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The Persistence of Dr. Mary Walker
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
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For Women’s History Month, Devin and Lauren tell the story of Dr. Mary Walker: physician, heroine of the Civil War, and the only woman in history e...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
How Women in the '50s Had More Political Influence
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Series: Ways & Means "Shorts"
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This election cycle is being billed as another “Year of the Woman” … with a record number of female candidates running for office. Despite increasi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
249: Facing Hate / 250: Yuck, 2/24/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Facing Hate" - Is fascism back? Neo-fascist groups are winning hearts and votes in Europe and beyond. This hour, why we should be worrie...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:56
The Story of Jane
From: Radio Diaries
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In 1965, an underground network formed in Chicago to help pregnant women get abortions. At first, they connected women with doctors willing to brea...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 2
231: Is Capitalism Broken? / 232: Why The Classics Matter, 12/23/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: More and more power is getting consolidated in the hands of a few. If capitalism is broken, what's next? HOUR TWO: Why does an empire c...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Losing Our Religion, 9/11 Truth, and the Political Jesus
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
Caption: Celene Lillie, Leslea Mair, David Chandler, Arthur Dewey
The Political Jesus, Atheist Preachers, and 9/11.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 57:01
WorldCanvass: Russian Revolution 100 Years On (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests help us understand Russia's historical trajectory, the cultural and social fallout from the revolution and its aftermath, and i...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with civil liberties attorney Burt Neuborne about his book "Madison's Music: On Reading the First Amendment"
From: Out of Bounds
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Civil liberties attorney, educator, author of "Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
Part 2 of our interview with "American Amnesia" author Jacob Hacker
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra continues his conversation with Jacob S. Hacker, author of "American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
Jane Mayer on the Hidden History of America’s Billionaires
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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How are the superrich’s priorities transforming American society? Journalist Jane Mayer’s new book is Dark Money, the Hidden History of the Billion...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Being "Post Protestant"
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Religion & Politics
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Historian David Hollinger discusses the long-lasting influence of liberal Protestantism. Though conservative Evangelicals get more media attention,...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:12
Chamizal: A Town Between Two Borders
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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For more than a century, the Rio Grande has been the border between the U.S. and Mexico. But rivers can move.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 2
Unspun Interviews Judyth Vary-Baker, Lee Harvey Oswalds Lover and Confidant
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Judyth Vary-Baker
Unspun talks with Lee Harvey Oswald's lover and confidant, Judyth Vary-Baker. Judyth is an author, artist, poet, teacher and social scientist. 35...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:58
Hoosier: What's In a Name?
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Hosts Doug Storm and Trish Kerle' are joined by historian Jim Madison to discuss the Hoosier through history. Madison has just published a new book...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:01:02
Harlem In Revolt - Part #3 (Malcolm X unedited interview)
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X (1964), Credit: Associate Press
Malcolm X 1963: The uncut interview.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:09:59
Harlem In Revolt - Part #2
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X 1964, Credit: Associate Press
This is the second hour of the documentary 'Harlem In Revolt.' It was made by a young writer called Austin Clarke and looked at the state of Harlem...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Harlem In Revolt - Part #1
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X 1964, Credit: Associate Press
A little more than fifty years ago, 1963, was a time of great upheaval in the United States. The fight for civil rights was in full force with peop...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
CRACK: The Drug That Consumed the Nation's Capital
From: Kellen Quigley
Caption: Mayor Marion Barry
For years, powdered cocaine was D.C.'s drug of choice, but when crack hit the streets in the eighties, the city was afflicted by levels of addictio...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 51:30
The Other 9/11: Part Two
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Before 2001, there was another 9/11. In 1973, a military coup backed by the United States, overthrew the Chilean government and ushered in seventee...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Whitey Bulger and Billy Bulger: The Tale of Two Brothers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Alcatraz Prison, where Whitey Bulger was incarcerated from 1959 to 1962., Credit: cliff1066/Flickr
What many people outside Massachusetts don't know is that the brother of reputed Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger, Billy Bulger, was similarly powerfu...

  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
March of the Bonus Army
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, WRPI, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:56
  • Purchases: 5
William Jennings Bryan: The Speech That Changed Politics
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 7
Shirley Chisholm: The Politics of Principle
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1972, Shirley Chisholm launched a spirited campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was the first woman and first African American to run. De...

Bought by WABE, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 10
The “Veep”
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman’s vice president from 1948-1952. Though he wanted to be President himse...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 4