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From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
From: Ian Ruskin
Caption: Harry Bridges at 1971 Press Conference
A 19-year-old Australian arrives in San Francisco and changes the American labor movement. This is the story of a visionary man who fought for demo...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of the Richard C. Wilson St. Cloud Community Outpost
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits and then revisits the Rich...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:54
The Big Pond #12: A House for Reconciliation
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Five generations have lived at the ‘Alexander Haus’ on Groß Glienicker See over the past century – enduring fascism, war, the division of Germany, ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 97: Palace of Justice
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old, he prosecuted his very first trial. There were 22 defendants, each of them high-ranking members of Nazi Ger...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 25:23
The Untold Story of Rescue Dogs in St. Cloud as Heard at Tri-County Humane Society's 29th Annual Woofstock
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Today's installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota has completely gone to the dogs as Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack wa...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: 29:41
Making Obama: Part 1
From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama
Caption: WBEZ's Making Obama
From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 33
Concrete Dream: Miami Marine Stadium - Jolt Radio - 04Apr2018
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: FreshArtINTL Live Radio
Caption: Miami Marine Stadium, Credit: Diana Larrea
Miami Marine Stadium inspires this tale of modernist architecture and Biscayne Bay, of speedboats and rock stars, of skateboarding, street art and ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 46:07
Forgotten Voices
From: Leslie Cross
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A women's history-month series, highlighting lesser-known historical female figures.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:03:37
Episode 73: Carry A. Nation
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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At the turn of the century, Carry Nation was “America’s foremost lady hellraiser” and “the apostle of reform violence.” In her own words, she was “...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 23:24
  • Purchases: 1
I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is ...

Bought by WVAS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KCMJ Community Radio, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Follow the Moon
From: Greg Barron
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A story of the lives-- the torture, starvation, forced marriages...and fear of Cambodians (Khmer) forced into the labor camps and Killing Fields cr...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 56:40
TimeTravel: Life Aboard The Tall Ship - U.S. Brig Niagara
From: A. Emily Ralph
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In the summer of 2013, I traveled a six hundred miles, and 200 years into the past to spend nine days living and working aboard the U.S. Brig Niaga...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 10:04
Women's History Special - Miss Peggy Lee, Songwriter
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
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A one-hour program focusing on jazz singer and songwriter Peggy Lee. Great for Women's History Month!

Bought by KMUW, WJSU, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Immigrants Gardens War Death
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
Caption: Funeral service in front of Barrett's Market 1942
A community garden project at Barrett Brothers Park in north St. Louis prompts memories of the Barrett family, who came to Missouri as Irish famine...

  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:23
Episode 59: In Plain Sight
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1849, abolitionist and attorney Wendell Phillips wrote: “We should look in vain through the most trying times of our revolutionary history for a...

Bought by WFAE


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:37
  • Purchases: 1
Slovenian Immigration Exhibit and Celebration at the Stearns History Museum Draws a Festive Crowd and the Consul General of Slovenia
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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This particular Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is the first in a series of three concerning the Untold Story of Immigration in our area. As ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 28:35
Repast (Gravy Ep. 46)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Justin Hopkins performing the role of Booker Wright in "Repast." , Credit: Photo by Brandall Atkinson.
One spring day in 1965, a waiter in Greenwood, Mississippi gave an interview for an NBC television documentary. What he said has made him an unlike...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 36:08
  • Purchases: 1
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Mary D. Williams, Credit: ncstatecapitol.org
Throughout the summer of 2016, this country has been reeling in the wake of profound injustice. As racial tensions swell, is it possible that somet...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:45
Life of the Law #86: Winter of Love
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: John and Stuart celebrate after legally marrying in 2008., Credit: Bella Pictures
Marrying the person you love is the ideal, right? So what happens when you finally get to do that, only to have the government tell you, never mind...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 31:17
  • Purchases: 1
Muhammad Ali As Conscientious Objector
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
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In this excerpt from the Peace Talks Radio series, learn about the history of Conscientious Objectors in the U.S. and the high profile role that th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRGY


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Greats (Part 1) - Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Chavez & Huerta, Mandela, and King
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This is a Peace Talks radio special… from the archive of the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. We’re calling it Peace Great...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
God Intoxicated Man: the Life and Modern Times of Benedict Spinoza
From: MIchael Goldfarb
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Michael Goldfarb tells the story of how the God Intoxicated Man, Benedict Spinoza, seeded the Englightenment and became the philosopher for today.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 53:38
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Greats (Part 1) - Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, Chavez & Huerta, Mandela, and King
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This is a Peace Talks radio special… from the archive of the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. We’re calling it Peace Grea...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KMUN, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: May 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Dying Words: The AIDS Reporting of Jeffrey Schmalz
From: Kerry Donahue
Caption: Jeffrey Schmalz
Twenty-five years ago, New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz ended up in the middle of one of the biggest stories of our time: He had AIDS. His w...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFDD, Central Florida Public Media, WNYC, WVTF and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 93
Refusenik Love
From: Jonathan Hirsch
Series: ARRVLS
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Like many Soviet defectors, Olga left a life behind when she emigrated to the U.S. in the early 80's. This episode of ARRVLS tells the story of lov...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2016
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 1

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