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Exploring Alzheimer's
From: Hold That Thought
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David Holtzman, professor and chairman of the neurology department at the Washington University School of Medicine, explores Alzheimer's disease an...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 1
Jamestown: The Native American Connection
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Native American Heritage
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This Live "LIstener Call-in" Discussion Program tells the story of the first contact in 1607 including the extermination of 20 tribes at the hands ...

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 43:06
  • Purchases: 1
An Airplane for Everyone
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Airplanes in department stores? There was a time in U.S. History when people experienced this reality. But are we any closer today to realizing the...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:22
Conquest upon the White Horse
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Dabbling in religious conspiracy, not even the pope can escape the commentary of this show...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:41:15
Schizophrenia
From: A. Emily Ralph
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A look into life with Schizophrenia

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tyler Dean Revolutionary War 3 Battle Documentary
From: Dean B
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A short documentary about the battle of Saratoga, Yorktown, and Trenton in the American Revolution.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 03:26
Hoosier: What's In a Name?
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Hosts Doug Storm and Trish Kerle' are joined by historian Jim Madison to discuss the Hoosier through history. Madison has just published a new book...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:02
Cruising
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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Cruising will feature a number of prominent executives who best know about this exploding market.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:57
Stranger in a Strange Land
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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Let's Travel! Radio explores how living, studying, teaching, praying in other cultures can expand not only one's own horizons but may also lead to ...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:04:14
Teachings From Turtle Island - Hour Three
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the third installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten progr...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 4
A Modern Moment in Entertainment, 90 Years Ago. The Middle Edges #102
From: Teosson Wells
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Today, few Americans know much about Josephine Baker. Why? It wasn’t because she lacked artistic skill or failed to remain relevant during a long c...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 18:38
  • Purchases: 1
DJ Carl Sagan and His Golden Records
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Before the launch of the Voyager probes, Carl Sagan was given the daunting task of assembling a guide to all things human. Something that would fit...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
Silk Road
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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let's travel radio discuses the legendary silk road

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:08:34
Provence
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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Michael from Let's Travel radio explains the wonders of provence france. With full detail's from food to music , art and tourist attractions. This...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:29
The Resurgence of Records
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Digital music is the furthest we’ve come from running needles through intricate grooves, but record orders keep coming in.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
Horse Companions
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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When horses need social time they turn to everything from farm animals to spider monkeys.

Bought by KGUA and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 2
The Remotest Inhabited Island in the World
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A speck of land in the South Atlantic, Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited island in the world.

Bought by WXDU and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
JazzStories: Christian McBride
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...

Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:39
  • Purchases: 4
Imaginary Island of California
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The Island of California appeared on maps for over a century.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Dance Until the World Ends
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Life on the Party Line
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Today's privacy concerns with cell phones seem trivial when we look back at the world of open telephone wires.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Man on the Mountain
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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In the 1990s, Arch Coal began mining Pigeonroost Hollow. Now Jimmy Weekley is the last person left there.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, PRX Remix, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 13:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Square Deal
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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George F. Johnson was the owner of the Endicott Johnson Corp. — at one time the country’s leading shoe manufacturer — and one of the nation’s leadi...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 4
Space Dives
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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This week on Into It, Andrew Bales explores space dives, an extreme jump that tests the limits of technology and the wills of dare devils.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne - "Winter Projects"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:56