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First Immigrant Historic Marker in Virginia
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Virginia's first historic marker to recognize immigrants.
Just as America is a nation of immigrants, Virginia is a commonwealth of immigrants. For the first time ever the state Department of Historic Res...

  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 08:45
Gregory White Smith, co-author of “Van Gogh: The Life”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Many observers including his biographers would say he’s the most famous artist in the world. Master of sunflowers and starry skies, Vincent Van Gog...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Author Diana Gabaldon: The When & Why's of the World of the "Outlander"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Based on a time-traveling English nurse in the 20th century who is married to an 18th century Scotsman, Diana’s eight books in The Outlander series...

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


  • Added: May 01, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Author Charles Mann and Life in the New World
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus,” science writer Mann describes what some of the North and South American nations looked ...

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


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 3
Author Michael Benanav who crossed the Sahara on a camel
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “Men of Salt” this adventurer and outdoorsman travels from Timbuktu to the salt mines deep in the Mali desert. He traveled eighteen hours daily ...

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


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 2
Veteran Repays Near-Half-Century Debt
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Cliff Brody looks at an old photo of his deceased friend/sergeant, Joe Blakely, who changed Cliff’s life during the Vietnam War., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
How do you thank someone who saves you from tragedy? This Vietnam veteran knows.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 3
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John MacLellan
Jay Ipson, the youngest Holocaust survivor living in Virginia today, lived in an underground lair for six months during the Nazi occupation of his ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:14
The "Curse" of the Hope Diamond
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Does bad luck befall everyone who's owned the infamous Hope Diamond?, Credit: The Smithsonian
Is the world's most famous diamond... cursed?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Quander Quality
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Nellie Mae Quander (1880-1961), 1st international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the 1st Greek-lettered sorority established/incorporated by African-American college women., Credit: Quander Historical Society, Inc.
Meet the oldest African-American family in Washington, D.C. - and, perhaps, the United States.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 6
In The Prime: Washington's Meridian
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: D.C.'s Meridian Hill Park got its name from the Prime Meridian Thomas Jefferson proposed along 16th Street NW., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
What if Washington, D.C., really were the middle of the world?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Mediaeval Baebes
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: The Mediaeval Baebes, Credit: Hayley Madden
The allure is undeniable. Six talented, attractive women breathe renewed life into the rich texts of medieval songs and poetry with their haunting...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Leaplings and Lunar-cy: The Science of Leap Year
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Every four years, February packs a whole extra day... but why?

Bought by KHNS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KISU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 6
"Give Us Our Darling Back": Russia's 'Claim' on Alaska
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Should the U.S. give Alaska back to Russia? One presidential hopeful thinks so.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
Trams for the Memories
From: Drew Leifheit
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Piece of olde Budapest reaches end of the line

  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 08:24
You Are Here: 1000 years of mapmaking history in one brief segment
From: Jackson Braider
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A short introduction to the wonderful world of maps

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, and KTNA


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 4
In the Shadow of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, Archaeologists Sift for Clues
From: Mordechai Twersky
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Jerusalem Archaeology Feature

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 05:35