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Howard Zinn - A Memorial
From: Barry Vogel
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Howard Zinn’s productive insights into history came to an end with his death in January 2010. This edition of Radio Curious shares a previously not...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:34
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 KQAL, RadioFreePalmer, KUCB, RadioFreePalmer, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 16:12
  • Purchases: 22
Virtuoso Voices - Piotr Anderszewski (Chopin's Immaculate Suit)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Piotr Anderszewski
Like most of his countrymen and women, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski is proud of Chopin's Polish connection, but he says Chopin has other conne...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:13
Cave Canem, an African-American Writers' Center
From: New Letters on the Air
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This show features the work of younger poets whose first books were published as a result of winning the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, including Natasha...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
What's the Word? Seeing 9/11
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Remembering 9/11
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Three representations of the events of September 11th.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 8
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor, Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John K. MacLellan
The Ip family had escaped both the Nazis and the Soviets. Once in the United States, Israel Ip carved out a life for his family. Jay married, took ...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 27:47
  • Purchases: 1
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John K. MacLellan
Jay Ipson and his family escaped Nazi persecution often by the skin of their teeth. But after liberation they had to contend with the Soviets. And ...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Work
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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Striving for healing

  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 07:06
President Kennedy's legacy in Berlin
From: Dan Tritle
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President Kennedy remembered in Berlin 45 years after assassination.

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Hardly Davidson
From: David Maxon
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Foreign bike enthusiats in the heart of Hog country

Bought by WILL and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Solid Ground 2008
From: Eve Troeh
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One-hour documentary **UPDATED for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WVAS, WMNF, WRVO Public Media, KMUN, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 55:36
  • Purchases: 8
Rwanda Gorillas
From: Jake Warga
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Trekking to see and hear the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda

Bought by KUOW and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 2
Is This an Exercise?
From: Julie Shapiro
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Apocalyptic tv, the sounds of The End and the quirk (and power) of memory.

Bought by WDBM, XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 4
Chronicles of William Hone (week of December 30, 2007)
From: Vince Hancock
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Look both ways before crossing into January. This week: how to greet the New Year.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2007
  • Length: 08:30
P.O.V. - Revolution '67 Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmaker Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno talks with P.O.V. about the making of her film "Revolution '67"

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:52
New Orleans Dub (2 years later)
From: Matthew Fidler
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a vox-pop music piece telling the tale of New Orleans 2 years after Hurricane Katrina

  • Added: Sep 06, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
The Chinese Exclusion Act: A Postcard
From: Michelle Chang
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One-hundred thousand Chinese immigrated to America during the second half of the nineteenth century. They first came as miners during the Californi...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:12
Bluma Shapiro: Portrait of a Holocaust Survivor
From: Aaron Henkin
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Bluma Shapiro is a grandmother of four... and a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 15:25
Training for Change
From: Hillary Frank
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Four social activists talk about why a day of service is the wrong way to honor Martin Luther King.

Bought by PRX Remix, WSLR, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4
Finding My Kerouac: On the Road at Mid-Life
From: David Berner
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This documentary is about two men who, at mid-life, re-read Kerouac's book and get behind the wheel for a 4000 mile road trip of reflection and di...

Bought by WUSM, WGBH Radio Boston, WVPE, KZYX, WKSU and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 7
The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
From: Philip Graitcer
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The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot was the closest thing to a race war ever known in Atlanta

  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 06:47
Lower Manhattan Diaries
From: WFUV
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Three New Yorkers reflect on 5 years since the 9/11 attacks in audio diary form.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
Rebuilding NOLA
From: WFUV
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The audio diary of a Habitat for Humanity volunteer in New Orleans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 22, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
Burial At Sea
From: Adam Allington
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Bill Bricker has one particular memory that colors his observation of Memorial Day

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 8
Abe's Light - from Mistakes to Making It
From: Ellen Weber
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When we light a candle for Lincoln's day we rekindle ours

  • Added: Jan 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:51

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