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From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour

Brian Dunning delves into urban legends surrounding three of the greatest classical composers as well as the renowned Stradivarius violin.

A Host of Haunted Houses

From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour

Brian Dunning takes a look at some haunted houses and separates the historical facts from the ghost stories.

Michael Wolraich discusses "The Bishop and the Butterfly:Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age"

From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder

Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty cloth...

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Taking Us Higher (An Appreciation)

From: Paul Ingles

A celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from group leader Sly Stone and the FAMILY STONE band - tha...

Bought by WDDE, WUTC, KTNA, KSJE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more

BHM Vignette 13_HPM_William Lawson

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

BHM Vignette 12_HPM_Shotgun Houses

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

BHM Vignette 10_HPM_Nathaniel and Matilda Jackson

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

BHM Vignette 09_HPM_Freedom Colonies

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

BHM Vignette 08_HPM_Milton and William Holland

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

BHM Vignette 07_HPM_Richard Randolph Grovey

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

BHM Vignette 06_HPM_John Biggers

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". John Biggers

BHM Vignette 05_HPM_Dr Merline Petri

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

BHM Vignette 04_HPM_Cora L Smith

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

BHM Vignette 03_HPM_Bessie Coleman

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". Bessie Coleman

BHM Vignette 02_HPM_Barbara Jordan

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". Barbara Jordan

BHM Vignette 01_HPM_African American Studies

From: KUHF

One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".

Building Back Black Wall Street

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021 , Credit: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021

Tulsa Tri-City Collective leaders Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar talk about the history of Greenwood, a Tulsa neighborhood founded by and for Black...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and KALW

The Man in the President's Limo

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. There are many photos from that day — Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in aboard Air ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KUCB

WITNESS THE GENIUS: RAY CHARLES (An Appreciation) [Optional Part 2]

From: Paul Ingles

An optional second hour of a deep dive into the remarkable career of RAY CHARLES, one of the formative forces in 20th century music whose impact is...

Bought by KSJE, KUPR low power FM, WABE, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more

Echoes of a Coup

From: Scene on Radio

One-hour special (59:00 with 5-minute news hole), Echoes of a Coup, telling the story of the only successful coup d'etat in U.S. history -- the 189...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNYC, WUNC, WYPR, WFDD and more

The Lost Cause — the Civil War, then and now

From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials

Are we still living with the racial divide left over from the Civil War? This provocative audio documentary explores the history of a conflict that...

Bought by WHYY, KUNM, Maine Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WLPR and more

Civics 101: The True Story Of Reconstruction

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

Reconstruction has long been taught as a lost cause narrative. We talk about what that narrative leaves out.

Civics 101: The History of Labor Policy

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

The modern day workplace is the product of a centuries-long battle for fair wages, reasonable hours and safe conditions. Civics 101 tells the story...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUT, WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, and WVTF

Music Archive Showcase #158 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: DENNY TEDESCO, director, THE WRECKING CREW

From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase

Music specials host Paul Ingles talks with film director Denny Tedesco about his 2015 film release called THE WRECKING CREW, about the Los Angeles ...

Bought by KFSK, WRVO Public Media, KSJE, WRGY, KUHF and more

Open Spaces, October 13, 2023

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Open Spaces

This week on Open Spaces, the bison, also known as the American buffalo, is an iconic animal of the West. But its path has been a fraught one. We’r...

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