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Bad Blood, Bad Science
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
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
Netaji Lives!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Credit: nataji.org
The mystery of Subhas Chandra Bose has trumped the actual history of Subhas Bose.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
The Man who Named 'Earth Day'
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: Julian Koenig, who coined 'Earth Day'., Credit: Photo Courtesy of Sarah Koenig
Who came up with the name 'Earth Day'? It turns out, a legendary Madison Avenue ad man named Julian Koenig. He was responsible for some of the most...

Bought by KMXT, WSLR, KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7
Why Does Baltimore Have So Many Confederate Monuments?
From: Stefanie Mavronis
Caption: Baltimore's Lee-Jackson Monument, Credit: Stefanie Mavronis
Baltimore City is home to four Civil War monuments. Three are Confederate. We look at the history of how they got there and explore how people inte...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2015
  • Length: 11:32
The Bay Area connection to the "Human Secret Weapons” of World War II
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Frank and Ginger Masuoka at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Credit: Melanie Young
If you read your history books, you might think that America’s involvement in the war against Japan began with the attack on Pearl Harbor on Decemb...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 08:12
Six Years In
From: War News Radio
Caption: A bomb hits the Information Ministry in Baghdad at the start of the US invasion in March 2003., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
60th anniversary of UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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We mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We talk with musician Angélique Kidjo about how she uses music to spread...

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Dec 09, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
Battleship Missouri Memorial
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Battleship Missouri Memorial, Credit: USS Missouri Memorial Association
The Battleship Missouri is best known as the site where World War II officially ended on Sept. 2, 1945. Veterans share tales about the ship, nickn...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Delta College Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KVMR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 4