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Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Northern Community Radio - "Bicentennials and Beginnings."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice about topics related to northern Minnesota art, culture and history. Made possible in part by the M...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 4-23-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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In most cases, we know the difference between a good president and a bad one. But how do historians see them? Robert Merry, a longtime journalist w...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WRKF


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 4-16-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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With the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, comparisons between LBJ and Barack Obama are being made. Johnson, who left office in 1969 ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRKF and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
This Week in History: Jack Kemp Announces Bid for President in 1988
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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This week in history looks back to April 1987 and the Republican race to succeed Ronald Reagan. This week, Jack Kemp, a longtime Congressman and fo...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 04:40
Star Spangled Banner
From: John Messmer
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
A reading of the entire Star Spangled Banner.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in History: Kennedy v. Carter in the New York Presidential Primary, 1980
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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This week in history (March 23-March 29) takes a look back at Senator Ted Kennedy's landslide victory over Jimmy Carter in New York's primary on Ma...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:40
Putting Women in History's Pantheon
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year we honor two female members of the Resistance during World War II, who were imprisone...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
President's Day - Time for a Female in the White House?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In the all the years we've celebrated President's Day, we've never honored a female president, because we've never had one. It's not that women ha...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Honoring Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. , Credit: World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico
This episode we honored the work and life of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. with music, quotes, and reflections on the meaning of his legacy.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 59:27
MLK: Three Landmark Speeches
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior are excerpted and commented on by two lea...

Bought by KALW, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 33
1. Invocation
From: Bookstyle Publications
Series: Never Forget Radio
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a post- post-9/11 podcast. Pilot.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
50 Years From the War on Poverty - Win or Lose?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In January 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the War on Poverty. Much has changed, but much has stayed the same.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
The Beat: Eric Chandler - "I Can Already Hear It"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Eric Chandler is a husband, father, F-16 Pilot, and cross-country skier who lives in Duluth. He's a member of Lake Superior Writers, and has been p...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:50
The Beat: Robert Jevne - "Disappearing"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
The Other Half Had a Dream Too
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The historic 1963 March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech featured a number of other speakers -- all male. Or...

Bought by KRZA and WSLR


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Founding Fathers Fouled Up
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on what was wrong with the Declaration of Independence.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
The Military's "Woman Problem"
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the Pentagon's systemic problem with foxes guarding henhouses when it comes to bat...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
October 11
From: Tree Mabry
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A search for peace through October 11

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 07:03
Corrupting the Message: Remembering the Iraq War
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: We should treat the truth better than that., Credit: Susan Cook
Corrupting the Message: Remembering the Iraq War Ten years ago this week, the Iraq War began. Like every other atrocity in history, or let's limi...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
A Rolling Stones Special: Got Blues If You Want It! (1 or 2 hours) [59:00 or 54:00 lengths]
From: Paul Ingles
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As the Rolling Stones keep touring, and, in 2016, released a new blues cover album, we join the celebration with a public radio special from award-...

Bought by Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KVMR, KRCB 104.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:57:56
  • Purchases: 21
Preview of - A Rolling Stones Special: Got Blues If You Want It! [13:48 or 7:42 Broadcast Ready Preview Module of Upcoming Long-Form Special]
From: Paul Ingles
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As the Rolling Stones prepare to mark their 50th anniversary this fall, we join the celebration by presenting a preview of a two-hour public radio ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media and KGLT


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 21:30
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology:Todd Boss talks to Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Todd Boss - Poet
In honor of the 5th Anniversary of the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota poet Todd Boss has composed 35 poems consisting of 35 words pe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KVSC, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 18:39
  • Purchases: 3
Woman's History: Susan B. Anthony March 13, 1906
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Our unappreciated national treasure, Susan B. Anthony spent more than five decades in a struggle to transform life for American women by securing t...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Moments in Black History: Rosa Parks
From: N Lorde
Caption: Rosa Parks, Credit: Mindfully.org
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 3
Meriwether Lewis, October 11, 1809
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Explorer, naturalist, writer ... in his too-short life, Lewis helped to make this country ... literally ... what it is today. From sea to shining s...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:00