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Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
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We bring you a piece from our partner Kerning Cultures about the Palestine Broadcasting service. We revisit the history of the station and its role...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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During World War II, over 400,000 German POWs came to the U.S., where they worked on local farms alongside civilians. Cariad Harmon tells the story...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 30:35
  • Purchases: 1
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During WWII Diet Eman acted heroically to save Jews from extinction in the Netherlands. These are 2 conversations with her that originally aired o...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:39
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:38
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:11
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
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The Navigators were ancient Polynesians who sailed the vast Pacific in search of new islands.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:26
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For more than a century, the Rio Grande has been the border between the U.S. and Mexico. But rivers can move.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tim Hetherington, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Photojournalist and war correspondent Tim Hetherington was killed wednesday, April 20, 2011 along with two other journalists while covering the fig...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 14:01
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When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Green Gone Wrong cover
Are new methods to help the environment solutions or scams? Independent journalist and author Heather Rogers traveled the globe to get the scoop on...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Divided By Borders cover, Credit: Joanna Dreby
Author Joanna Dreby explored the impact of work migration through intimate interviews with extended Mexican families and children in New Jersey and...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Judy Polumbaum interviewed 20 Chinese journalists about their life and craft, opening a unique window into this major media producer.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
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The story of three outdoor swimming pools, known as 'lidos' in London.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 19:04