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The Ten Boom family hides Jews and members of Dutch resistance from the Nazis in a secret room. Raided by the Gestapo, Corrie, her sister and their...
- Added: Apr 09, 2011
- Length: 03:00
One of our great actors. His mother called him by his initials R.C., but was mis-heard by the county clerk, so we knew him as Ossie.
- Added: Jan 17, 2011
- Length: 03:00
The true story of the first state to sponsor a rock concert ... nicknamed "the Governor's Pot Party"... and what became of that governor.
Bought by KLCC
- Added: Dec 22, 2010
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...
- Added: Dec 09, 2010
- Length: 03:00
So ... who was Amy Beach? Simply one of the greatest American composers many of us have never heard.
- Added: Dec 03, 2010
- Length: 03:00
The Greeks may have invented wrestling, but it took one man ... Gorgeous George ... to really put the shine on it.
- Added: Dec 01, 2010
- Length: 03:00
He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace
- Added: Nov 18, 2010
- Length: 03:00
His friends called him "Hoochie Coo," and he was one of the great jazz pianists ... composer of hundreds of songs, but best known for writing the t...
- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 03:00
A true, Russian space hero died today. As a matter of fact, the very first Russian space hero. And as it turns out, she was the first space martyr....
Bought by KPIK-LP
- Added: Nov 12, 2010
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
Even if you've never heard of Grace Hopper, she changed your life.
- Added: Nov 12, 2010
- Length: 03:00
You may not know his name, but chances are good you could sing, hum or whistle one of his tunes.
- Added: Nov 12, 2010
- Length: 03:00
The Buddy Holly pilot. Everybody knows how Roger Peterson died, but almost nobody knows who he was.
- Added: Nov 12, 2010
- Length: 03:00
Equality under the law became viable for African Americans only after hard, dangerous work turned public opinion and federal policy against the whi...
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 58:51
- Purchases: 2
For centuries, the kava plant has played an important role in many Pacific Island cultures, where it's valued for its natural calming effects. In ...
- Added: Oct 02, 2007
- Length: 08:06
Shareef Cousin was wrongly convicted and sent to death row for over a decade.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and KTNA
- Added: Mar 16, 2007
- Length: 07:57
- Purchases: 3
A Hawaiian voyaging canoe is now sailing around the world for the first time as part of a movement to create a more sustainable world. When the ic...
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Jan 31, 2007
- Length: 06:07
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 24, 2006
- Length: 03:05
- Added: Nov 24, 2006
- Length: 02:03
- Added: Nov 24, 2006
- Length: 03:45
- Added: Nov 13, 2006
- Length: 02:48
- Added: Nov 13, 2006
- Length: 02:32
- Added: Nov 13, 2006
- Length: 03:19
- Added: Nov 13, 2006
- Length: 03:40
An 'in dialect' and audio narrative of rural poems from the Annapolis Valley, in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Added: May 02, 2006
- Length: 02:36
The lowly garden pea has many fans, including Elvis Presley and NASA.
- Added: Mar 22, 2005
- Length: 02:00
