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Wounded Vet Reads From Book

From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: NOVEMBER 2014

Severely wounded in the "First Iraq War," author Robert C. Vallieres bravely reads from his eloquent book, Wounded Warriors: A Soldier's Story of H...

Added: Nov 05, 2014
Length: 01:40

StoryCorps: Sgt. Paul Braun and Philip

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Paul Braun, a Sergeant with the Minnesota Army National Guard, and his interpreter, Philip, remember... more.

Bought by WDBM, WMUU-LP, WEZU, and WTJU

Added: Oct 22, 2014
Length: 04:28
Purchases: 4

Amputees

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Generational discussion on amputee issues over the ages

Added: May 19, 2014
Length: 29:00

Big Fish, Small Pond; Small Fish, Big Pond: A Citizen's Guide to Conscience

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook

At a jazz performance, the lady next to me and I struck up a conversation. During World War II, she, a Czechoslovakian, and her family were exiled ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: May 18, 2014
Length: 06:50
Purchases: 1

A Higher Call: Memorial Day Story

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

On December 20, 1943, a severely damaged American bomber struggles in its flight over war-torn Germany. The 21-year-old pilot had his hands full wi...

Bought by KFCF FM, KPIK-LP, WHRV, WDCB, KVSC and more

Added: May 14, 2014
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 7

Studs Terkel: Born to Live

From: The WFMT Radio Network

Born to Live is Studs Terkel’s remarkable Prix Italia-winning audio collage program (produced with Jim Unrath) that first aired in 1962 and serves ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WWNO, WCQS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: May 09, 2014
Length: 56:45
Purchases: 9

Telling the Truth With Twigs and Baling Wire

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

I am a great admirer of bird nests and those who build them. They make them with twigs, string, down. You find them sometimes nestled inside the a...

Added: Apr 28, 2014
Length: 06:50

Hiroshima Survivor / Miep Gies talks of Anne Frank / Foreign Aid

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

Caption: Soh Horie / Miep Gies / Jamie Drummond

A three-part Peace Talks Radio program this time features a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb; also remarks from the woman who helped hide Anne...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM

Added: Apr 23, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Star Spangled Banner

From: John Messmer

A reading of the entire Star Spangled Banner.

Bought by WEZU

Added: Mar 30, 2014
Length: 02:01
Purchases: 1

Remember the Veterans

From: John Messmer

During this time of year remember the veterans.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio

Added: Mar 27, 2014
Length: :10
Purchases: 1

The Golden Lions - The Battle of the Bulge (Sample Reading)

From: John Messmer

My Dad never wanted to be a hero. Survival was the only option.

Added: Mar 26, 2014
Length: 11:01

Flying over Europe in World War Two

From: Traveling 219

Caption: Sherman Beard and his B-24 in formation., Credit: Courtesy of Sherman Beard.

World War Two B-24 bomber pilot veteran Sherman Beard, of Hillsboro, West Virginia remembers flying missions over Europe during the war.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Added: Mar 20, 2014
Length: 08:06
Purchases: 1

A Concert for Peace with Mary Gauthier and Rahim Alhaj

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

The PEACE TALKS RADIO series celebrates 10 years of radio and online programs about peacemaking with an anniversary concert in 2013. These highlig...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM

Added: Feb 24, 2014
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 2

"Changi Concert Party"

From: Margaret Evans

In a Japanese P.O.W. camp during World War II, a group of Australian prisoners created performances that sustained them and their “captive” audienc...

Added: Feb 16, 2014
Length: 58:03

Tony Lin: "You would only join the Marine Corps if you wanted to see action."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Tony Lin served from 2005 to 2013 and was deployed five times, including two Marine Expeditionary Unit deployments and three to Afghanistan. He ser...

Bought by KALH and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Jan 22, 2014
Length: 02:59
Purchases: 2

Katie Stevens Goidich: "Was this really worth 14 years of my life?"

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Katie Stevens Goidich served with the U.S. Navy from 1997 to 2006 on active duty and from 2007 to 2012 in the Navy Reserve. After bootcamp and the ...

Bought by KALH and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Jan 22, 2014
Length: 03:40
Purchases: 2

Ross Holcomb: "You're not allowed to sit there and not do anything."

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Ross Holcomb served with the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines for four years and was deployed to Fallujah Iraq, and Goullistan, Afghanistan.

Bought by KALH

Added: Jan 22, 2014
Length: 03:00
Purchases: 1

Miles Netzer: "What opportunity would I have ever had without joining?"

From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Combat Stories: Vets on War and Why They Went

Miles Netzer served with the U.S. Marines from June 2002 through July 2011. He deployed several times to multiple theaters. His parent unit was VMG...

Bought by KALH and KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Added: Jan 22, 2014
Length: 02:40
Purchases: 2

Folktale of Peace Signs

From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales

"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind"--that's Gandhi's wise signal for a peaceable world, and points us in the direction of this...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more

Added: Jan 17, 2014
Length: 01:00:00
Purchases: 8

StoryCorps MVI: Anthony and Jessica Villarreal

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Retired Marine Corporal Anthony Villarreal talks with his wife, Jessica, about being severely injured during an IED attack while deployed to Afghan...

Bought by WEZU and KMUD

Added: Nov 11, 2013
Length: 02:27
Purchases: 2

Military Gumbo (7:07)

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions

For soldiers on a battlefield, a hot meal can be more than just sustenance – it can be a morale booster. Army Veteran, Vic Vinson, shares his exper...

Bought by WWNO

Added: Oct 29, 2013
Length: 07:06
Purchases: 1

JFK's Turn Towards Peace (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.

A conversation with James Douglass, author of "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters". Douglass makes the case for his theory tha...

Bought by WFHB, KVSC, KMXT, and KVSC

Added: Oct 24, 2013
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 4

Running the Rift (pledge drive)

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The novel, Running the Rift, follows the life of young Jean Patrick. He’s a gifted Rwandan boy. He knows that running will be his future. What he ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 16, 2013
Length: 19:35
Purchases: 1

The Making of a Violin

From: The Kitchen Sisters

Remo del Tredici began making violins in his 70s. Inspired by his neighbor, a volunteer for AmVets, and the memory of his brother who was killed du...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix