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In 2002, Juan Carlos Cancino, was riding his bike around town and found an entire city block of dilapidated greenhouses, near a hill in the Portola...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 08:44
Every place has a history hidden that lives beneath what you can see on the surface. Just take the Mission District.
- Added: Jan 07, 2015
- Length: 08:24
In 1964, Congress had a noteworthy Civil Rights Bill before it. But Southern Democrats, supporters of Jim Crow laws, were pushing a filibuster to k...
- Added: Dec 06, 2014
- Length: 04:55
Widows from WWII, Vietnam and Iraq wars discuss changes over time from the loss of their husbands in war.
- Added: Mar 16, 2014
- Length: 29:00
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 05:23
Roland Feller is responsible for the well-being of many of the city's stringed instruments. When you imagine him working on a violin, picture him s...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 07:33
- Purchases: 1
A few hours north of San Francisco is the town of Boonville, nestled in the quaint Anderson Valley of Mendocino County. Like Silicon Valley, this p...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 13:24
Since 2001, about 2.5 million people have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, at least a third of them more than once. When they return, many ve...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 06:36
It’s no secret that San Francisco is an expensive place to live.
Take renting an apartment, for instance. On average, a San Francisco tenant pays ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2011
- Length: 07:27
A look at changes in art policy during the Kennedy Administration, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 08:25
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Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:38
From "Pen to Paper" (March 13, 2009): War News Radio cracks open the history books to see who today's Taliban are, and where they came from.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, and CKMO
- Added: Mar 12, 2009
- Length: 07:59
- Purchases: 3
Memphis is the #1 destination for Amtrak's City of New Orleans. If a gaping sinkhole is not fixed, Amtrak may discontinue service.
- Added: Jul 02, 2008
- Length: 04:14
- Added: Oct 26, 2007
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Quest explores Hunters Point's dramatic military history -- and the task of preparing it for its next act.
- Added: Jun 19, 2007
- Length: 05:47
Enid Wizig is a good mentor for the No Limits Theater Group students. She, like them, is profoundly deaf. They prove there are "no limits" for he...
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- Added: Jun 14, 2007
- Length: 03:24
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Quest radio takes a look at the largest wetlands restoration in the West - the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project.
- Added: Jun 14, 2007
- Length: 05:48
America's first black fighter pilots claim they never lost a bomber, but a historian says newly uncovered records prove otherwise.
- Added: Dec 13, 2006
- Length: 03:18
The Black Belt of the Deep South stretches from Virginia to Texas. It got its name from the dark, rich soil that made cotton production a highly p...
- Added: Dec 11, 2006
- Length: 07:09
The African-American experience with Shakespeare
Bought by KLCC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WABE, KZYX, PRX Remix and more
- Added: Apr 10, 2006
- Length: 07:01
- Purchases: 9
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News and features on the War in Iraq
- Added: Apr 07, 2006
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A review of famed Communist-chaser Senator Joseph McCarthy's legacy a half-century past his condemnation by Congress.
Bought by Listenwise, KTNA, and 2SER FM 107.3
- Added: May 05, 2005
- Length: 07:49
- Purchases: 3
A look a life for the elderly in the years before Social Security was created
Bought by WBEZ, New Hampshire Public Radio, WYSO, KVMR, and WSHU
- Added: Mar 30, 2005
- Length: 07:03
- Purchases: 5
Program features an interview with Michael Farquhar on some historical scandals, a commentary and history in the news
- Added: Dec 01, 2004
- Length: 29:00
