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Nazis and the Occult with Paul Roland
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: The Paranormal Cafe
Caption: Nazis and the Occult by Paul Roland, Credit: Paul Roland
Author Paul Roland joins me to talk about his book, 'Nazis and the Occult' which touches upon history, World War Two, and the seeming ease with whi...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 57:08
Top of Mind - Learning from the Stories of Refugees in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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With thousands of people fleeing their countries and seeking asylum around the world, what can we learn from stories of refugees in America?

Bought by KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - American Guns, Cultivated Chicken
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Illegal Gun Purchases Fuel Violent Crime in the US and Latin America; Topic 2: Chicken Nuggets From Chicken Cells

Bought by KMXT, RADIOLEX, KSTK, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:46
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - America's Wars, Toxic Workplace
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Why the Greatest Threats to America Cannot Be Solved With the World’s Greatest Military; Topic 2: Something’s Toxic at Work and Companies ...

Bought by KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - The Princess Spy, Testing Smoke
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: The Model Turned Spy Turned Countess; Topic 2: Sending Scientists into the Sky

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 51:48
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Democracy, Scholarships, WAVES
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Democracy; Topic 2 - Scholarships; Topic 3 - WAVES

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:47
  • Purchases: 1
HUNGER WARD -- Skye Fitzgerald Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Skye Fitzgerald talks small gestures, bearing witness, and the element of hope.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 33:29
Susan Kotsy
From: Jason Kladiva
Series: World Pieces
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World Pieces host Jason Kladiva interviews Susan Kotsy. Ms. Kotsy grew up in Budapest, Hungary during Nazi and Russian occupation, escaped and came...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:10:30
Salem Bewitched
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Local women perform witch trials in costume for the tourists., Credit: Eric Molinsky
To understand Salem in 1692, we need to delve into the imaginary world the Puritans believed in, where witches and Indians were both agents of the ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 16:34
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps MVI: Sarah and Gilbert Seltzer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: A young Gilbert Seltzer in uniform in October, 1942, after graduating from Officer Candidate School in Fort Belvoir, VA., Credit: Courtesy Gilbert Seltzer
104-year-old Gil Seltzer speaks with his granddaughter, Sarah Seltzer, about what it was like to be part of a top-secret deception unit in World Wa...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:59
Wunderbar Together - Two German songs that went around the world
From: Arndt Peltner
Series: Wunderbar Together
Caption: Peat Bog Soldiers / Moorsoldaten
During the Third Reich two German songs were written and became world famous: The Peat Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten) and Lili Marleen. This show tell...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
StoryCorps: James Edward Brown and Michael Cline
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mike Cline and James Edward Brown pose at their StoryCorps interview on April 30, 2019 in Pensacola, FL. By Joseph Vincenza/WUWF.
James Edward Brown was a Navy corpsman working as a surgical tech on the ground during the Beirut Bombing of 1983. The bombing killed 241 U.S. serv...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 02:44
POLICING THE NATION’S CAPITAL
From: Michelle Harven
Series: Legacy
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Gary Hankins is recruited from the air force during the Vietnam War to become a D.C. police officer.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 15:30
  • Purchases: 2
USO Salute to the Troops
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this episode of Don’t Cha Know, we talk to Jim Vrchota writer/director of “USO Salute to the Troops”, a Bob Hope style USO Show to benefit Winon...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 23:00
StoryCorps: Duery Felton and Rick Weidman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Duery Felton (right) and Rick Weidman (left)
The first curator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection talks with his friend and fellow war veteran about the collection and his service.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU, WMUU-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 3
The Triangle Seagals
From: Mary Samouelian
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The Triangle Seagals, WAVES national unit #144 is a North Carolina based women’s organization for active, former active, retired, and reservists. F...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2016
  • Length: 36:27
StoryCorps MVI: Marjorie Finlay, Nathan Williams, Denise & Shane Clancy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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As combat roles open to women, we present conversations from those who served when their roles and expectations were defined by gender.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 4
Iranian Nuclear Deal
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: Massive inspection effort gearing up with Iran nuclear deal - © Strnger, EPA, Credit: © Strnger, EPA
Depending on who you talk to, the nuclear agreement reached with Iran in the summer of 2015 is either a landmark step forward, or a total disaster....

Bought by KENW and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps OutLoud: Jeff Dupre and David Phillips
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: David Phillips (L) and Jeff Dupre (R)
Jeff Dupre remembers his friend Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Matlovich who appeared on a 1975 cover of Time with the headline, “I Am a Homosexual.”

Bought by KALW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRVS, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 5
Why did a 13-year-old become a soldier? Ishmael Beah explains...
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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He used to be one of the many thousands of child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in dozens of conflicts around the world. Ishmael...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 2
Joseph Kanon and "Leaving Berlin"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Author of seven post-World War II novels, Joe Kanon takes us back to Berlin, a once grand city now 80% destroyed in the late 1940s. In this book e...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Carrots help you see in the dark
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Birds of a Feather
From: Israel Story
Caption: "Yoram" aiming at one of his soon-to-be crow victims.
Every summer tourists flock to the beautiful beaches of Eilat, Israel. But in the past thirty years, a new kind of tourist has made its way down so...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:49
  • Purchases: 2
Francis Scott Key: Lawyer, Layman, Tone-Deaf Lyricist?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Francis Scott Key (shown here in a portrait by Theodor Horydczak) was far more than just the author of what would become our national anthem., Credit: Library of Congress
Turns out the author of our national anthem could very well have been nicknamed "Francis Scott Off-Key."

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Maryland Town Celebrates Its 15 Hours Of Fame
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post
Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:26