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The Man in the President's Limo
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. There are many photos from that day — Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in aboard Air ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KUCB


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
Laura & Stephanie Flanders: Sisters Debate the Economic Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Laura and Stephanie Flanders are sisters with different points of view but a common fascination with economics. Tune in to this episode where they ...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Voices of the Past Cemetery Walk 2021: Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we went to the Winona County History Center to hear the 22nd annual voices from the past cemetery walk. They talked all abo...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 38:58
The Vineyard Current - November 14th, 2021
From: WMVY
Series: The Vineyard Current
Caption: David Vanderhoop, Credit: MV Times
Guests include: Vineyard news of the week with Vineyard Gazette managing editor Bill Eville plus…David Two Arrows Vanderhoop and Matt Scinto.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 30:48
US Healthcare After Covid: What’s Next & How Could It Be Better?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Medicare for All Act was reintroduced into the U.S. House in March with a record number of cosponsors and public support. But while the idea of...

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


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
F-Word: Times They Ain't A Changing
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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Bob Dylan... "sing as he might about The Times They are A-Changing, Dylans deal, worth an estimated $300 million to him, changed nothing about anyt...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
The Dreamer
From: Israel Story
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David Ben Shabat hates being called a prophet. As he sees it, he’s just a guy who stumbled upon a deep truth and wants to share it with the people....

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:17
467: Doctors Give Us Hope / 468: Facing Hate, 3/28/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Doctors Give Us Hope" - We set up mics in Anne's kitchen for a show dedicated to the people getting us through this. The doctors, nurses...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Political Junkie 2019 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2018 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by KISU, KTXK, WLPR , Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 17
Political Junkie 2019 Remembrances Special (PROMO)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2019 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by WBEZ, WLPR , WVPE, and KISU


  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
Dennis Flannigan, Retired Pierce County Councilmember, WA State Rep, Secretary of Point Defiance Aids Project, and a Pioneering Community Leader with many credits, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Dennis Flannigan
Interview by Gary Kanter: Dennis tells his story of how he became an activist who made things happen from the West Coast to the East Coast.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
I Remember TMI
From: WITF
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Oral History project about the Three Mile Island partial-meltdown.

Bought by WSKG, WHYY, WPSU, and 90.5 WESA


  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie 2018 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2018 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by WHRV, WBEZ, KJZZ, KCPW Salt Lake City, WITF and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Remembering Vietnam: Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of "Culture Clique" we get to listen in as Winonan's recall their memories of Vietnam on the home front and on the battlefield. Thi...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 32:24
Political Junkie 2016 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2016 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by WJSU, WVPE, KSFR, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
Choosing Justice Over Fear
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Historical photo is of Penny Rosenwasser's granddaddy Moishe’s (far left) dry goods store in Denmark, SC in the 1930s-40s.
Penny Rosenwasser is an activist and author of “Hope Into Practice: Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite our Fears.” On this edition of Making Co...

Bought by KUNM, KZYX, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Of Numbers and Names
From: Israel Story
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For Yom HaShoah, stories of Israeli encounters with the Holocaust in the years and decades after it ended.

  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 48:42
The Education of an American Journalist
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gerald Moore
When Gerald Moore decided to try his had at journalism, his reasoning was very good. He needed a job. But what began, as a way to pay the rent beca...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 2015 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2015 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by KZYX, WVPE, WCQS, WBEZ, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
Political Junkie 2015 Remembrances Special (PROMO)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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SPECIAL NOW AVAILABLE -- Please purchase and download the program files from the PRX piece linked in the description below.

Bought by WCQS and KISU


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
The Lower 9th Ward Lives On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Robert Green, Lower 9th ward resident, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
We visit the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum, to learn how some are trying to preserve the lessons and legacies of the past. And we talk to a residen...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 13:31
  • Purchases: 1
WASPs / Honoring Heroic Legacies / Servicewomen Today / Reunions! / Cultivating Life After War
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Deanie Bishop Parish/WASPs Segment 2: Melvin Morris/ Medal of Honor Segment 3: Tanya Biank/Women in military Segment 4: Larry Kelle...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Some Thoughts On Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption, written and read by Ross Gay
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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In this provocative radio essay, a commonplace encounter with racial profiling opens the door to the vast and painful reality of racism in the Unit...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Water for Gold
From: Tom & Debra Weistar
Caption: Miner 49er, Credit: Tom Weistar
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies the San Juan Ridge. On the Ridge, tucked away amongst towering pines, flanked by two forks of the Yuba R...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:25