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Dawn Powell

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island

Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...

Bought by KALW

American Songcatcher Presents: Bascom Lamar Lunsford

From: Nicholas Williams

The following audio is a shortened segment featuring the story of preservationist, banjoist and fiddle player Bascom Lamar Lunsford, as told in the...

The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton

From: Radio Diaries

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

Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episode 11

From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music

Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy

Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

The Story of Jane

From: Radio Diaries

In 1965, an underground network formed in Chicago to help pregnant women get abortions. At first, they connected women with doctors willing to brea...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

The Working Tapes: Police Officer

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

Renault Robinson was an officer in the Chicago Police Department in 1971 when he was first interviewed by radio host and oral historian Studs Terke...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WORT, and PRX Remix

The Working Tapes: Piano Player

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

In 1972, Studs Terkel interviewed hotel piano player Norman "Hots" Michels for his book "Working." Hots was the last live entertainment at the Sher...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix

The Working Tapes: Phone Operator

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

Sharon Griggins was 17 years old and working for Illinois Bell as a telephone operator when she was interviewed by Studs Terkel. For a job that req...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio

The Working Tapes: Jockey

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

When he was first interviewed by Studs Terkel in 1971, jockey Eddie Arroyo had been racing for 6 years. He said it was the hardest and most dangero...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix

The Working Tapes: Gravedigger

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

Studs Terkel interviews a gravedigger in 1972 for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix

The Working Tapes: Car Hiker

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

Studs Terkel interviews Al Pommier, aka 'One Swing Al', a parking lot attendant in Chicago, Illinois. This story aired as part of a week long serie...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix

Identical Strangers

From: Radio Diaries

Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein share 100 percent of their DNA. Separated at birth, the twins were both adopted and raised by loving families. The...

Bought by WDBM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, American Voices, and PRX Remix

The Navigators Part 5

From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators

The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

Chamizal: A Town Between Two Borders

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project

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

Busman's Holiday

From: Radio Diaries

The story of William Cimillo, a New York City bus driver who snapped one day in 1947, left his regular route in the Bronx, and drove his municipal ...

Bought by American Voices, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix

The Long Shadow of Forrest Carter

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project

Asa Carter was a speechwriter for Alabama Governor George Wallace. He penned one of the most infamous speeches of the era… Wallace’s “Segregation N...

Bought by PRX Remix

The Mandela Tapes

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

In this special program, you'll hear Nelson Mandela as you've never heard him before. This program draws on 50 hours of recorded conversations with...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KUHF, 90.5 WSNC, WRPI, WCBE and more