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The Future of the AIDS Memorial Quilt
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt is displayed in San Francisco. "Civic" hears from activists and officials about future plans for combating AIDS.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
American West writer Mark Lee Gardner’s “THE EARTH IS ALL THAT LASTS: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Colorado-based Mark Lee Gardner’s ninth book, THE EARTH IS ALL THAT LASTS, is a dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legend...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 09:39
Radio's First Announcer interviewed
From: JAMES MEHRLING
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On the centennial of the first US commercial broadcast, this is a rebroadcast of an interview with its announcer, recorded 65 years later, in 1985,...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 07:44
Houston, We have Dippin' Dots
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Over 50 years ago, humankind went to the moon. This episode is all about how astronauts, space enthusiasts, fictional explorers and future Mars res...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 21:53
Riots and Refuge: Queering the Table on the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Happy Pride! In today’s episode, we honor the trailblazers and celebrate the community builders by exploring the role food has played in the fight ...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 21:32
Race & The Media: 50 Years After the Kerner Report
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Original collage art by Damon Davis
Narratives around people of color added fire to the social unrest of the late 1960s. In this episode of Generation Justice, we look at the Kerner R...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 45:27
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
Loki_Trauma Sparks Change
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience at the Front and how Trauma Sparks Change in America

  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: :50
Loki_The Spirit of #NoDAPL
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about the Spiritual Experience at the Front Lines

  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:02
Tim Giago_Media Black Out
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Tim Giago talks about his news papers efforts to inspire other media outlets to cover the DAPL issue

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:42
Rabin is Up For Grabs
From: Israel Story
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For Israelis, especially in recent years, Rabin can take on almost any shape or form. Shai Satran speaks to filmmakers, educators and politicians a...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
Fresh Talk: Tania Bruguera
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Tania Bruguera reading Hannah Arendt in Havana, Credit: Enrique de la Osa, via PRI
Recorded in Havana, this Fresh Talk episode features controversial Cuban artist Tania Bruguera and her recent launch of a new initiative: the Hanna...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 09:31
Berliners commemorate fall of the Wall
From: University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism
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On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we talk with a woman who lived through history.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Cyclorama
From: Sidewalk Radio
Series: Sidewalk Radio with Gene Kansas
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The Cyclorama is not a place to race bicycles, it's home to an incredibly historic painting portraying the Battle of Atlanta, a turning point in US...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2014
  • Length: 14:17
Memorial Days
From: Sidewalk Radio
Series: Sidewalk Radio with Gene Kansas
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Memorials are here to remind us, to motivate us, to inspire us. This month we explore and remember the leadership, courage and creativity that mold...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 32:03
  • Purchases: 1
Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton Tells His Story
From: Candice Ludlow
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Freedom Rider "Rip" Patton tells his story about taking that eerie ride to Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:47
Pearl Jam Twenty
From: Joyride Media
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The official radio companion to Pearl Jam Twenty - a new documentary by Cameron Crowe in theatres Sep 2011, on PBS American Masters Oct 21, 2011.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KPVL, CBC Inside the Music, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:10:00
  • Purchases: 8
THE ELVIS PRESLEY 68 COMEBACK RADIO SPECIAL
From: Joyride Media
Series: I Am An Elvis Fan
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One hour of radio about one legendary hour of television...the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's "68 Comeback Special."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WGZS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIK-LP, WGZS and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 19
TRUE OUTLAW STORIES - ON THE ROAD WITH WILLIE NELSON
From: Joyride Media
Series: WILLIE NELSON: 80th Birthday Celebration
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Willie Nelson's longtime band, touring crew and close friends look back on 40 years of life on the road.

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KCSM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
MY OWN PECULIAR WAY - THE SONGS OF WILLIE NELSON
From: Joyride Media
Series: WILLIE NELSON: 80th Birthday Celebration
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The stories behind Willie's career and his songs.

Bought by Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KCSM and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27
CONSCIENCE OR COUNTRY?
From: Voices of Our World
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As the Bush Administration's surge is implemented in Iraq, another type of surge is happening simultaneously. In the past few years the number of u...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
After The White House
From: Talking History
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Max Skidmore takes a look at what America's former Presidents have done in their post presidential years. The show features our regular segments.

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Patti Smith: Horses 30th Anniversary
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour music-intensive program honors the 30th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album, Horses.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, WMUH, KPIP-LP, CBC Inside the Music and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
United Nations
From: Talking History
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Interview features Stephen Schlesinger Director of the World Policy Institute, regular segments History in the News and series of special readings ...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
John Brown: Abolitionist
From: Talking History
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Program features an interview with David Reynolds author of "John Brown: Abolitionist," and excerpt adapted from the unpublished recollections of T...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:00