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A Sonnet Sequence for Edna St Vincent Millay
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: More poems in the tradition: Breathng: American Sonnets, Credit: Susan Cook
On her birthday, a Sonnet Sequence "The Rage of the World" .

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering September 11, 2001: "The Fall"
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets, Credit: Poems by Susan Cook
On the anniversary of September 11, In Memoriam , "The Fall" (submitted 9/16/2013 in "Blue: American Sonnets" to the Beatrice Hawley (now Alice Ja...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 1
Americans in Gandhi's India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Samuel Stokes and Ralph Richard Keithahn (along with his wife Mildred)
Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary was celebrated on October 2. While he is revered in India, his charisma drew some Americans to him, Americans wh...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
While SF Fought COVID, HIV Prevention Efforts Stalled
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, resources were diverted from HIV prevention to battle the new health threat. "Civic" talks to doctors about how that ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Not even a Sandesh
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip considers the underwhelming response to Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in India.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
20 Years Falling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The view from Robert Clark's studio in Brooklyn, Credit: Robert Clark
After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
The Secret Meeting that Transformed the World Economy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, NPR’s Chief Economics Correspondent Scott Horsley talks with Jeffrey Garten, former Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton Admi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
George Floyd Anniversary & Reimagining Public Safety: Special YES!/PNS Report
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Minneapolis, MN - May 25 marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd's ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
Political Junkie - Great Moments in Presidential Debates (2020)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin for a review of many great moments from the history of televised presidential debates, with commentary from several...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WUWM, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 13
Political Junkie - Great Moments in Convention History (2020)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin on a journey through political history as we revisit memorable and historic moments from national party conventions...

Bought by WVPE, Vermont Public, KCPW Salt Lake City, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KOSU and KVSC


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
1968: 50 Years Later - Part 3: The Voters Have Their Say
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Part 3 of a special series from Ken Rudin's Political Junkie -- 1968: 50 Years Later. Richard Nixon stages a political comeback. Segregationist Gov...

Bought by KJZZ, Interlochen Public Radio, KGOU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 10
1968: 50 Years Later - Part 2: A Party Divided
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Part 2 of a special series from Ken Rudin's Political Junkie -- 1968: 50 Years Later. The Democratic National Convention gets underway in Chicago, ...

Bought by KJZZ, WAMU, Interlochen Public Radio, KGOU, WITF and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
1968: 50 Years Later - Part 1: Turbulence and Tragedy
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Part 1 of a special series from Ken Rudin's Political Junkie -- 1968: 50 Years Later. After a disappointing result in the New Hampshire Primary, Pr...

Bought by KJZZ, Interlochen Public Radio, WITF, KGOU, WHFR and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 15
Political Junkie - 1968: 50 Years Later (PROMOS)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Ken Rudin for 1968: 50 Years Later, a special three-part series looking back on the dramatic political events of 1968. Ken speaks with journal...

Bought by KGOU, WHFR, and WFAE


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Greg Gibson and Wayne Lo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Wayne Lo (Left), Gregory Gibson (Right)
Greg Gibson speaks with Wayne Lo, the man who murdered his son, Galen, in a shooting at Simon's Rock college in 1992.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:49
Arson At The UpStairs Lounge
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: Exterior of the UpStairs Lounge after the fire.
Tripod New Orleans @300 revisits the UpStairs Lounge Fire in the wake of last month’s Orlando Pulse Night Club shooting.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 11:25
India at 70
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy reflects on India’s journey as it turns 70.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Woomera: Escaping From an Immigrant Detention Center, Part Two
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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In the second episode of our series on the mass escape from the Woomera refugee detention center in Australia, Aren Aizura parses out the stakes of...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2017
  • Length: 28:32
Woomera: Escaping From an Immigrant Detention Center, Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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In 2002, imprisoned refugees inside Australia’s Woomera immigration prison coordinated with 2500 outside supporters who had pitched camp outside th...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:10
Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy
From: Great Lakes Today
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Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Special - Great Moments in Presidential Debates
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin for a review of many great moments from the history of televised presidential debates, with commentary from several...

Bought by WVPE, KGOU, KSUT, WJSU, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 16
StoryCorps: Vaughn Allex and Denise Allex
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Vaughn Allex and Denise Allex
A former airline employee discusses the aftereffects of knowing he checked two 9/11 hijackers onto the plane that was flown into the Pentagon.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
LBJ visit to Lake Erie led to cleaner waters
From: Great Lakes Today
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s visit to Buffalo New York -- a day that helped clean up waterways across the...

Bought by WABE, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, WBFO, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 5
Out of the Blue: 50 Years After the UT Tower Shooting
From: KUT
Caption: UT Tower, Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr. /KUT News
It’s been 50 years since the University of Texas Tower shooting – long considered the first modern mass shooting of its kind. On Aug. 1, 1966, a sn...

Bought by WVTF, KUER, Prairie Public, WBEZ, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:49
  • Purchases: 13