ernie and Jerry stop into a favorite haunt for the night. However, it is in Oh...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 5 & 6: Perhaps You've Heard Of My Father / Thirty Years Too Soon
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 5: Perhaps You've Heard Of My Father Ernie discovers that his father drove his car through the front plate-glass window of the Dana dry-g...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 3 & 4: The Snake Story / My Mother
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 3: The Snake Story Ernie’s parents are enjoying Ernie and Jerry’s visit home, but his mother just can’t seem to accept what her son has b...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 1 & 2: The Bourgeois Standard / That Long Sad Wind
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 1: The Bourgeois Standard As pressure mounts from the home office, Ernie is forced to use a voice recorder for his work in interviewing t...

Bought by KAAD-LP and WCBE


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
The History, Role, & Significance of the U.S. Post Office
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Headshot: Richard R. John
In this episode, we talk about the post office with Dr. Richard R. John, Professor of History & Communications in the Columbia Journalism School at...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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
John Lewis: Profile in Peace (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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The late 17-term Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis is remembered in a special that includes the memorial ceremonies at the U.S. Capito...

Bought by KUNM, Wyoming Public Radio, WVPE, KUNM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
John Lewis: Profile in Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The late 17-term Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis is remembered in a special that includes the memorial ceremonies at the U.S. Capito...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, KUHF, KETR-FM, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WUFT and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Covid in the Country
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is being rural a pre-existing vulnerability in this crisis? Equipped with a mask and a selfie stick, Laura Flanders reports (from a responsible dis...

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


  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The End of Policing (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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After the police killing of George Floyd, protests around the country have erupted, calling for an end to police brutality against Black Americans.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KRZA, WJCT, WLIW, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
The End of Policing (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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After the police killing of George Floyd, protests around the country have erupted, calling for an end to police brutality against Black Americans.

Bought by WCNY, KUOW, WFAE, WNYO, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 17

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