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Andamanese Tongues
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The Andaman Islands were devastated in the 2004 tsunami, and many of the ancient tongues are dying out, but not because of the tsunami.

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Fogs of War: The Many Lives of Chemical Weapons
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Gas mask exercise, Scott Field, Illinois.1942. , Credit: Library of Congress
Chemical weapons have played a chilling role in human history ever since World War I. As accounts of recent uses permeate the news, we decided to f...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 44:21
The Sound of India Changed
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy reflects on the meaning, and sound, of India old and new.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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
The view from the Bayview Opera House
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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This year marks the 125th birthday of a San Francisco historic Landmark. Not City Hall, not the Golden Gate. The Bayview Opera House — San Francisc...

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:35
The first surfers to brave San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Boards rest against the seawall at Ocean Beach, Credit: Angela Johnston
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
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
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
From: Joyride Media
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Brand-new one hour special from Joyride Media takes in depth look at Roy Orbison's 1989 posthumous comeback album, "Mystery Girl."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Harford Community Radio, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Mitchell Zuckoff reads from Frozen In Time: An Epic Story of Survival and A Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II (5/26)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Air date suggested: this Memorial Day.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Star Spangled Banner
From: Richard Paul
Caption: La Bandera de las Estrellas
There are things you think you know about the Star-Spangled Banner. Most of them are wrong.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WABE


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 2
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
Swimming from Alcatraz to heal body and soul
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The seven Pathstar swimmers from 2013, Credit: Angela Johnston
The sun is just beginning to rise over the glassy water at San Francisco’s aquatic park. Karen Wapato is beaming as she emerges from the Bay and pe...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 10:33
  • Purchases: 1
From a pretty big project to an enormous one
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The view driving across the $6.4 billion bridge, Credit: Isabel Angell
A brief history of San Francisco's $6.4 billion bridge

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 11:12
Plessy vs. Fergusson
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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One of the early and most important Supreme Court decisions of the Civil Rights movement

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Back to War
From: Traveling 219
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A weekend with the West Virginia Re-enactors Association, as they re-create the Battle of Droop Mountain.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Forgotten Circassians
From: Julia Barton
Caption: Youth dance troupe at the Circassian Benevolent Association in Wayne, NJ., Credit: Julia Barton
As far as he knows, Zack Barsik is the first Circassian born in the US. He grew up in Passaic County, New Jersey, where Barsik’s father emigrated f...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:48
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
Police Tape: From Rodney King to Aiyana Jones
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Police filming students during the anti-cuts demonstration in London, Credit: Cleaner Croydon
It’s been 20 years since four white police officers were cleared of unlawfully beating Rodney King in Los Angeles. But we might never have heard of...

Bought by WCSU-FM and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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
Hard Times, Great Music?
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Volatility on Wall Street, talk of a double dip recession---bad news for the markets. But good news for music? During times like these, we witness...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 57:46
  • Purchases: 1
Texas Music Matters featuring Texas Soul Power
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Today we'll honor some of the best known soul musicians from around the Lone Star State - as well as some hidden gems. Austin-based music journali...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KGLT


  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 50:22
  • Purchases: 2
Texas Music Matters featuring ZZ Top, Wooden Birds, Crooks, Earle & Nash
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Features a song from the nearly mythical forthcoming album by ZZ Top is leaked to the Space Station crew. Also new tunes by Austin’s Wooden Birds, ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:07
Texas Music Matters featuring Joe King Carrasco, The Guacamole Queen, Larry Lange, Texas Top 5
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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On this edition of Texas Music Matters, we’ll talk with Travis Stimeling, author of “Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks,” about the music that transform...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 57:30
Texas Music Matters featuring Arcade Fire, T-Bone Walker, Amy Cook
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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During this edition of Texas Music Matters, Austin’s Amy Cook takes on Janes Addiction, Suzanna Choffel debuts a new album, and we take on a new un...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and NPR Illinois


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 55:51
  • Purchases: 2