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King Stories: (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)
From: Dorothy Green Alcorn
Caption: King Poster, Credit: Nicolene DuToit
King Stories is a one hour documentary of captivating stories told by close friends and associates of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Host Julian Bond,...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRWG, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:26
  • Purchases: 88
Thanksgiving in Virginia: People Without a Nation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chief Gene
In Virginia, there are eight Indian tribes, some several thousand people in all. Yet the United States doesn’t believe they exist. The seeds of thi...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:39
Prelude to Summer
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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In this Prelude to Summer we end up on a parking lot late at night on the first day of summer, sprawled out on sleeping bags and looking up at the ...

  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 25:20
The History Behind Easter Traditions
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Courtesy of T. Demand, Credit: (cc) <a href=" http://www.faunaflorawallpaper.com/viewer/wallpaper.php?/rabbit/31680/rabbit-easter-eggs-ccbysa-Gerbil">T. Demand</a>
The stories behind popular Easter traditions like the Easter Bunny and decorating eggs.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, 'The Sea', WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 7
The Spiritual Edge: Bay Area Jews head to the desert to reclaim their Biblical roots
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge
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Berkeley-based Wilderness Torah is one group that’s trying to bring new meaning to the old tradition. Intrigued, I tagged along this past spring fo...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 11:58
War on Christmas
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 WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Ho ho ho
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.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
Thanksgiving: People Without A Nation
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chickahominy Assistant Chief Gene Adkins.
There are eleven tribes of Indians who call Virginia home, among them the Chickahominy. And though they all now enjoy state recognition, the federa...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:31
Ghosts, Monsters and Scary Things (Version One) [EXPANDED EDITION]
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte (EXPANDED EDITION)
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Songs about Ghosts, Monsters and Scary Things

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Diwali Crackers
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy tries to hear through the noise and get to the heart of Diwali.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Place + Memory: Remembering Dreamland
From: Jesse Dukes
Caption: The high dive at Dreamland., Credit: Courtesy Dr. Reginal Shareef.
Memories of an African-American swimming pool and dance club in the Jim Crow south.

Bought by KALW and WABE


  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 2
New Year's Mummers Day Parade
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Mummers Day Parade, Credit: Rebecca Moon
The Mummers Day Parade is as quintessentially South Philadelphia as Ben Franklin or Willy Penn, a Philly cheese steak or Italian water ice. It’s un...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 23:29
StoryCorps: Paul and James Bizzaro
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Paul Bizzaro (R) and James Bizzaro (L)
Paul Bizzaro and his brother James remember growing up on Liberty Island--home of the Statue of Liberty.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 2
A Goose for Christmas
From: Traveling 219
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A Christmas tale for the holidays

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KISU, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3
The Messiah Comes to Town
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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A behind-the-scenes look at how a community choral society in a small town prepares for its own grand holiday performance of Handel's Messiah.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 51:53
Elvis is alive on the August anniversary of his death!
From: Jill Marcus
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August, 16, 2010 is the 33rd anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. "He's Alive!" follows the formative years of a young lady growing up in the...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Tiffany stained glass window inside Blanford Church.
Memorial Day, a national holiday of remembrance, was first celebrated south of the Mason/Dixon line in Petersburg, Virginia at Blandford Church Cem...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KQAL, RadioFreePalmer, KUCB and more


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 24
A Sidekick Christmas by Andrew Ward, Read by Barry Corbin
From: Andrew Ward
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About A Sidekick Christmas Written by historian and former All Things Considered commentator Andrew Ward and read by the great character actor Barr...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 48:02
Amongst the Ruins
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: The courtyard for the violently insane, New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, Concord, NH, Credit: Christopher Payne
A tour of the abandoned buildings and decrepit remains of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane proves that mental hospitals aren’t that scary af...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
A Rockabilly Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: A Rockabilly Christmas, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
the story of underground rockabilly guitarist Ray Campi

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
Fledge Week July 4
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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July 4th in Cummington MA 1965 and Bolinas Ca 07

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 1
Showmen's Rest
From: Shannon Heffernan
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A tragic train crash, a memorial to circus folk, and a graveyard haunted by elephants.

Bought by WMPG, WRIR, KBRP Community Radio, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 13
Memorial Day
From: David Duncan
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Memorial Day memories

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2005
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
DNA evidence leads to freedom.
From: David Barasoain
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Prisoner freedom after a 17 year wrongful conviction.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2004
  • Length: 06:30