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Hal Higdon discusses "Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Among the criminal celebrities of Prohibition-era Chicago, not even Al Capone was more notorious than two well-educated and highly intelligent Jewi...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:28
Dear God
From: Israel Story
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The common tradition when visiting the holy Western Wall in Jerusalem is to write a small note to God and push it between the cracks of the sacred ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 18:17
I'd Rather Kiss A Pig
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: See It Through My Eyes
Caption: Texas Folklife x Akins High Listening Party flyer, Credit: Jennifer (Amora) Arriaga
Akins High School has an annual fall festival called Blue and Gold Night. It's a night with many activities, including a pig kissing "contest." Pro...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:19
On That Roof
From: Andrew Cavette
Series: Fremont Sounds Like...
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If "Bring Your Kid To Work Day" was a competition, Jack's father would win.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 02:37
The 1990's
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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RENT, THE LION KING and RAGTIME are just a few of the highlights of the 1990's.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WVTF, and WRR


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 3
Einstein's Mistakes
From: Philip Armand
Caption: Einstein's Mistakes, Credit: Cynthia Bogart
Philip Armand tries to figure out the correlation between commitment and risk-taking and discovers Einstein's mistakes, and what they mean for his ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:54
USAF veteran and retired food service supervisor Leonard Brown
From: SLB Radio
Series: Crossing Fences: Connecting African American Men & Boys through the Oral Tradition
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Leonard Brown, USAF veteran and retired food service supervisor, aA native of Pittsburgh's Beltzhoover community, Leonard Brown (b.1934) reflects o...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
Episode 16: Poster Boy
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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On July 17th, 1889, the residents of Clayton County, Iowa woke up to news of the worst crime in their history. A Civil War veteran and his young wi...

Bought by KALH and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 17:25
  • Purchases: 2
The Trick That Turned Skateboarding Upside Down
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: The February 1985 cover featuring McGill unveiling the McTwist, Credit: Transworld Skateboarding
After almost 30 years, the McTwist still perplexes skaters—and sends them to the hospital. Tony Hawk and other skaters recount the history of the t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
Randy’s Diary: Remembering Ozell
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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While living on a farm in the Mississippi Delta that was once part of a slave plantation, Randy searches for clues about the life of his great-gran...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 4
John Luther (Casey) Jones, April 30, 1900
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was born John Luther Jones, but we knew him as Casey. And even though Casey Jones died in an obscure, single fatality train accident more than 1...

Bought by KZYX and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
I Didn't Know That (A Short People's History of the United States)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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A young rendering of an old story. All contributors between the ages of five and eight.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Polar Prom
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs
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The first prom in the history of a small isolated Arctic town in Nunavut, northern Canada. 'Polar Prom' won a Bronze Medal at the 2010 New York Fes...

Bought by WRPI and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 2
Japanese-American granddaughter questions internment
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Mara Kumagai Fink (right) interviewing her great aunt Matsue at Manzanar, the camp she was brought to in northern California.
Mara Kumagai Fink explores her family's experiences in the internment camps during WWII. Mara spent the summer interviewing family members and revi...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WRST-FM Oshkosh, WGXC, Vocalo.org, KUNM and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 6
German Roots in America
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
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Almost 50 million americans have german ancestry. Radijojo, the first International Children's Radio network and the schoolchildren from class 8...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Berlin Airlift and Candy Bombers
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: The American pilot Gail Halvorsen
Berlin the capital of Germany, was in a difficult situation after world war 2: The city was split into sectors by the allied forces. Military jets ...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Aug 22, 2010
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
America America
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Steuben Parade Queens
This show's main topic is the part that German immigrants played in the formation of the United States. We hear about General von Stueben who kicke...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Freedom: A Cross-Generational Examination of the Costs of War
From: Searsport Speeper
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Veterans' stories presented and reflected on by students.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2009
  • Length: 33:48
Our Berlin
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids
Caption: Anna and Asha
Berlin is huuuuuge and has 1,000 faces - and a voice called Asha, with her Radijojo Song! We would like to present our Berlin to you.

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 1
Laird Bell Room
From: David Green
Series: North Shore Names
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Learn about a former school parent and trustee, Laird Bell, and about what our school was like in the 1930s, 1940s and 1960s.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Golden Days and Friendly Faces
From: WMUK
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Portrait of the musical life of Lake Michigan's Beaver Island

Bought by WFIU, KXOT Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Mom, I'm taking that house
From: Megan Hall
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Annalise was determined to live in the oldest home in Rhode Island

  • Added: Jul 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:17
Walking With My Father
From: Long Haul Productions
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Charlie Rizzo's lifelong journey with his father, including a few twists and turns.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KPIK-LP, KUOW, The Story, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 10:10
  • Purchases: 8
Quinceanera
From: Littleglobe
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A latino Sweet 16

Bought by WQJC, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 3
Surviving a Tsunami: The story of Valdivians in 1960
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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A college freshman travels to Chile and interviews survivors of the 1960 tsunami/earthquake.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 1