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Echoes of a Coup
From: Scene on Radio
Caption: Echoes of a Coup art, Credit: Zaire McPhearson
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, Baltimore Public Media, WFDD and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 25
Whistle Stops: The 1948 Presidential Campaigns
From: Lester Graham
Caption: President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the inaccurate headline: Dewey Defeats Truman., Credit: public domain
2024 is an interesting election year, but still not as raucous as 1948.. All the columnists and commentators who were polled agreed Thomas Dewey w...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Michigan Radio, KUOW, and WAMU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
Program III: Topical and Protest Songs
From: David Dunaway
Series: Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?
Caption: Pete Seeger
Program III looks at the tradition of singing out for social change, and how the music of the Civil Rights, anti-war, and environmental movements g...

Bought by KUNM, KGLP, WOWD, KWMR, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 52:41
  • Purchases: 21
Amnesty At 50
From: Neil Gardner
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Amnesty has recently attracted criticism, sometimes from those who have been its most committed activists.  John Tusa asks if it has lost its way a...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 36:34
Program I: Origins
From: David Dunaway
Series: Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing?
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Program I: Origins How did a Harvard-educated boy become a radical, hitchhiking, banjo-playing, political activist? Program I explores Seeger’s you...

Bought by Prairie Public, KUNM, KZYX, KGLP, WOWD and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 52:40
  • Purchases: 27
Kennedy and the Peace Corps: Idealism on the Ground
From: Lester Graham
Caption: Kennedy challenging university students to serve the Third World., Credit: University of Michigan
This compelling documentary explains how a John F. Kennedy challenge to college students ultimately became the Peace Corps. It explores Kennedy's...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Interlochen Public Radio, Michigan Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WYSO and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 14
Ernesto Che Guevara, the myth
From: Anton Foek
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How a myth destroys the truth in ourselves

  • Added: Nov 16, 2008
  • Length: 43:53
Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Safety Nets
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how social safety nets are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:09
Looking Back To Look Forward: Health Care
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how health care is being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 09:17
Looking Back to Look Forward: Energy and the Environment
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how energy and the environment are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' att...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
Looking Back to Look Forward: Science and Technology
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how science and technology are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:52
Looking Back to Look Forward: Identity Politics
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how identiy politics is playing out in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 08:06
Looking Back to Look Forward: Immigration
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how immigration is being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:20
Looking Back to Look Forward: Political Rhetoric
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining the rhetoric of the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
The Clash: Revolution Rock
From: Joyride Media
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A new one-hour radio special pays tribute to "the only band that matters" with both exclusive and archival interviews.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Prairie Public, WTJU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
JOHN DENVER: BACK HOME AGAIN
From: Joyride Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One-hour radio special looks back on the life of John Denver

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WMOT, WHRV, WBST, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 13
RN Documentary: Adams in Amsterdam Part 2 – Dearest of Friends
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Second in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Am...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
RN Documentary: Adams in Amsterdam Part 3 – The Two Republicks
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Third in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Ame...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
RN Special Broadcast on International Law
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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At the request of WBUR, Radio Netherlands has prepared a 60-minute broadcast on International Law pegged to fast moving developments this week in W...

Bought by KVNF, WUFT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WUAL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 4