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Alice Cooper & Sheryl - You Are My Rock!
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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A Nightmares to Fairy Tales love story with shock rocker Alice Cooper and his wife of 48 years, dancer Sheryl Goddard Cooper.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 16:48
Open Spaces, October 13, 2023
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Open Spaces
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This week on Open Spaces, the bison, also known as the American buffalo, is an iconic animal of the West. But its path has been a fraught one. We’r...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 46:45
Mexicans Confronting Racism: Aztec myths to modern stereotypes
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ismael Rivera, historian and cultural guide, in front of ancient Aztec ruins in Mexico City. , Credit: Anthony Wallace
Lies the Spanish conquistadors told about the Aztecs have led to racist tropes that still affect brown Mexicans today. Now, brown Mexicans are lead...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 28
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Shall Furnish Medicine Finale and a story from above the Arctic Circle.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Surviving The Bataan Death March (Narration by Jack Doepke)
From: Ronald Duffy
Caption: Ken Porwoll, Proud Veteran, Credit: Brainerd Dispatch (Brainerd, MN)
Veteran Ken Porwoll’s story recounts his inhumane treatment & riveting story of survival as one of 10,000 American & roughly 50,000 Filipino soldie...

Bought by KJZZ, KFAI Minneapolis, WRKF, WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 57:32
  • Purchases: 17
GN_3.11_Indigenous Peoples Day
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Native American's have been overlooked since America got its start. Now, they are finally starting to get the appreciation they deserve instead of ...

Bought by WTIP, KLCC, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
GN_3.33_National Freedom Day
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
February 1st is National Freedom Day, made into a holiday due to one man's efforts.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Tell Saki - Part I
From: Israel Story
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In the first chapter of this two-part story, we embark on a journey back to the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and specifically, to one battle that unfolded ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 52:51
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
People are NOT Mascots
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Diné activist Amanda Blackhorse responds to the name and mascot change of the Washington NFL football team.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 19:31
The Elevated Scanner
From: Kate Madara
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Pulses fall from the way lines like pollen in Springtime.  A Citizen disappears from the City, causing a search in a way line pulse.  The light see...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 09:27
The Working Tapes: Taxi Driver
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Studs Terkel
In 1974, author and oral historian Studs Terkel published his seminal book "Working," a portrait of America based on 130 interviews. The raw record...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
Plight of the Pueblos
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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Cali Paetow explores the ongoing fight of the Native American Pueblo tribe as they push to eliminate racism and public defacement of their ancestors.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Band 40th Anniversary of "The Last Waltz:" All Access
From: Dan Neer
Series: All Access World Premieres
Caption: The 40th Anniversary of the Band's "The Last Waltz:" All Access
Robbie Robertson shares insights looking back from 40 years on at one of, if not THE best rock and roll concerts and films, The Last Waltz. Interv...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLP, Prairie Public, KSRQ, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 11
Day Four 22:00 (September 14, 2001)
From: Erika McGinty
Caption: Ludlow Street, NYC
Three days after 9/11, I run into a cop who is just up from Ground Zero to get cigarettes and something warm. Something real.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 09:20
Working: Then & Now
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Studs Terkel
In the early 1970s, radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel went around the country interviewing people about their jobs. Studs recorded more th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, Spokane Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 10
When Ground Zero was known as Radio Row
From: Radio Diaries
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For more than four decades, Radio Row it was the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world. Then in 1966 the stores were cond...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 13:55
  • Purchases: 4
NASA Shuttle landing (condensed) w/music
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A telescoped version of NASA audio as it tells the public specifics about the shuttle as it glides in for a landing.

Bought by KPIK-LP and KMUZ


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 2
Project #9
From: Joanne DeVault
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This is a story of one city, one global company, one mother and one American dream.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 24:58
NEA Jazz Moments with ANTHONY BRAXTON
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Anthony Braxton. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn why ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 14
Spoken Editions #206: Romantic Modern: California Architecture 1930 to 1950, Harwell Hamilton Harris
From: Teosson Wells
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Free, audio excerpt from a book. The California of Harris’ youth was a very different place than it is today: It was a verdant oasis of orange grov...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:35
Culturology: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People - Hour Two
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People
This is the second installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 17: Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa, Karikatura - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa
Bobby speaks with Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa, founder and president of the Italian American Museum in New York City. Dr. Scelsa has a doctorate in sociol...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:03:08
Culturology: "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" - Author Stewart Van Cleve talks with Heidi Holtan in a Real Good Words interview
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" by Stewart Van Cleve
Heidi Holtan and Stewart Van Cleve have an in-depth conversation about the history of "queer" in Minnesota. Stewart Van Cleve's book "Land of 10,00...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 39:38
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: "North Country: The Making of Minnesota" by Mary Lethert Wingerd
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "North Country: The Making of Minnesota" by Mary Lethert Wingerd
For a lot of us the history of Minnesota begins at the time of statehood in 1858, and is a history of progress from then to the present. Historia...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 2