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On this episode, we talked about a new book in the 33 1/3 series that documents the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose early efforts intro...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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It’s a new day, and the nation’s most trusted media institution has some new direction. Sylvia Bugg was named the Chief Programming Executive and G...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Book jacket cover
In 1930, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics appointed Harry J. Anslinger as the commissioner. He became the first drug czar with a flair for demonizin...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Today's hits are inevitably stolen gems from the past.

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, KSRQ, WYAP, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week we feature flaws in biopics of rock legends. Yeah, it's petty, but it's still a bunch of fun!

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, WYAP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: "Fed Up With Downtown Traffic" flyer, Credit: HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a two-part series on highways. The first looks at a controversy so intense, it’s called the ‘Second Battle ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 10:34
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part 3 of “What’s Race Got to do With It?” Media Management of Minority Images”. previously, Bryant...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 31:24
Caption: A family listening to the radio in Royal Oak, Michigan, 1939. Photo by Arthur S. Siegel., Credit: Library of Congress.
Pledge drive hour for stations carrying BackStory with the American History Guys. Includes special content on the history of pledge drives and fund...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Tri States Public Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 38:20
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Phil Andrus, Joe Teehan, Rip Robbins
Joe, Rip, and Phil converse about radio from their various perspectives. KBAI, Bellingham, WA, KSVR, Skagit Valley, WA, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA

  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 27:57
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It’s generally agreed that the silent film era lasted from 1894 to 1929; however, the history of projected images is much longer. Beginning in the ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
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Close your eyes and listen to the story: the hustle and bustle of a busy city sidewalk, the moan and groan of an approaching metro car, the hiss an...

Bought by WCBE


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Go back in time to 1865 and re-live the biggest news event of the 19th Century - Abraham Lincoln's assassination. The Newseum's Patty Rhule takes ...

Bought by WYAP, WYAP, Boise State Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WYAP and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 10
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Carlotta Walls LaNier, one of the "Little Rock Nine" shares recollections of the sacrifices made and the abuses endured in her pursuit of a fair an...

Bought by Listenwise, WUGA (part of GPB), and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 53:32
  • Purchases: 3
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Host Sam Litzinger joins Newseum producer and moderator Frank Bond in the museum's Civil Rights gallery to discuss how the powers of the people and...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 53:32
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People who show up make decisions, friends, playgrounds, art, history...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: George Washington University Professor Mark Feldstein
Journalist, Author, and George Washington University Professor Mark Feldstein joins host Sam Litzinger to take you into the archives of Jack Anders...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 53:31
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dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
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In 1950 the Roberto Rossellini film "The Miracle" was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency and censored by the New York State Motion Picture...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 25:43
  • Purchases: 1
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The Place to be and Strong at the Broken Places...this week on Prime Time Radio.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2008
  • Length: 59:54
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Fred Flaxman presents new recordings of two film scores by Virgil Thomson.

Bought by KUCO, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, KWAX, WCNH-LP, KENW and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 12