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Black Cowboys
From: Black Mountain Radio
Series: Black Mountain Radio
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Why is the cowboy, the most iconic of American settlers, so central to white masculine identity when Latinx vaqueros and Diasporic formerly enslave...

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 14:06
Experiencing the fight for freedom along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Kelly Ingram Park, Credit: Courtesy Pixabay
Join World Footprints as we explore the story of Black Americans’ fight for freedom and equality with U.S. Civil Rights Trail guide author Deborah ...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 30:54
  • Purchases: 1
Our Garbage, Ourselves
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
We start this episode at Dead Horse Bay, where we ask what trash can tell us about structures of power, and end the episode in 1960s Bed-Stuy, wher...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 20:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #16: Culture of Coffee
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Coffee is more than just a beverage – it can be a jumpstart to a day at work or a relaxing afternoon with friends. This episode explores the meanin...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 2
Voices of the Past Cemetery Walk 2018
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique the dead walk again and history comes alive. Willard Huyck sits down with Jonelle Moore and Jim Vrchota to talk a...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 19:15
  • Purchases: 1
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
Exploring Wilmington, Delaware – A European experience in American history
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Garden at Newmours Estate., Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints will explore Wilmington, Delaware and the Brandywine Valley’s rich American history and vibrant arts and cultural scene with its E...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:55
Bertha Palmer - Kathryn Chesney
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Bertha Palmer-Kathryn Chesney
Bertha Palmer as written and presented by Kathryn Chesney

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 07:04
Eliza Webb - Lilian B. Moore
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Eliza Webb
Eliza Webb as written and performed by Lilian B. Moore

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:39
Emily Graves Webb - Laurie Akin
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Emily Graves Webb
Emily Graves Webb as written and performed by Laurie Akin.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 11:40
Adelaide Bullen - Anita Palladino
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Adelaide Bullen
Archeologist Adelaide Bullen written and presented by Anita Palladino.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:01
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
The real history behind Mary Ellen Pleasant, San Francisco's Voodoo Queen
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In the mid 1800’s, boomtown-San Francisco was a city of men, only about 15 percent women. Slavery was illegal in the West but still-- white men wer...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 10:30
  • Purchases: 1
St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The golden dome of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church has long been a part of the south Minneapolis skyline. KFAI producer Britt Aamodt visits the ch...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:17
Ducks in a row
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 and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 2
An apple a day...
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 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Fairfax Stone and West Virginia v. Maryland
From: Traveling 219
Caption: Map showing Maryland's claim to West Virginian land.
The historic landmark known as the Fairfax Stone was reportedly placed in 1746 to mark what would become part of the border between Maryland and Vi...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:44
The Cell's Mystery
From: Sara Robberson
Caption: Dr. Inoue and his "Shinya Scope". , Credit: Photo by Chris Inoue
Dividing cells are what make up all life. The idea of cell division was first published in 1855, but for nearly a century scientists debated, “How?...

Bought by Listenwise and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 2
Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town
From: Marfa Public Radio
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The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and ...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5