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Eliza Jane Nicholson, The Small-Town Poet Who Became The First Woman Publisher Of The Picayune
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: A Tobacco Card from 1887, Credit: JOSEPH MAKKOS / NOLA DNA
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a profile of Eliza Jane Nicholson, a small town poet who became the first woman publisher of a major metrop...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 10:24
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
Becoming Jeffersons People Part Two
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Clay S. Jenkinson discusses his book: "Becoming Jefferson's People: Re-Inventing the American Republic in the Twenty-First Century" in the second o...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Culture Clique Presents: " Winona Disasters "
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, Winona County Historical Society Assistant Director, Jenifer Weaver will tells us about some of Winona's Disaste...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 38:28
Allan Wolper talk with Martin Garbus
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Martin Garbus is one of America's fiercest fighters for free speech. He has represented some of the most prominent names in culture media and polit...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Nov 26, 2015
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 1
Allan Wolper talks with Frank Casey
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Frank Casey was the first investment analyst to blow the whistle on rogue financier Bernard Madoff whose Ponzi scheme looted the savings of thousan...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:08
Cannabis Radio News #51
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this special edition of the Cannabis Radio News host Brian Bahouth visits an end of prohibition celebration on the Burnside Bridge in Portland O...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The White House lit up in a rainbow, Credit: USA Today
After the historic ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, Sandip Roy reflects on... his Facebook feed.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Endeavours - Truth & Reconciliation Commission
From: Dan McPeake
Series: Endeavours
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Former BC Attorney General Wally Oppal, Native Studies Professor Niigaan Sinclair

  • Added: Jun 25, 2015
  • Length: 53:09
In Deep with Angie Coiro: The NYPD Tapes
From: Gordon Whiting
Caption: Broadcasting from Menlo Park, California
Adrian Schoolcraft blew the whistle on the NYPD. For his trouble they had him suspended and put into a mental ward. The NYPD Tapes author Graham Ra...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
Political Junkie 2014 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2014 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 90.5 WSNC, WEZU, WCQS, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 20
Jim Cullen, Editor of The Progressive Populist Newsletter
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Jim Cullen, Editor of The Progressive Populist
Interview: Jim recalls the beginning of the newsletter and explains the history of the progressive and populist movements.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 27:43
Gay Sensibility in Historical Preservation: Will Fellows discusses his "passion to preserve”
From: WFHB
Series: Standing Room Only
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On May 2, 2014 Will Fellows, author of Farm Boys and A Passion to Preserve, gave a presentation to an audience at the Buskirk Chumley theater. The ...

  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 56:41
A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Host Trish Kerle’ interviews author, Will Fellows, whose book, A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture, documents an American social m...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rebuilding After Fire
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Friday morning Sept 13 2013 became a day of history for downtown Winona. Unfortunately, this was due to a fire that spread and damaged three buildi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:48
  • Purchases: 1
Slavery: The Rise of American Capitalism (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
Slavery: The Rise of American Capitalism (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Saving Place: Passion, Politics and Sustainability in Historic Preservation
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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This week on Interchange, Saving Place: Passion, Politics and Sustainability in Historic Preservation. Host Trish Kerle' speaks with Bloomington ci...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 57:49
Skyway: The True Story Of Tampa's Signature Bridge pn Thirty Four 50
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: Thirty-Four50 - Joseph Dobzynski - Florida Series
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Noted Journalist and Florida native Bill DeYoung discusses his book SKYWAY: THE TRUE STORY OF TAMPA'S SIGNATURE BRIDGE AND THE MAN WHO BROUGHT IT DOWN

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:17
  • Purchases: 1
Goodbyes and Comebacks
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Farewell to George Jones-- and hell-o again to Natalie Maines! This week's hour long musical mystery tour includes Jim James, Patty Smith and more.

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:41
All Mixed Up-Boston Marathon
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: April 15th, 2013
April 15th came with an explosion this year at the Boston Marathon, this mix blends sounds from that afternoon with the ongoing bad history on that...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:47
Computer Talk Radio (54 minutes) for December 29th, 2012 to January 4th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting December 29th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, our nerd host, opens with the latest news o...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 53:57
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for December 29th, 2012 to January 4th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting December 29th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, our nerd host, opens with the latest news o...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Centerstage Minnesota: Big Walter Smith
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Big Walter Smith
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
Moyers & Company Show 103 How Big Banks are Rewriting the Rules of our Economy
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Big banks are rewriting the rules of our economy to the exclusive benefit of their own bottom line. But how did our political and financial class s...

Bought by KRDP, WMNF, KBRP Community Radio, WGCU, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 21