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King Kelly

From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day

Baseball star in the late 1800's sets the standard for sport celebrity pop culture in the subsequent 20th and 21st centuries. To hear the show, c...

Bought by KSLU

Added: Jul 01, 2012
Length: 02:36
Purchases: 1

Wat Misaka

From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day

Japanese-American shows uncommon courage on and off the basketball court during WWII.

Bought by KSLU and KPVL

Added: Jul 01, 2012
Length: 02:36
Purchases: 2

Babe Ruth's Personal Trainer

From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day

Fast-talking, peripatetic Artie McGovern, the "trainer to the stars," remakes the "Sultan of Swat."

Bought by KSLU

Added: Jul 01, 2012
Length: 02:34
Purchases: 1

Bull-Baiting

From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It

The violent pastime known as bull baiting entertained the wealthy and poor alike and shaped the breed we now know as the bulldog.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 17, 2012
Length: 01:48
Purchases: 1

The Story of New Orleans' J&M Recording Studios

From: Gianluca Tramontana

New Orleans’ J&M recording studio birthed rhythm & blues in the late forties as well as proto-rock & roll. It had it’s own self-contained backing b...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Apr 04, 2012
Length: 07:56
Purchases: 1

The Buck Stops Here

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The residents of Islesboro, Maine are fighting against a growing Lyme disease panic.

Bought by WRVO Public Media

Added: Feb 24, 2012
Length: 06:36
Purchases: 1

Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get: Ron Banks/The Dramatics (Part Three)

From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show

Caption: The Dramatics Jackpot , Credit: Mca Special Products

Interview with the late RON BANKS, founder of the R&B vocal group THE DRAMATICS. Ron talks with HOWARD BURCHETTE about all of their hits, GEORGE CL...

Bought by WVAS

Added: Dec 21, 2011
Length: 57:47
Purchases: 1

Pakistan Aslant (1) - "The country that could kill the world"

From: Open Source

Caption: “MOHAMED ALI JINNAH: His Moslem tiger wants to eat the Hindu cow” [April 1946]

Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring no...

Bought by WCPN, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Oct 25, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 3

Pakistan Aslant (2) - Roots of Resilience

From: Open Source

Caption: Rashid Rana's "I Love Miniatures" (2002)

Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring fi...

Bought by WCPN and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Oct 25, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 2

The First Memorial Day

From: Charles McGuigan

We generally think that the first Memorial Day was held in the north. In fact, the very first Memorial Day was held at Blanford Church Cemetery 27 ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, WRFA-LP and more

Added: Oct 14, 2011
Length: 10:00
Purchases: 7

Meriwether Lewis, October 11, 1809

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

Explorer, naturalist, writer ... in his too-short life, Lewis helped to make this country ... literally ... what it is today. From sea to shining s...

Added: Sep 30, 2011
Length: 03:00

STAIRSTEPS Stories! VOL. 2 (Dennis Burke): The Untold Story of the Five Stairsteps

From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show

Caption: (Left to right): Dennis Burke, Keni Burke, Jerome Bailey, Alohe Burke, Clarence Burke, Sr. , Clarence Burke, Jr., James Burke III , Credit: Buddah Records 1971 album "The Stairsteps"

This is the story of THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS from an original member Dennis Burke. He tells her story and discusses her life in a rare interview.

Added: Jul 26, 2011
Length: 52:41

Hannibal Hamlin (First Lincoln V.P.) July 4, 1891

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

Hannibal who? The story of an all-but-forgotten man who WOULD HAVE BEEN President after Lincoln's assassination, likely changing our lives.

Added: Jun 22, 2011
Length: 03:00

When Sheep Fly

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Biologists attach a tracking collar to a blindfolded desert bighorn sheep. , Credit: Kamila Forson

When Elephant Mountain gets too crowded with desert bighorn sheep, and it’s time to start a new herd in Big Bend Ranch State Park, how do you move ...

Bought by KENW

Added: Jan 26, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

GetWool with Nanne

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Nanne Kennedy left a life of mortgages and the career rat race to pursue something of a higher calling. She believes she has a responsibility to w...

Bought by WMPG and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jan 05, 2011
Length: 06:05
Purchases: 2

Tom McCall, January 8, 1983

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

The true story of the first state to sponsor a rock concert ... nicknamed "the Governor's Pot Party"... and what became of that governor.

Bought by KLCC

Added: Dec 22, 2010
Length: 03:00
Purchases: 1

Nguyen Sinh Cung, September 3, 1969

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...

Added: Dec 09, 2010
Length: 03:00

The Great River Regional Library

From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage

Have you ever wondered where the money raised by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment goes and how the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund is specifically af...

Added: Nov 30, 2010
Length: 29:15

The Troubled Rio Grande

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Giant cane dominates the muddy banks of the Rio Grande in many places., Credit: Megan Wilde

Sediment is slowly choking the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region of Texas, causing more frequent floods and making it easier for invasive plants to...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 19, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Traveling Seeds

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Maple seeds can fly with their papery propellers. , Credit: Cathryn Hoyt

You might think of plants as immobile, but they've evolved diverse strategies to scatter their offspring far and wide. What are some dispersal tact...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 11, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Texas' Aspens

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Quaking aspens in Big Bend National Park, Credit: James Zech

With their towering white trunks and fluttering leaves, quaking aspens are icons of the Rocky Mountains. Yet every fall, aspen stands paint West Te...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 11, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Return of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: A Rio Grande silvery minnow, Credit: Aimee Roberson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

These tiny fish disappeared from Texas almost fifty years ago. But today, silvery minnows swim again in the Big Bend reach of the Rio Grande. What ...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 05, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Risky Business

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs

Patient Transfer Vehicles. They look like ambulances but they're not. Riding in one can land you in the wild wild west of unregulated care. 'Risky ...

Added: Sep 29, 2010
Length: 30:50

LZ Love - Transgender Musical Artist

From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views

LZ Love is a successful female musical artist. Many don't know that she is transgender, having been born a man. In this interview with her, she dis...

Bought by KUT