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V (formerly Eve Ensler): Reckoning with Our Past, Transforming the Future (Suggest- Women's History Month)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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“Reckoning” is the new best-selling book from V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of “The Vagina Monologues” and founder of V-Day/One Billion Rising, ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KVNF, KDNK and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Winning War, Building Peace: Activists from Ukraine, Russia & The US Debate
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The latest peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war may lead to an eventual ceasefire but not before displacing millions and damaging the air, water a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cherie's Letters
From: Lori Mortimer
Series: Mementos
Caption: The letters Cherie inherited, Credit: Cherie Louise Turner
Cherie inherits a stack of 33 letters, written by her grandfather, who died during the Korean War, and who Cherie’s family never talked about. Befo...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2021
  • Length: 19:47
StoryCorps: Ajmal Achekzai
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ajmal Achekzai reflects on escaping Afghanistan as a child, returning as a U.S. Marine, and his fears and hope for the future of its people.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Walk across America
From: Georgia Walker
Caption: Walk across America, Credit: Van Booth
When Van Booth retired from the army in 2016, he came home with a heavy load of PTSD. He found a spot up on the train tracks to park his car and wa...

Bought by HowSound and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 2
The one who rebels
From: Saadia Khan
Series: Immigrantly
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A few days ago, I was in Berlin Germany on a personal trip, and I decided to interview someone local for my show. The goal was to draw parallels b...

  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 35:26
The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: May 18 Memorial in Gwangju, Korea, Credit: May 18 Memorial Foundation
On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea rose up for reunification and an end to U.S.-backed military dictatorships. Their actions chan...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
On the Ground
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with former aid worker David Koren about his experiences during the Biafran airlift in the late 1960s, and explores whether...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Art Therapist, Melissa Walker
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Melissa Walker discusses healing wounded service members through art at Walter Reed. [25:44]

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 2
Everything Has Collapsed
From: Vaska Trajkovska
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A documentary exploring the effects of being a refugee on identity and personal relationships.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 51:59
Pearl Harbor Veteran Jim Peacock Remembers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Pearl Harbor veteran Jim Peacock., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Jim Peacock is one of only a few dozen U.S. veterans who witnessed both the beginning of World War II at Pearl Harbor and the war's end on deck the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 13
Civil Disobedience: Personal Values Over Personal Freedom
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious hosts a conversation with Susan Crane, founder of Plowshares who will be discussing her lifetime commitment to ending nuclear prolif...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Coming Home
From: steve greenberg
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Three veterans from three wars talk about resuming their normal lives after experiencing combat.

  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 14:26
Mothers and Sons
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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a sonic memorial to the healing power of art

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KTNA, NPR Illinois, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 26:44
  • Purchases: 10
KUNM Youth Radio Show: The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
From: KUNM
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Youth Producer Kyle Farris produces his last show at KUNM's Youth Radio Project in Albuquerque New Mexico about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagas...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New England Public Media, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2007
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 4
Back to Iwo Jima: Navajo code talkers return
From: Ashley Gross
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Four Navajo veterans return to the site of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
Wandering Souls
From: Center for Emerging Media
Series: Shared Weight
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Story of a Vietnam Veteran's return of personal effects taken from the body of the N. Vietnamese soldier he killed.

Bought by WKMS, KUOW, WFUV, WNYC, KSUT and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Toy Soldiers, Real War
From: Dale Short
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An urban artist uses his apartment window to comment on the Iraq War

  • Added: Jun 10, 2006
  • Length: 05:30
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
Story of a Yup'ik Eskimo rapper
From: Ashley Gross
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A sound-rich portrait of a young Yup'ik Eskimo man who uses rap music to work through his suicidal thoughts

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KSUT, and KCUR


  • Added: May 17, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: A War Requiem
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The psychological problems of soldiers during and after World War One.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, Radio New Zealand, KRZA, and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 5
Peace Talks Radio: Taken Too Soon-The Cost of War (A Memorial)[59:00/54:00/29:00 or Modules]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Nearly 40 public radio producers from around the world lend their voices to a roll call of just some of the names of casualties from the wars in Ir...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, WAMU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBRP Community Radio, WSLR and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2006
  • Length: 58:47
  • Purchases: 30
Death of a Soldier: The Iraq Debate
From: Lorne Matalon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A soldier dies as Americans debate US operations there

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:11
War Vets
From: Conrad Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The voices of men and women who served in the military during times of war.-

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KPIK-LP, Louisville Public Media, WNIJ, and KCUR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2005
  • Length: 56:15
  • Purchases: 5
Talking 2 Sophia: A Child Speaks about 911
From: Michael Johnson
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A child's view of September 11, 2001

Bought by WMNF, WMBR, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KCUR, and WYSO


  • Added: Aug 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 5