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A Shortcut Back Through 1994
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Nixon RIP
A retrospective of the entire year in sixty minutes, "A Shortcut through 1994" feature no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtapos...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:28
Too Much of Nothing
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Shane MacGowan, Credit: The Pogues
A Mockery Of Indo-China Eggplant Mix featuring Henry Kissinger, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, George Santos, Liz Cheney, JFK, Spencer Tracy, Monty ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:43
Jefferson's Garden
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The story of America's struggle for independence is told with a fresh slant and theatrical inventiveness.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 27
The Forgotten Coup, January 6th & the Small Town Americans on the Frontlines of Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Could a successful coup happen in the US? The ongoing Congressional hearings into the events of January 6 show that just a handful of election offi...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Pseudo-Science of Whiteness: Biology as a Social Weapon (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week, filmmaker Stephanie Welch explores the role that racist, unscientific propaganda has played in promoting white supremacy in the U.S. She...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Standing With Ukraine
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Standing With Ukraine!, Credit: Shepard Fairey
As Russian President Vladimir Putin conducts an unjustified invasion and starts his own war, We Stand with Ukraine- mixing reactions from around th...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:49
Art Against War & Capital: On the Cartoons of Art Young
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Looking for Peace, Credit: Art Young
Art Young, like many others, was “converted” or radicalized by the injustice of the arrest, trial, and executions of the so-called Haymarket Anarch...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago


  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Votes for Women
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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To honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we take a trip to Green-Wood cemetery to the grave of Sarah Smith Garnet, one of Brooklyn's B...

Bought by WCNY and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Electoral College’s Dirty History (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Given the election, and the difference between popular votes and electoral votes, we revisit our show on the Electoral College. It’s history in the...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
At the Crossroads of Commons and Closure with Historian Peter Linebaugh
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The current uprisings, which are beginning to threaten the status quo of policing in the United States and bringing the demands of abolition into t...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 58:22
The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later (Updated)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Conventions
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Spring break for political elites with a sprinkling of nomination on top.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 33:01
  • Purchases: 1
1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall
From: Arndt Peltner
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30 years ago, 1989 was a historic year, that changed Europe. The highlight was the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th, 1989 This three part se...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 21:05
A Wild Woman Sings the Blues
From: Ian Ruskin
Caption: Barbara Dane at the Newport Folk Festival
This documentary shines a light on one of America’s most extraordinary musicians and activists, Barbara Dane. This is a woman who lead the way in c...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WKMS, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:56:41
  • Purchases: 3
PE 1927
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Some observations on the 4th of July (parts one through four)

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs through the lens of the documentary film, AMERICAN REVOLUT...

Bought by KALW, WVAS, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN -- Marshall Curry Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Marshall Curry, San Francisco, CA 2/13/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marshall Curry talks how demagogues push our buttons, the definition of patriotism, and why 20,000 Americans showed up to cheer at a Nazi rally at ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2019
  • Length: 16:10
Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A turning point in American free speech.

Bought by KKRN, KCHW, WCPN, KFCF FM, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 21
Resistance: The Ballot and The Bullhorn
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official, over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted into Congress including New Mexico’s Deb Ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh Century Martyr (1 of 2) (ENCORE)
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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Scholars and religious leaders explore the impact of Husayn and the devotion of the 15-20 million pilgrims who visit his shrine each year. Part 1 o...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
2017-All Mixed Up (Part Two)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Dick Gregory
The retrospective of 2017 continues with mixes from Charlottesville to Washington with music and emotions from a turbulent year

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:03
  • Purchases: 1
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible - Encore Edition
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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“Mirrors of Privilege” is a film and conversation guide designed to help bridge the gap between good intentions and meaningful change. From Shakti ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Spies of Mississippi
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. Directed and produced b...

Bought by WVAS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Building Resistance: Japanese Imprisonment and the Fight Against a Muslim Registry
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Japanese Internment Camp, Credit: Densho Archives
As President Trump moves to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., we look at two moments where we found ourselves at a similar crossroads. First, th...

Bought by WCPN, KVNF, WRIR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Presidential Shortcuts-2016
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Young Hillary
"Presidential Shortcuts 2016" takes a historical look at elections from Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama while comparing Donald Trump and Hillary Cl...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 1