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Symbols and Cymbals
From: Wind & Rhythm
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George Washington is said to have asked 24 year old Betsy Ross to create a flag to be the symbol of our nation in 1776. Historians also have mentio...

Bought by WNMU-FM, KTXK, WUAL, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KMFA


  • Added: Jun 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 5
Violence
From: Wind & Rhythm
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As much as some hate to admit it, violence has been part of the shared human heritage from the beginning of recorded time. Even today, in some part...

Bought by KTXK, WUAL, and KMFA


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Magical Healing Maltz Theatre with Producing Artistic Director/ Chief Executive Andrew Kato
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Magical Healing Maltz Theatre with Producing Artistic Director/ Chief Executive Andrew Kato. It can bring us together, open us up, grant us un...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Author John Berendt
From: New Letters on the Air
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John Berendt, recorded at HEAR/NOW: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival in Kansas City, discusses his best-selling MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD A...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
160507 Rex Garvin and the Small Step to Being Destitute.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A show about that small step, the stumble from being an artist to being homelessness and helplessness. Music and readings by those folks who lived...

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:57:43
What Happens When a Female Comedian Reports Serious News (4:57)
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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Feminist comedian Katie Goodman of Broad Comedy reviews Samantha Bee's new show "Full Frontal." As the only woman hosting a late night comedy show,...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:57
We Are the Bomb: Boots Riley and Dave Zirin Talk Activism and Politics
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Boots RIley, Credit: http://nycsocialist.org/
Boots Riley—activist, author, and “The Coup” front man is interviewed by Edge of Sports blogger Dave Zirin

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Whats Race Got to do With It ?" part 3
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part 3 of “What’s Race Got to do With It?” Media Management of Minority Images”. previously, Bryant...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 31:24
Unspun Interviews Judyth Vary-Baker, Lee Harvey Oswalds Lover and Confidant
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Judyth Vary-Baker
Unspun talks with Lee Harvey Oswald's lover and confidant, Judyth Vary-Baker. Judyth is an author, artist, poet, teacher and social scientist. 35...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:58
The Humanist Hour #102: Live at the 73rd Annual Conference in Philadelphia!
From: Bo Bennett
Series: The Humanist Hour
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In this episode, Bo, Kim, and Todd host this episode in front of a live audience at the AHA Conference in Philadelphia. Our guest is Lifetime Achie...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
Two Guys on Your Head: Learning Styles
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Are you an auditory learner or a visual learner? If you answered "yes" you would be right. We use all our senses to learn and process information....

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
JFK, why he died and why it matters: James W. Douglass, JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Christian theologian and peace activist James W. Douglass tells us why he thinks JFK was assassinated. He says it was because Kennedy went up again...

Bought by KRVS


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 1
Sharing and Growing - The Collaborative Consumption Movement
From: Nancy Lin
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The explosive growth of online communities for sharing, swapping, trading and lending is reinventing the way that we consume and build relationship...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 42:10
Our Bodies, Our Stories: Reproductive Health Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Woman in Handcuffs, Credit: Thisisbossi
Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds; others are being sterilized. Correctional institutions claim the policies are...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Hidden Messages (Pledge Drive Special)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Louis Armstrong
As far back as the 1920s, jazz bands were performing music that had hidden messages inside their songs. Messages that asked their audience to pled...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 49:30
  • Purchases: 1
Women Rising #22: International Anti-Nuclear Activists (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Anti-nuclear demonstration in front of Japanese Diet , Credit: Matthias Lambrecht
For International Women’s Day and the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster listen again as three prominent female activists tell their stor...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Beats, Rhymes and Laughs: Culture As a Tool for Racial Justice
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Artists and creative people have always used culture as a tool for social change. On this edition, excerpts from a panel on racial justice, culture...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Michelle Alexander on the New Jim Crow (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Michelle Alexander, Associate Law Professor at Moritz School of Law and Author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." , Credit: http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
WINGS #32-12 Remembrance and Action
From: WINGS Women's International News Gathering Service
Caption: Poster for the National Day of Remembrance and Action December 1, 2012 event, in Vancouver BC Canada, Credit: Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
23 years after the Montreal Massacre, feminists are still working like hell for accountability around violence against women.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:49
1936 Chaplin's 'Modern Times' Debuts
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Factories closed; unions ignored; the Tramp asks, ‘What’s Next’? Chaplin previews a world beyond the factory and unionism where one’s identity is ...

Bought by WRIR, WRPI, KREV-LP, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 6
Angela Davis and Tim Wise: Capitalism, Privatization and Hope
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Angela Davis and Tim Wise, Credit: SpeakOut
Anti-racist author Tim Wise examines how society is being divided and conquered on the basis of race and class. But legendary activist Angela Davis...

Bought by WMMT and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Strike
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: portrait of Barbara Johns, who led the walkout
In 1951 a group of African American students at Robert R. Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Virginia, organized a strike to protest the su...

Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 27
Cornel West & Carl Dix: Pursuing Justice in the Age of Obama
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cornel West and Carl Dix, Credit: Revolution Books
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Voices From The Diaspora: Resistance and Community
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Riots all over the world are calling on us to get involved in societal change. But what kind of action is needed, and how do we create real change?...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Robotics: The Future of War?
From: War News Radio
Caption: (CC) Jared Goralnick - http://sn.im/ignitedc1
The evolution of modern warfare suggests that robotics are here to stay. But what is the current status of drone use in the U.S.? Elliana Bisgaard...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 06:18