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A Shortcut Back Through 1994
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Nixon RIP
A retrospective of the entire year in sixty minutes, "A Shortcut through 1994" feature no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtapos...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:28
A Shortcut Through 2023
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: GW Bridge June 2023
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSRQ, WJCT, KMSU, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 6
Florence Price
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: Conversations in African American Music
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 5 - The Return of Salmon (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA—The granddaughter of Chief Caleen Sisk holds salmon eggs before dropping them into an incubator (the blue barrel) where they will hatch and juvenile salmon will swim out into the McCloud River. July 11, 2022. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - The Return of Salmon. A War Dance held on top of Shasta Dam brought about a surprising discovery: the Winnemem Wintu's fish s...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 4 - Speaking for Salmon (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: McCloud, CA — A Winnemem Wintu man dances in ceremony for the salmon. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - Speaking for Salmon. At a sacred spring high up on Mt. Shasta, the Winnemem Wintu recount the beginnings of the world when sa...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 3 - A Habitat Destroyed (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
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A Prayer for Salmon - A Habitat Destroyed. The Winnemem Wintu and supporters start a two-week Run4Salmon prayer to call salmon back to the waters a...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 2 - It's Illegal (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: "Shasta Reservoir, CA — Chief Caleen Sisk on the shoreline near where she says a Winnemem Wintu village site was flooded out by Shasta Dam. October 30, 2018. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - It's Illegal. We go to Shasta Dam and learn about the history behind its construction in the late 1930s and early 1940s. We h...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 1 - A Protest at Shasta Dam (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: Shasta Lake, CA — The Winnemem Wintu and allies protest the lack of information about the harm caused by Shasta Dam. September 25, 2019. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - A Protest at Shasta Dam. In a peaceful protest, the Winnemem Wintu call out the U.S. government for its refusal to acknowledg...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Calamity in Philadelphia
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
Voices of the Past Cemetery Walk 2021: Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we went to the Winona County History Center to hear the 22nd annual voices from the past cemetery walk. They talked all abo...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 30:24
Finntown
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn
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In the early 1900s, if you walked around Sunset Park, you might have heard Finnish being spoken on the streets. That's because the neighborhood was...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 18:31
Women on the Waterfront
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn
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At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but after...

Bought by KVNF and KCNP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Like Coming Home
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn
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In the middle of the 20th century, a ten square block area in North Gowanus was home to the largest Mohawk settlement outside of Canada. We hear ab...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 28:17
A Shortcut Back to 9/11-The 20th Anniversary Mix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Remembering 9/11
A look back on September 11, 2001 on the 20th Anniversary with new music and additional material on Afghanistan, small and just wars and "The War O...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 1
Shortcuts Back To Work
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: The Worker
Labor Day extended special with history of worker's daily struggles mixed with cultural and musical references

  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:07
Episode 4: Counting votes in Philadelphia
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard revels in living in Philadelphia - the historical heart of U.S. democracy and home of his son Scott - while waiting anxiously for the votes...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2020
  • Length: 10:01
Ep 13 & 14: Gone With The Wind / Behind The Scenes Doc
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 13: Gone With The Wind It is three weeks since Ernie dropped Jerry off back at their home in Washington DC. Jerry has been in the care of...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 11 & 12: A Bed of Coals / The Simple Proposition
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 11: A Bed of Coals Ernie pays a visit to the home office for a meeting with his editor, Lee Miller. Miller, an old friend, knows about Je...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 9 & 10: A Desolate Corporation / The Zipper
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 9: A Desolate Corporation Ernie’s first writing job was as an aviation columnist in The Washington Daily News. Amelia Earhart once said, ...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 7 & 8: Not The Washington Post March / Have You Been Away?
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 7: Not The Washington Post March Finally back on the road, Ernie and Jerry stop into a favorite haunt for the night. However, it is in Oh...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 5 & 6: Perhaps You've Heard Of My Father / Thirty Years Too Soon
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 5: Perhaps You've Heard Of My Father Ernie discovers that his father drove his car through the front plate-glass window of the Dana dry-g...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 3 & 4: The Snake Story / My Mother
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 3: The Snake Story Ernie’s parents are enjoying Ernie and Jerry’s visit home, but his mother just can’t seem to accept what her son has b...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 1 & 2: The Bourgeois Standard / That Long Sad Wind
From: WFIU
Series: The Ernie Pyle Experiment!
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Episode 1: The Bourgeois Standard As pressure mounts from the home office, Ernie is forced to use a voice recorder for his work in interviewing t...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
Monacan Voices:True History of First Contact & Paper the Genocide of Virginia Indians
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Native American Heritage
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Please join us for a rare journey through poetry and conversation with the Monacan Nation of Virginia regarding first contact, the birth of our nat...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:17
  • Purchases: 8
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episode 38
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music
Caption: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:00