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Plessy v Ferguson & Brown v Board of Education
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: Civil Rights
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The Supreme Court case that said racial segregation was constitutional, and the landmark decision that, decades later, overturned it.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WYAP, WCMU Michigan, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 11
Vaping: What You Don't Know Can Kill You - Hour Special
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: Vaping: What You Don't Know Can Kill You
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We investigate the dangers of vaping, while listening to the voices of high school administrators, health professionals and students. One thing is ...

Bought by KOSU, WHYY, Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:05:51
  • Purchases: 12
The Big Pond #46: Black Art, Berlin Stories – Looking for Alain Locke
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In 1925, the African-American philosopher Alain Locke (1886-1954) launched a revolutionary black arts movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance....

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WNYO


  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 34:12
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Pond #37: 100 Years of the Bauhaus
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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The Bauhaus school of art, architecture and design was founded in 1919 and lasted for only 14 years before the Nazis forced it to close in 1933. An...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 25:09
  • Purchases: 1
Cambodia - The Little Bank that Grew (2010 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
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It's one of Cambodia's few success stories. ACLEDA bank began as a micro-lender. Loaning tiny sums to allow Cambodians to open small businesses.Now...

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:02
Episode 3: We Eat The Seeds
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Many of us have been eating chocolate since childhood, but could you recognize it in nature? In this episode, we start at the farm with the pod-sha...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 24:00
Into the Music of Bob Dylan (3 Hours)
From: Hwy. 61 Productions
Series: Into the Music
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A 3-part chronological profile of Dylan's career from the early 1960's until his most recent work. Each part has a :60 intro and 2 segments of app...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:49:42
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainability
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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Hosted by Barbara Bogaev, and produced by Richard Paul, Sustainability looks at what is being done to address our energy needs and environmental c...

Bought by WFHB, WNIJ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 27
Downtown Profile: Cottage Grove, Oregon
From: KLCC
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Profile of an Oregon City

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:33
Classic Mardi Gras Songs Profiles - Handa Wanda
From: David Kunian
Series: Mardi Gras Song Profiles
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In this short piece, the musicians who participated in the recording of the Mardi Gras standard "Handa Wanda" recall its origins and recording.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Bix Beiderbecke: Never the Same Way Twice
From: WFIU
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one-hour special on the life of jazz pioneer Bix Beiderbecke

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
After Oil
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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When we look at all the things that made America what it is, It's fair to say that for the last hundred years or so, America has been shaped, more ...

Bought by KZYX, WILL, Marfa Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 39
RN Documentary: Cavalry, Caravans and Christians: Genghis Khan and Europe's first global age
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The lasting impact of the Mongol invasions on Europe, 800 years after Genghis Khan united the Mongols into one nation.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRPI


  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Modern Day Mongolia
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Mongolia in the 21st century must choose which aspects of modernity and tradition will shape its identity in the 21st century.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WFUV


  • Added: Jan 04, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
World Tour Radio presents Music of Morocco
From: Andrew Reissiger
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Moroccan Amazigh Music, Arabic/Indigenous politics of North Africa

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and KTNA


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Price of Politics
From: Vermont Public
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The campaign for Vermont's open seat in the U.S. Senate turned into the most expensive election per capita in the country. It provides a jumping of...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, KWCW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 3
Lady Presidents
From: Amber Cortes
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Did you know that over fifty women have run for U.S. President? Women were running for president before they could even vote! Featured are the live...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KVMR, WJAB, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 12:04
  • Purchases: 7
RN Documentary: The First Newcomers
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Immigration to the Dutch Republic in the 17th century.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
Part Two
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars Spanish Language Series
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Downsizing armies, Community Radi & The Artists View

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Part One
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars Spanish Language Series
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Have peace and democracy come to Central America?

Bought by KDNA Radio and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Sep 06, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: The International Criminal Court and the United States
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Why is the United States battling against the international criminal court, an institution it helped create?

  • Added: Aug 30, 2005
  • Length: 29:29
RN Documentary: The International Criminal Court – in its own words
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The history and creation of the international criminal court by people who helped establish it or who work there.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Central America After the Wars Part Three - The Other Border, Community Radio & Peace-or-Pieces
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars
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After the peace, the other border and the medium is the message

Bought by KPFA, WSKG, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 12
Central America After the Wars Part Two - Gangs, Women, A Look Back
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars
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Women, Identity, Youth, Gangs, Politics and Power

Bought by KPFA, WSKG, KUT, WLIU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 10
Central America After the Wars Part One - Downsizing Armies & A Tale of One Village
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars
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Have peace and democracy come to Central America?

Bought by KRZA, WSKG, KUT, WGBH Radio Boston, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 12