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City Creek At Folsom Trail
From: KRCL
Series: Ways of Water
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In another episode of Ways of Water, Radioactive's Connor Estes attended a design walk in Salt Lake City to see the proposed plans for the City Cre...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:31
AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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A documentary about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre not only explains the full story of the shameful attack on the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa tha...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:23
A Few Good Women -- in the French Pantheon At Last
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The French Pantheon was created in 1790 to honor those who have done great service to the country. The motto over the door reads "To great men, a g...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:58
Too Healthy for the Hospital, Too Sick for the Streets
From: Tradeoffs
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Why are a growing number of private insurance companies starting to invest in medical respite — a decades-old way of caring for homeless people?

  • Added: May 17, 2022
  • Length: 18:14
Nothing About Ukraine Without Ukrainians
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We’re joined by Iryna Tsilyk, documentary filmmaker from Kyiv, and historians Katherine Younger and Emily Channell-Justice, to hear the story of mo...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Why A Major Immigration Law Might Be Unconstitutional
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Emily Green tells us the story of Edgar Lopez, a grandfather of four who was killed trying to make his way back hom...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Constitution Day Special: The Constitution & The Bill of Rights
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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In honor of Constitution Day, Civics 101, the podcast refresher course on how our democracy works, shares the story of the two most important docum...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WITF, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 5
The Supreme Court & Dred Scott v Sandford
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: Civil Rights
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The Supreme Court is considered by some to be the most powerful branch of US government. So what happens when the Court gets it wrong? Civics 101 f...

Bought by WCPN, KUPR low power FM, WYAP, KSKQ, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 19
The heat is on
From: Brian Bahouth
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Jessica Schimpf’s job is part weightlifting, part meditation, part sunburn. And that’s only half of what it takes to be a successful glass artist.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2021
  • Length: 16:01
Small Forests, Big Carbon
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Families own more US forest land than timber companies or the federal government. A new program provides incentives for small forest owners to stop...

Bought by WFHB and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Locking Up Our Own
From: Sally Tucker
Series: Thinking CAP
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James Forman Jr., a former Washington, D.C., public defender, Yale University professor, and author of the Pulitzer Prize winner and The New York’s...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2018
  • Length: 24:54
Making an American Folk Song: Children, Go Where I Send Thee
From: Peter Winne
Caption: The Fairfield Four at home in Tennessee
The ancient origins of an American gospel classic,"Children, Go Where I Send Thee," are told through archival recordings from The Library of Congre...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 38:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans. Plus archi...

Bought by KNCT FM, KSJE, Prairie Public, KSUT, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 20
Second Skin
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The unexpected origin of the sports bra.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 10: Big Fish, Big Science
From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf
Caption: Biochemist Dana Wetzel dissects a fish exposed to oil in the lab., Credit: David Levin
Scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, are leading a new experiment that will help uncover the effects of oil spills on fis...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
Episode 9: Mapping Oil Spills by Satellite
From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf
Caption: Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanographer at USF, points to a map of the Ixtoc-1 spill made from archival satellite data.
The 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil spill spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but has since been largely forgotten. More than 35 years late...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 09:50
Out Takes: The Unheard Stories of LGBTQ Teens
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the courage of teenagers who come out at a time in life when it is hardest to be different. So many of the legal an...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WFAE, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
The Father of the Man In America
From: Richard Paul - with Folger Library
Series: Shakespeare in American Life with Sam Waterston
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Shakespeare in American Civic Life and Education

Bought by WCPN, WSKG, KCPW Salt Lake City, WHYY, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 9
Isn't it Good: The Beatles' RUBBER SOUL (2 hour and 1 hour NON-NEWSCAST versions)
From: Paul Ingles
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To spotlight The Beatles' landmark album RUBBER SOUL, producer Paul Ingles presents another in his acclaimed series of specials on Beatles' history...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KDUR, KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Purchases: 34
Etsy Speaks
From: Rendered
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Rendered follows up with Etsy about some of the concerns sellers brought up about the company on our April episode and get an update on how the com...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 18:09
Beaver Taught Salmon How To Jump (Part Two)
From: Barbara Bernstein
Series: Rivers That Were
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Beaver Taught Salmon How to Jump recreates the once natural and free-flowing tributaries and mainstem of the Columbia River, the Great River of the...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 54:31
Working Water (Part One)
From: Barbara Bernstein
Series: Rivers That Were
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Part One of Rivers That Were, Working Water, compares two environmental crises. On the Colorado River Basin, it’s the ongoing effort to restore the...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 55:53
Life of the Law #45 – Fair Share
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Life of the Law and Destination DIY team up to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy. How are cities grappling with these inc...

Bought by KMUZ and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 20:51
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 4 ~ Online Gaming Communities
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:35