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This is a special "Back to School" edition of The Closer, a series from Project Brazen and PRX that shares the inside story of the deals that chang...

Bought by WRKF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Nevada Public Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 14
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The following audio is a shortened segment featuring the story of preservationist, banjoist and fiddle player Bascom Lamar Lunsford, as told in the...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 08:23
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There are clear lines that connect the legacy of slavery to many of our present day issues, including the racial inequities of COVID-19 infection a...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUOW, KGOU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 19
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Topic 1: Museums are returning artifacts to their countries of origin, but maybe they shouldn't. Topic 2: California apologizes for helping with th...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 48:24
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How to Fix U.S. explores the two-party system and a simple change that's gaining traction to end Republican and Democratic dominance.

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:29
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Tim Tells potential new arrivals to Standing Rock to be prepared for North Dakota Winters. He also talks about Native People and how they dealt wit...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: :57
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The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:47
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
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Saying the Pledge of Allegiance is optional in Maine schools, but Lily SanGiovanni says not all of her classmates know that for sure.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
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As the old year ends and a new year begins, the passage of time is on our minds. We check the time on cell phones, computer monitors, watches and w...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
Caption: Frederic Church, “Our Banner in the Sky” (1861)
Professor Angela Miller uses examples of portraits, landscape and genre paintings, folk art, and more to describe the intersection of American arts...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
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A look at the Great Chicago Fire with Dr. Fiona Halloran.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 07:51
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“Grounded: The End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Manned Space Flight,” is a special report from KUT News exploring mission, place and what i...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 52:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: USS Constellation moored at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Andrew Hiller
For over a hundred years, the USS Constellation served the Navy and her country. The 1854 Sloop of War’s proudest moment may have been rescuing 70...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Some Gee Whiz Facts About Lindberg

  • Added: Jun 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:03
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3 Generations talking about WEALTH

  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
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Have you ever wondered why we have Daylight Savings? Michael Downing joins Bryan Le Beau to answer this and other questions.

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Steven Watts discusses the life of Henry Ford, with host Bryan Le Beau. The program features commentary and our usual look at History in the News a...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
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Marriages were not historically speaking, founded on love, Stephanie Coontz discusses the institution of marriage with Talking History's Linna Plac...

Bought by KVSC and WEPS


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Our interview features James Loewen who discusses the historical practice of banning minorities after sundown in American communities, plus our reg...

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview features Bryan Burrough, discussing the gangster era of the 1930s, along with our regular features, History in the News and Site of the W...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
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Author John Barry discusses the influenza pandemic of 1918, Chris Crenner comments on the forerunner of today's medical advice columnist- Dr. Logan...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
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Interview focuses on the teaching of history in today's classrooms, commentary examines what we learn from history,

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
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Jacquelyn Hall, Professor of History at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill discusses teaching history in schools with host Bryan Le Beau and...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1