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Whistle Stops: The 1948 Presidential Campaigns
From: Lester Graham
Caption: President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the inaccurate headline: Dewey Defeats Truman., Credit: public domain
2024 is an interesting election year, but still not as raucous as 1948.. All the columnists and commentators who were polled agreed Thomas Dewey w...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Michigan Radio, KUOW, and WAMU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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"The whole world is watching."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Here There Be Dragons: Part 2 of The State Made Visible
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: "Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena 1585" by Baptista Boazio, 1589
This is Part 2 of The State Made Visible with Rasul Mowatt, author of The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence, published by Routle...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Rivalry
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates come alive, courtesy of David Strathairn and Paul Giamatti.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, KCRW, KUOW, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 31
Speaking the Language of White America: Violence and the End of Slavery
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In her book, Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence, Kellie Carter Jackson contends that the history of abolitionism, ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
WorldCanvass: Russian Revolution 100 Years On (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Guests on this WorldCanvass help us understand Russia’s historical trajectory, the cultural and social fallout from the revolution and its aftermat...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Russian Revolution 100 Years On (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests help us understand Russia's historical trajectory, the cultural and social fallout from the revolution and its aftermath, and i...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 1
Stand Your Ground: America's Love Affair With Lethal Self-Defense
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Caroline Light
Harvard Professor, Caroline Light, explores the racist "Stand Your Ground" history.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Unspun Looks at Black Politics in America with Kevin Alexander Gray
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Kevin Alexander Gray
Pamela Spoto, educator and Peace and Justice advocate, co-hosts again. Our guest is Kevin Alexander Gray. He is is a civil rights organizer and a...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 1
Trump and the Politics of Paranoia
From: MIchael Goldfarb
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Donald Trump and the tradition of using fear to win elections in America

Bought by KUER and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 29, 2016
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 2
Truth About America No. 3 - David Talbot on Democracy Now!
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Doug Bennett
Since we couldn't get David Talbot, founder of Salon.com and author of Devil's Chessboard, I borrowed portions of Amy Goodman's interview with him ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:24
Rethinking Cuba Libre
From: History Talk from Origins
Series: History Talk Shorts
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How two neighbors do and don't get along. A history of U.S.-Cuba relations.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
David Degraw Talks About the Psychology and Economics of Revolution on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: David DeGraw
We talk with David DeGraw, author, journalist and Occupy activist, credited with coining the rally cry, "We are the 99%." Two of his books, Econom...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 1
Unspun Looks At The History of NATO and The Cuban Crisis with Retired Historian Michael Faulkner
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Mike Faulkner
We chat with retired educator and historian, Mike Faulkner, in London, about the real history of the first Cold War and Cold War II being created b...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:10
The Temperament of FDR
From: With Good Reason
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Scholars gathered recently at a conference in Virginia to explore the legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The keynote address fell to a Stanford schol...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Electoral College's Dirty History
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Akhil Reed Amar
Yale University Law & Political Science Professor Akhil Reed Amar says the electoral college discourages voting, lessens the power of the states, a...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass Studio: Roy Bennett and Zimbabwe's Hard Road to Democracy
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
Active Voice Radio 6-15-07: Gerald Horne- The Deepest South: The US, Brazil and the African Slave Trade
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on AVR we're going to explore America's history of slavery with Gerald Horne, Morris Professor of African American studies at the Univers...

Bought by KSFR and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2007
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Adams in Amsterdam Part 2 – Dearest of Friends
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Second in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Am...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
RN Documentary: Adams in Amsterdam Part 3 – The Two Republicks
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Third in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Ame...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
RN Special Broadcast on International Law
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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At the request of WBUR, Radio Netherlands has prepared a 60-minute broadcast on International Law pegged to fast moving developments this week in W...

Bought by KVNF, WUFT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WUAL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 4