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Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton Tells His Story
From: Candice Ludlow
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton tells his story about taking that eerie ride to Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:47
Sound Opinions Presents: 1967 – Rock & Roll Comes of Age
From: Sound Opinions
Series: Sound Opinions Specials
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In this FREE, EVERGREEN one-hour program, Sound Opinions celebrates one of the most significant years in rock and roll. 1967 was the year that the ...

Bought by WRGY, WCQS, WVPE, KRCU Public Radio, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 63
Culturology: Finnish Mardi Gras
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Historian Gerry Kangas on the origins and traditions of the Finnish Laskiainen Sliding Festival. The 75th Laskiainen Festival was held the weekend...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Legacy of Massive Resistance
From: With Good Reason
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In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia closed its schools rather than integrate. The closures lasted for five years, and the people who were denie...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KZYX, WESM 91.3 FM and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
Smokey Bear
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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The story of the little bear cub from Capitan who became a national icon.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
Kearny's Entrance to New Mexico
From: New Mexico Centennial
Series: Centennial Journeys
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General Kearny leads the Army of the West to Santa Fe and claims New Mexico for the United States of America.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
Peace on the Battlefield: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and Manassas Peace Jubilee (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two instances when peace broke out – right on the field of battle. First, the impromptu but widespread unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914 in the e...

Bought by KUHF, RadioStPete Florida, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUHF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 19
Viviendo con VIH (Living with HIV)
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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The reality of living with HIV and what the Hispanic community is doing in terms of prevention. La realidad de vivir con VHI y lo que la comun...

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Randall Kennedy, author of "The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency," and "Nigger:The...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
1971: 'An American Family'; Our First Reality TV Show
From: Action Speaks Radio
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What's Real? What's Not? Does Anybody Care?

Bought by XRAY.fm, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
Part Three-New Protein Sources
From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan
Caption: Wounded Eating at Jungle Hospital on Bataan, Credit: National Archives
Segment Three Background Info: This segment goes into detail about how the food situation became so bad in the Philippines that the troops had to b...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
Part One-The Beginning of the End
From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan
Caption: Philippines bombed by the Imperial Japanese
This segment begins with the attack on the Philippine Islands shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the beginning of the outbreak of the war...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We generally think that the first Memorial Day was held in the north. In fact, the very first Memorial Day was held at Blanford Church Cemetery 27 ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 7
Pearl Jam Twenty
From: Joyride Media
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The official radio companion to Pearl Jam Twenty - a new documentary by Cameron Crowe in theatres Sep 2011, on PBS American Masters Oct 21, 2011.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, CBC Inside the Music, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:10:00
  • Purchases: 8
"Escape From Terror: A Story of Courage, Determination and Love"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Caption: Susan Gray and Liam Carroll
Liam Carroll was a stock broker for Morgan Stanley and was working at the South Building of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th when it was struck...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2011
  • Length: 59:10
George Harrison: An Appreciation (2 x 59:00 or Stand Alone Hour)
From: Paul Ingles
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Here's a program that features George Harrison's best-loved music, some hidden gems, and thoughtful reflections from Harrison fans that help defin...

Bought by KZYX, KGLT, Prairie Public, North State Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 13
Take Care of the Living
From: With Good Reason
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When the American Civil War ended, Southern veterans faced the same shattered family lives and economic hardships that U.S. war veterans face today.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hard Times, Great Music?
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Volatility on Wall Street, talk of a double dip recession---bad news for the markets. But good news for music? During times like these, we witness...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 57:46
  • Purchases: 1
Texas Music Matters featuring Texas Soul Power
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Today we'll honor some of the best known soul musicians from around the Lone Star State - as well as some hidden gems. Austin-based music journali...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 50:22
  • Purchases: 2
Texas Music Matters featuring ZZ Top, Wooden Birds, Crooks, Earle & Nash
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features a song from the nearly mythical forthcoming album by ZZ Top is leaked to the Space Station crew. Also new tunes by Austin’s Wooden Birds, ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:07
Texas Music Matters featuring Joe King Carrasco, The Guacamole Queen, Larry Lange, Texas Top 5
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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On this edition of Texas Music Matters, we’ll talk with Travis Stimeling, author of “Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks,” about the music that transform...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 57:30
Texas Music Matters featuring Arcade Fire, T-Bone Walker, Amy Cook
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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During this edition of Texas Music Matters, Austin’s Amy Cook takes on Janes Addiction, Suzanna Choffel debuts a new album, and we take on a new un...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and NPR Illinois


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 55:51
  • Purchases: 2
Joni Mitchell's "Blue"
From: Paul Ingles
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Musicians, music writers, fans and Joni Mitchell herself reflect on Joni Mitchell's most revered album, "Blue," released in 1971.

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WRGY, KMSU, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 25
Texas Music Matters featuring Adele, Iron and Wine, Monarchs, Fresh Millions
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features the unreleased music of Birmingham/Austin rockers Monarchs, also Adele covers a Sam Cooke classic in Austin's historic Studio 1A, Paul McC...

  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 53:32

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