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Understanding Israel/Palestine: Race, Nation & Human Rights in the Conflict

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine is baffling for most Americans. It’s understandable because it is so convoluted. How many of us h...

Bought by KPVL and KCBX

Added: Aug 12, 2015
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 2

Prelude to Summer

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

In this Prelude to Summer we end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and looking up at the ...

Added: May 22, 2015
Length: 25:20

Burn your bridges

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM

Added: Apr 13, 2015
Length: 01:44
Purchases: 1

Joseph Kanon and "Leaving Berlin"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Author of seven post-World War II novels, Joe Kanon takes us back to Berlin, a once grand city now 80% destroyed in the late 1940s. In this book e...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Apr 02, 2015
Length: 09:58
Purchases: 2

Carrots help you see in the dark

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM

Added: Mar 15, 2015
Length: 01:44
Purchases: 1

The Tet Offensive

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

William Ingalls new book tells the story of what one year in Viet Nam as a combat engineer was like. Based on 500 color slides taken by the author,...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jan 06, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Francis Scott Key: Lawyer, Layman, Tone-Deaf Lyricist?

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Francis Scott Key (shown here in a portrait by Theodor Horydczak) was far more than just the author of what would become our national anthem., Credit: Library of Congress

Turns out the author of our national anthem could very well have been nicknamed "Francis Scott Off-Key."

Bought by KUOW

Added: Jul 16, 2014
Length: 03:24
Purchases: 1

Resister

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Bruce Dancis arrived at Cornell University in 1965 as a youth who was no stranger to political action. He grew up in a radical household and took p...

Bought by KCBX

Added: May 30, 2014
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

A Higher Call: Memorial Day Story

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

On December 20, 1943, a severely damaged American bomber struggles in its flight over war-torn Germany. The 21-year-old pilot had his hands full wi...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPIK-LP, WHRV, WDCB, KVSC and more

Added: May 14, 2014
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 7

Running the Rift (pledge drive)

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The novel, Running the Rift, follows the life of young Jean Patrick. He’s a gifted Rwandan boy. He knows that running will be his future. What he ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 16, 2013
Length: 19:35
Purchases: 1

Maryland Town Celebrates Its 15 Hours Of Fame

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post

Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

Added: Sep 12, 2013
Length: 06:26

Shortcuts to War & Peace-The Red Line

From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts

Caption: Better Living Through Chemistry

Barack Obama draws a red line in regards to Syria & chemical weapons and this program reflects the tension during the past few weeks mixed with pre...

Added: Sep 11, 2013
Length: 59:31

The Jane Fonda

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Reporter Jake Ryan follows the rabbit hole to uncover the truth behind a sandwich and a controversy that's been around since the Vietnam War.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Aug 07, 2013
Length: 07:37
Purchases: 2

Author Michael Korda and "Ike: An American Hero"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

An author many times over and former editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, a major publishing company, Michael wrote this biography, “Ike: An Americ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Jun 16, 2013
Length: 10:00
Purchases: 1

Author Susan Orlean and a famous Hollywood dog, "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

A dog-loving journalist, Susan brings to life Rin Tin Tin, the orphaned German Shepherd found on a battlefield in Europe who became the most famous...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: May 09, 2013
Length: 09:57
Purchases: 2

Veteran Repays Near-Half-Century Debt

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Cliff Brody looks at an old photo of his deceased friend/sergeant, Joe Blakely, who changed Cliff’s life during the Vietnam War., Credit: Rebecca Sheir

How do you thank someone who saves you from tragedy? This Vietnam veteran knows.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Apr 17, 2013
Length: 05:40
Purchases: 3

Indie on Demand Reviews GARBO THE SPY

From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review

A review of the intriguing WWII documentary.

Added: Apr 25, 2012
Length: 01:59

Steve Pinker’s “Better Angels”: Dodging Our Own Bullet?

From: Open Source

My guest this hour is Steven Pinker, who has written a game-changer on the little matter of how quickly humanity is headed for hell or redemption. ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Dec 13, 2011
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

Pioneers of Flight: Tuskegee Airmen in Transition

From: Andrew Hiller

Caption: Lt. Col. Ivan Ware, Credit: Courtesy Air Force Magazine

Lt. Col. Ivan Ware has known war. For thirty-two months, he served in Europe. He’s been bombed at, shot at, and fought back. But his battles did...

Bought by WCSU-FM

Added: Jan 24, 2011
Length: 04:07
Purchases: 1

Problem Solving, Then Poetry - Kwame Anthony Appiah & C.K. Williams

From: Open Source

We're talking with Kwame Anthony Appiah and C.K. Williams this week. The philosopher and storyteller Kwame Anthony Appiah at Princeton is on the tr...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio

Added: Dec 16, 2010
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

I Didn't Know That (A Short People's History of the United States)

From: Stephanie Coleman

A young rendering of an old story. All contributors between the ages of five and eight.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KSRQ, KHNS, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW and more

Added: Sep 27, 2010
Length: 03:06
Purchases: 8

National Debt

From: Robin Amer

Caption: Women at the Tulle Lake War Relocation Camp, circa 1942. , Credit: Bob Bobster.

Two survivors of Japanese American internment describe how they went from being seen as model citizens to being seen as the enemy. In the story of ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVSC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more

Added: Jun 04, 2010
Length: 20:30
Purchases: 9

Women at War

From: With Good Reason

Caption: On Their Own, Credit: Joyce Hoffman

Covering a beat, or a family: two different perspectives on women at war

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and WRNC-LP

Added: Sep 10, 2009
Length: 28:56
Purchases: 4

Civil War Reconciliation

From: With Good Reason

For better or worse, this show is not about an end to all those re-enactments. It is a tale of post-war reconciliation between Union and Confederates.

Bought by KWIT, KRUA, and WFIU