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The End of Smallpox
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Almost Astronaut
From: Joe Richman
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The story of how Ed Dwight went from being an Air Force captain to almost becoming the first Black astronaut in the world.

  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 16:36
Bad Blood, Bad Science
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
Fishing For Sound
From: Glen Lasley
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Some Of My First Recordings Using A Fishing Pole For A Boom Pole.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2022
  • Length: 10:13
221015 Searching for the First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Bobby Martin and the Tune Twisters
Songs about hickies!

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Dr. Abraham Morgantaler- "Viagra: Is it for You?"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships Viagra, a drug with infinite name recognition and touted benefits, is, as we know...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:55
Jerusalem Calling from Kerning Cultures
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We bring you a piece from our partner Kerning Cultures about the Palestine Broadcasting service. We revisit the history of the station and its role...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
220507 The First Time Listener to This Show
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Eddie Dugosh
Tonight we talk to the first time listener to explore their feelings on hearing music they've never heard by musicians they've never heard of yet t...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Prairie Public, and WQCS


  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:56
  • Purchases: 5
220409 Radio as Art and Art as Civilization
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Bobby Page and the Riff Raffs
An inspired, heartfelt show. Based around an essay on radio as art and art as both a personal way of making a better life and civilization's savio...

Bought by KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WQCS, KPRG, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 04:55:05
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 37: What Gets Told
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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“History was dependent upon people like me remembering.” A conversation with Betty Reid Soskin, shortly before her 100th birthday.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 26:16
Episode 34: Lost and Found
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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On today’s episode: Home recordings, people recording their friends, neighbors, and strangers — for a look at how we live, and who we are, by liste...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 45:28
Ep. 137: Midwestern Digging Tri 2021
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Playing some of the great stuff I found on my recent buying trip to to Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas

Bought by KIYU-FM, KSTK, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ep 124: Whiskeyville
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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Sixteen more country and hillbilly songs from the dustiest corners of the United States. Featuring forgotten voices, songs, and labels found on 45...

Bought by KSTK and KIYU-FM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Professor Longhair's Legacy
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Professor Longhair, Credit: Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 1
210117 Harmony, Swamp, and Midnight Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Leroy Abernathy
The early songs featuring harmony were gospel but harmony soon wandered into popular songs with the sisters/brothers/twins group such as The Mills ...

Bought by KFCF FM and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:57:20
  • Purchases: 2
201220 Covid Music is Covid Radio
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Andy Kerr Of More Science High School at His Pep Rally
Live performances are out and putting a record on the hi fi has been obsolete for decades so what's replaced the joy of music? Radio. Music radi...

Bought by Prairie Public and KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 02:57:37
  • Purchases: 2
Errant Priests- Sister Jane Kelly
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Sister Jane Kelly has been a nun for over 55 years and for several years has tried to have a priest in her parish taken out of the ministry for chi...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
201011 Authenticity - Musical Friendships
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Marvin and Johnny
As with every Saturday night, we try to find meaning in music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Why does this music work and...

Bought by KFCF FM, WYAP, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:56:15
  • Purchases: 3
Let's Reminisce #1 - Jeff & Andrea
From: Rick Brewer
Series: Let's Reminisce
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Host Rick Brewer learns the details of a family secret. The story of how his parents met.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 17:28
A White's Supremacist's Journey Out of Hate and Whales
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A White's Supremacist's Journey Out of Hate. Topic 2: Dead Or Alive, Whales Give As Much As They Take From Their Ocean Environments.

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
Immigration, Measles, and Precrastination
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: US Immigration Policy is Outdated. Here's a New Perspective. Topic 2: Measles Erases the Immune System's Memory. Topic 3: Precrastination ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 51:35
  • Purchases: 1
Susan Crane – Blood on a Nuclear Submarine
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Civil disobedience often precedes most social or political change. The American political tradition has deep roots in civil disobedience. The Bosto...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
200730 Blues - Sitting in for the Midnight Creeper
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Jesse Hawthorne, The Midnight Creeper
Jesse Hawthorne used to do the Friday midnight to Saturday 5am shift (a day before my show) and the Sunday morning gospel show. That's a grueling ...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:54:55
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 7 - Teenagers
From: This Land Press
Series: This Land Radio
Caption: The White Dove Review
This week, we meet a rock star on our paper route.

Bought by KGOU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and KOSU


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Victoria Patterson – Native American Life, Before and After Europeans
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Cultures that have no written language pass on their histories through oral traditions. The stories are the way that social values and traditions a...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00

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