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Winona Mayor Mark Peterson
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Mark Peterson stops by to talk about John Latsch week and Winona issues. Following that, we fill you in on local events.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:09:51
Grace Notes
From: Capital Public Radio
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World War I was a real blow to the European musical community. They were utterly unprepared for the war’s cruelty, and composers found it difficult...

Bought by WVTF, KHNS, and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Some Wampanoag Tribe Members Leery of Plymouth 400 Commemoration
From: Alexandra Morrow
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Some members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe are concerned that their perspective won't be adequately portrayed at the 400th commemoration of the Pi...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:47
It Shoulda Been a Giant Step for Womandkind Too
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
When the U.S. space program was launched, women were tested for astronaut duty -- and passed.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUOW, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
MONTANA THEN AND NOW
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Hear fascinating facts about Montana's 150 years as a territory and a state during this interview with Aaron Parrett, author of MONTANA THEN AND NOW.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Fukushima, 3 Years Later
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: Fukushima Survivor, Kenichi Hasegawa, Credit: Greenpeace
March 11 marks three years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It might be more accurate to say it marks three years since the start of this ongo...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Discover the Bahamas
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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The Bahamas is composed of more than 700 islands and is the nearest resort destination to the U.S. mainland after Cuba. It has a varied history.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2014
  • Length: 13:41
The first surfers to brave San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Boards rest against the seawall at Ocean Beach, Credit: Angela Johnston
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
Mitchell Zuckoff reads from Frozen In Time: An Epic Story of Survival and A Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II (5/26)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Air date suggested: this Memorial Day.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 4-16-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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With the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, comparisons between LBJ and Barack Obama are being made. Johnson, who left office in 1969 ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRKF and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
This Week in History: Jack Kemp Announces Bid for President in 1988
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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This week in history looks back to April 1987 and the Republican race to succeed Ronald Reagan. This week, Jack Kemp, a longtime Congressman and fo...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 04:40
This Week in History: Kennedy v. Carter in the New York Presidential Primary, 1980
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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This week in history (March 23-March 29) takes a look back at Senator Ted Kennedy's landslide victory over Jimmy Carter in New York's primary on Ma...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:40
WorldCanvass: Cultural Memory and Commemoration (Part 4)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 24:24
WorldCanvass: Cultural Memory and Commemoration (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 23:40
WorldCanvass: Cultural Memory and Commemoration (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:59
WorldCanvass: Cultural Memory and Commemoration (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:02
Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp Turns 100 -- Anita Monga and Timothy Brock Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Anita Monga and Timothy Brock talk the difference between live and recorded music, the surprises lurking in archives, and why being fired by Chapli...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 19:41
Italy's Year of Culture
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Let's travel radio explores Italy and the year of the culture.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:05
50 Years From the War on Poverty - Win or Lose?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In January 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the War on Poverty. Much has changed, but much has stayed the same.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Latkes & Turkey: A Holiday Special
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses Hanukkah and Thanksgiving, two holidays which intersect this year. Our guests are Mark Binder, author of "A Hanukkah Presen...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KMUN


  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse on the storms of November
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Nov. 10 was the 38th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, with all 29 lives aboard lost. Frederick Stonehouse, maritime historian a...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 21:17
Good Transmissions. Rediscovering Radio: Simple Rediscovery #518
From: Teosson Wells
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For more than a century, radio—in its various forms—has changed the way we experience the world. What began as a means of military and ship-to-shor...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
From a pretty big project to an enormous one
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The view driving across the $6.4 billion bridge, Credit: Isabel Angell
A brief history of San Francisco's $6.4 billion bridge

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 11:12
A March for Jobs and Freedom
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian William P. Jones talks with host Brian Balogh about the origins of the march idea, first floated during a campaign against employment dis...

Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 2
“Let Freedom Ring!”
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Historian David Blight talks with host Ed Ayers about the continuing impact of the Civil War in shaping the context within which the march took pla...

Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 12:22
  • Purchases: 2

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