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The Black Panther Party’s founding in 1966 was inspired by the prevalent issues of police brutality, poverty, and lack of access to healthcare face...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 09:58
From: Paul Fischer
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
For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 17:56
In the early 1970s a radical idea took shape: tearing down Boston’s elevated downtown highway, and rebuilding it underground.
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 53:57
There is a strange irony behind the Big Dig: the most expensive highway project ever built in America began with a man who hated highways.
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 53:57
Pomp, circumstance and 35 words can transform a person into a president.
- Added: Nov 07, 2023
- Length: 06:31
Colorado, Minnesota & Michigan Courts Consider “Insurrection Act” Cases Attempting to Keep Trump Off the Ballot
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Oct 31, 2023
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll take a look at transitional justice through Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. We’ve looked at the t...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Aug 30, 2023
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
To mark the passing of Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers, the GroundTruth Project presents a special one hour program that traces the path o...
Bought by Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, WORT, KOSU and more
- Added: Jun 16, 2023
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 37
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
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about what it means to be a ally to members of marginalized communities, and the necessary d...
- Added: Mar 29, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
KQAL's Jiovani Bermudez meets with Mai'a Williams to discuss her project, Blooming Underground. Blooming Underground is a centers on their relation...
- Added: Jan 18, 2023
- Length: 26:03
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 22, 2022
- Length: 29:00
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
A look at the legacy of John Muir, his actions in Yosemite, and the impacts on the Indigenous people in the area.
Bought by KALW
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 25:47
- Purchases: 1
Part 2/2 in our coverage of Income Inequality and the policies and practices that led to this on "Civic."
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 29:30
Income inequality is at a breaking point in America. "Civic" takes a look at the history of policies and programs in part 1/2.
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 24:05
Applying a GOP history lesson to our current political moment
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Aug 02, 2022
- Length: 36:31
- Purchases: 1
The Nobel Peace Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and philanthropist, in 1901. Committee members in Norway meet privately...
Bought by WKSU
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and the balance of power between Russia, the US, Europe, and China. Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul t...
- Added: Mar 11, 2022
- Length: 59:00
The Minnesota Twins aren’t short on iconic players who have won the hearts of fans over the years. One of them is Tony Oliva, who overcame obstacle...
- Added: Jan 18, 2022
- Length: 05:42
Geography - In March 2004, Dan Bazile joined the news team at WNYT (a television affiliate of NBC), where he anchors "Weekend Today". Prior to that...
- Added: Nov 01, 2021
- Length: 01:28
On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Oct 18, 2021
- Length: 11:44
- Purchases: 2
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we speak with an author who dives into the efforts of "committed citizens" trying to change the world. We'll...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
There are many conversations to have concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, but pandemics were common not too long ago. Maybe we should pay attention in...
- Added: Aug 31, 2021
- Length: 06:00
