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Rabin is Up For Grabs
From: Israel Story
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For Israelis, especially in recent years, Rabin can take on almost any shape or form. Shai Satran speaks to filmmakers, educators and politicians a...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
Commemorating a historic week of queer activism
From: KALW
Caption: DIE-IN, DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO, Credit: Dan Nicoletta
Pink Saturday is a huge street party that takes place every year on the night before the San Francisco Pride Parade. Thousands of people from all o...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 08:39
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
The Source: Boom time at San Francisco’s Presidio
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco is America’s second most densely populated area, after Manhattan. And with new construction all over town, it’s going to get even den...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Black Hole of Calcutta
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: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
Why Does Baltimore Have So Many Confederate Monuments?
From: Stefanie Mavronis
Caption: Baltimore's Lee-Jackson Monument, Credit: Stefanie Mavronis
Baltimore City is home to four Civil War monuments. Three are Confederate. We look at the history of how they got there and explore how people inte...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2015
  • Length: 11:32
The Sound of India Changed
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy reflects on the meaning, and sound, of India old and new.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
The Star Spangled Banner
From: Richard Paul
Caption: La Bandera de las Estrellas
There are things you think you know about the Star-Spangled Banner. Most of them are wrong.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WABE


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 2
The Bay Area connection to the "Human Secret Weapons” of World War II
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Frank and Ginger Masuoka at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Credit: Melanie Young
If you read your history books, you might think that America’s involvement in the war against Japan began with the attack on Pearl Harbor on Decemb...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 08:12
From a pretty big project to an enormous one
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The view driving across the $6.4 billion bridge, Credit: Isabel Angell
A brief history of San Francisco's $6.4 billion bridge

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 11:12
Back to War
From: Traveling 219
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A weekend with the West Virginia Re-enactors Association, as they re-create the Battle of Droop Mountain.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
Six Years In
From: War News Radio
Caption: A bomb hits the Information Ministry in Baghdad at the start of the US invasion in March 2003., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
60th anniversary of UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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We mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We talk with musician Angélique Kidjo about how she uses music to spread...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
Buster Keaton rides into Carrboro, NC
From: nic beery
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Carrboro, NC celebrates the 80th birthday of Buster Keaton's classic "The General".

  • Added: Sep 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:17
A Wake-up Call
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by Raven Radio, CKMO, Internet Partnership Radio, KGOU, BSR Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Buddy Holly Profile
From: KUT
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A profile of Buddy Holly on his 70th birthday

Bought by WUAL and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Sep 02, 2006
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 2
Pike Bicentennial Kick-off
From: KRCC-FM
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Zebulon Pike turns 200

  • Added: Jan 20, 2006
  • Length: 03:28
Dragon Man's Machine Gun Shoot
From: KRCC-FM
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Remembering 9/11 by shooting stuff and blowing it up

  • Added: Sep 14, 2005
  • Length: 08:55
Remembering Ludlow
From: KRCC-FM
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Rededication of the Ludlow Massacre Memorial

  • Added: Aug 16, 2005
  • Length: 06:31
World War One and Armistice Day
From: Lester Graham
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Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, the day that World War I was to end. Here's one veteran's experiences.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WRVO Public Media, KUCB, 'The Sea', KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 33
They Sit To Run
From: Charles Lane
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An interview with Nina Kuscsik, the leader of a sit-down strike at the 1972 NYC Marathon.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, WYSO, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5