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Hold These Truths
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident...and when they are made known to us, how fully will we see them?"

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KCHW, KMUN, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 19
CHAOS meets CONTROL at Burning Man
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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1996 was a turning point for Burning Man. Two people were run over in their tents. And another person died in a head-on collision.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 27:08
The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The famous court battle over the right to teach evolution in public school comes to life.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 37
Summit '63 - The First American Tops Mt. Everest
From: Charlie Warren
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A dramatic retelling of the challenging American expedition to climb the world's highest mountain 61 years ago.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WRFA-LP, PRX Remix, KUER, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 21:26
  • Purchases: 8
In the Name of Security
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Two famous spy cases are re-opened - the trial of the Rosenbergs and the trial of Alger Hiss - that rocked America between 1948 and 1954.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KUOW, KWMR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 16
The Big Sleep
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been doing this show for 17 years, and yet I haven’t talked about one of my favorite movies, The Big Sleep, u...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 03:25
World in Progress 10/06/22
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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World in Progress - about Rio de Janeiro's past and its ties to slavery. When you think of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, what comes to your mind first?...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and WFHB


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Waldorf Conference
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The birth of the Hollywood Blacklist.

Bought by KFCF FM, KMUN, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 19
Together Tonight: Hamilton, Jefferson, Burr
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Three of America's Founding Fathers square off over their young country's future.

Bought by KFCF FM, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 22
Enron
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The legendary story of one of America’s most stunning corporate collapses.

Bought by KKRN, KWMR, KMUN, KFCF FM, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 35
Oslo
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Sometimes the only thing you need to solve an intractable interntional conflict is waffles.

Bought by KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 19
And the Sun Stood Still
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A radical idea finally sees the light of day.

Bought by KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 31
185: Crash at Crush
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In September of 1896, the town of Crush was created for the sole purpose of crashing two steam trains together. Things did not go according to plan.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spill
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A harrowing look at the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion.

Bought by KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 19
World in Progress 11/26/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Legacy of slavery - We take a closer look at Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, the darkest chapter in t...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
The Columnist
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The story of one of America’s most widely-read journalists, whose relationships in Washington were tinged by an unflappable arrogance.

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


  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 27
Masonic Theatre Drop Restoration with Kim Lawler
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Masonic Theatre Drops, Credit: Bill Stoneberg
On this episode of Art Beat we talk to Kim Lawler, a scenic artist who has been hired to lead the restoration of 13 historic backdrops at the Mason...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 18:27
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Wilde's facility with words contributes to his undoing.

Bought by KKRN, WCPN, KKRN, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 17
Leading Lady: Julie Kaiser Talks Zelda Fitzgerald and The Last Flapper
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Julie Kaiser and Katie Carter
The Last Flapper is a one woman play co-produced by Visions Theatre and Long Lake Theater that retrospects the life of Zelda Fitzgerald. Wife of...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:19
A Guide to "Georama"
From: KQAL
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Join Director Paul Barnes as he takes you through Great River Shakespeare Festival's production of, "Georama". Learn the backstory, details about t...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:26
Translating Dante
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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Poet Mary Jo Bang explores the process of translating Dante Alighieri's Inferno, and professor Jessica Rosenfeld explains the origins of literature.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:23
The Upstart Crow: Shakespeare's feud with Robert Greene
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Professor Joe Loewenstein details Shakespeare's creative and intellectual response to accusations of plagiarism by Robert Greene.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 16:39
The Real Antony and Cleopatra
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Roman historian Karen Acton explores the historical identities of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 14:58
Why Shakespeare?
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Scholars and directors shed light on the question of why we continue to study and admire William Shakespeare.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 16:50
Tuned to Yesterday #10
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Tuned to Yesterday
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Tuned to Yesterday #10 True History Broadcasts include, "The Doctor Fights" and "The Passing Parade".

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1