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Monroe Doctrine Centenary - It's Our Hemisphere
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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The Monroe Doctrine on its 200th birthday. Messy American politics in 1823, messy American politics in 2023. And, Cambodia’s Great Lake, the Tonle ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:39
La Divina: Maria Callas at 100
From: WRTI
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A celebration of soprano Maria Callas's voice, life, and legacy in honor of her centennial.

Bought by WCLV and Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pride Month - Many Victories, But Rough Sledding Ahead?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
June is Pride Month, and June 28th is Pride Day, marking the unofficial beginning of "Gay Liberation" in 1969 with the Stonewall riots in New York...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Bold Women Of Montana - 0308 - Emma Riley Smith
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Gustav Mahler: Turmoil and Triumph
From: Charlie Warren
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"To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world," said Mahler. Hear unique historical comment and quotes from biographers, authors, conductor...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 5
EP201 Reflecting Back
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at the past 200 episodes of "Cruising the Blues With Mr. Jack".

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:28
  • Purchases: 1
Constitution Day Special: The Constitution & The Bill of Rights
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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In honor of Constitution Day, Civics 101, the podcast refresher course on how our democracy works, shares the story of the two most important docum...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WITF, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 5
George Floyd: A Year Later
From: Ampers
Series: Racial Reckoning: The Arc of Justice
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On May 25, 2020, George Floyd took his last labored breaths, while Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck. What happened that n...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: May 22, 2021
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Emergence of Janis Joplin (one-hour version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Music documentarian Paul Ingles presents a 1-hour exploration and celebration of the music of rock legend Janis Joplin featuring author Holly Georg...

Bought by KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSUT, North State Public Radio, and WVPE


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KOSU and KVSC


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
In Fifty Years
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman
Earth Day is here, but a lot of us are inside. On this episode of Borrowed, we gather sounds of the natural world from the stoops and parks of Broo...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 32:47
  • Purchases: 1
EP87 Alan Lomax records Muddy Waters 1941
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Alan Lomax was one who documented many styles and genres of music for the Library of Congress. This show examines Lomax's interview and recordings ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
May 4th Voices: Kent State 1970
From: WKSU
Caption: From WKSU, Wick Poetry Center and Kent State University
The 67 shots that rang out at Kent State amid a May 4,1970 Vietnam War protest, killing four students and wounding nine, reverberate nearly 50 year...

Bought by KUT, KWGS, WVTF, KTEP, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 29
Unbroken Promise
From: Levingston Lewis
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For over 70 years, Sailors of the Pearl Harbor attacks have been unidentifiable. The Defense POW/MIA accounting agency is part of the effort to ide...

Bought by WOUB and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Dec 06, 2019
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 2
Outbeat Extra Celebrates The 50th Anniversary of Stonewall with Making Gay History - Part 1
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: Outbeat News In Depth
Caption: LGBTQ News From The North Bay And Beyond, Credit: Greg Miraglia, Host and Producer
Features interview by Eric Marcus with Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2019
  • Length: 58:39
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
Why is Deerfield (Still) So White?
From: Amy Roost
Caption: Deerfield, 1963 , Credit: ART SHAY / @ART SHAY ARCHIVE, 2018
A North Shore Suburb of Chicago skirts fair housing laws that require affordable housing and struggles to come to terms with segregation and a trou...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 14:55
Free Speech in Schools
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Four Supreme Court cases that define the 1st Amendment in schools.

Bought by WCNY and WFHB


  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 24:45
  • Purchases: 2
Specters of Attica: Reflections from Inside a Michigan Prison Strike
From: Making Contact
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On the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, hundreds imprisoned inside Michigan’s Kinross Correctional Facility refused to report to wor...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Regionalization in America
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A special interview with Author Collin Woodard discussing his book, American Nations: A History of the 11 Regional Rival Cultures.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2017
  • Length: 51:26
What is Nuclear Liability and What Does it Mean?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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The nuclear industry pays a fraction of the cost of an accident and in Canada taxpayers pick up the balance.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
Monacan Voices Promo #3
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Native American Heritage
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:20 Promo for Monacan Voices

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: :20
The Egyptian Revolution in the Eyes of Women
From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries
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This audio documentary was produced by Jehad (JeJe) Rajab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
Whatever Happened To Hope: Egyptian Youth Post-Revolution
From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries
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This audio documentary was produced by Shaza Walid for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The course ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:58
The Navigators Part 3
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:18