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Chapter 16 - The Shaping of a Socialist
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
In June 1948, Richard travels to Canada to see “democratic socialism” in action. First he hitchhikes 1,000 miles from Greenwich Village to Madison,...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:55
Bombing of Environmental Crusaders: "Who Bombed Judi Bari?"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad speaks with Darryl Cherney, the Earth First! activist who along with Judi Bari, was car bombed...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Moments with NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Owens
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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4 "Moments" with trumpeter, flugelhornist, and advocate, Jimmy Owens.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WART FM, WUSF and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 10
Revolution
From: Uladzimir Taukachou
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A short story from a Egyptian perspective who lives in The USA and visited his parents in Egypt just before The Revolution on January 25, 2011.

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
Scare Those Ghosts Away
From: Littleglobe
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Yumei Lay, whose parents immigrated to Chile from China, explores how Chinese and Japanese schools teach the Sino-Japanese wars differently.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
Barack Obama's Hawaii Roots: How Hawaii Helped Shape America's 44th President
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Barack Obama, Credit: Gig Greenwood
Family and friends who knew Barack Obama when he was growing up in the Aloha State share their insight about how Hawaii helped shape his character ...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Dec 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Most Unfair Thing I've Ever Seen
From: Zachary Barr
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The U.S. Army wants to expand a training area in SE Colorado, and it may use eminent domain to acquire thousands of acres of private ranchland. If...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Hope in '08? What About Hope in '68?
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Why are so many sixties radicals so passionate about Obama?

Bought by WDCV, Jenka Soderberg, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 01, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors, the Third Generation.
From: sivan raviv
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A three-part series about the impact of the Holocaust on grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, today's third generation.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2008
  • Length: 30:27
Rediscovering Barbara Jordan
From: KUT
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One-hour documentary about the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan, the first black woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
The History of This I Believe - Pledge Special 1 (newscast compatible)
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Jay Allison hosts a documentary exploring the history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series of the early 1950s.

Bought by WEZU, Marfa Public Radio, KJZZ, and WCBU


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 44:00
  • Purchases: 4
The History of This I Believe
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Jay Allison hosts a documentary exploring the history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series of the early 1950s.

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, KZYX, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2007
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 23
Operation Pedro Pan
From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views
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The story of a little-known US-sponsored program that removed 14,000 children from Cuba just after the Cuban revolution, as told by a woman who was...

Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, and WRPI


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 16:59
  • Purchases: 3
Unpredictable Journey
From: Center for Emerging Media
Series: Shared Weight
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Marc Steiner's personal essay of the trip he organized with three veterans to return to Vietnam 30 years after the fall of Saigon.

Bought by KUOW, WFUV, WNYC, New England Public Media, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Thirty Years of Service - Barbara and Diane Snelling
From: Vermont Public
Series: VPR Presents StoryCorps in Vermont
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Barbara and Diane Snelling visit StoryCorps in Vermont to talk about thirty years of public service.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:18
This I Believe - Harold Koh
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh learned his belief in freedom from his father, an immigrant from Korea.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
The Plumbers Are Back
From: Claes Andreasson
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Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 talks about the Valerie Plame-CIA affair

  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:43
A Pioneer in Writing Women's History
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A conversation with Prof. Gerda Lerner, a foremother of women's history.

Bought by WVAS, KVNF, and WUSM


  • Added: Jan 30, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3