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To Hell And Back
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess investigates what connects giant salamanders, community organizing, and fracking via a conversation with journalist Annie Roth and biologist J...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
The United States of America v. Billie Holiday
From: Drew Darling
Series: Adagio
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A look into Billie Holiday's last year, and those whose mission it was to silence her.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Why is Deerfield (Still) So White?
From: Amy Roost
Caption: Deerfield, 1963 , Credit: ART SHAY / @ART SHAY ARCHIVE, 2018
A North Shore Suburb of Chicago skirts fair housing laws that require affordable housing and struggles to come to terms with segregation and a trou...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 14:55
Wealth Inequity and Universal Basic Income
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Chuck Collins, Credit: Author
President Donald Trump’s tax plan may exacerbate wealth inequity in the US. Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality at the Institute f...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 16, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Honoring Alan: Why the West Can't Shut Out Refugees
From: Jarrod Sport
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In this audio documentary, Tima Kurdi, the aunt of Alan, shares why the West has a responsibility to support refugees fleeing warfare and destabili...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 19:18
  • Purchases: 1
Cultural Genocide in America: Capitalistic Experts' Self-Egos
From: Teosson Wells
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Things we learn from Woody Guthrie and Native Americans ... and Donald Trump's dad?

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 27:19
Jamestown: The Native American Connection
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Native American Heritage
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This Live "LIstener Call-in" Discussion Program tells the story of the first contact in 1607 including the extermination of 20 tribes at the hands ...

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 43:06
  • Purchases: 1
Merry Christmas Miracle Maker!
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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This year's Christmas special is entirely devoted to the one but for whom there would be no Christmas...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:58:41
Novus Ordo Seclorum
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Progressive events in California and America threaten liberty, sovereignty and the Constitution...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:50:47
Beyoncé Made Me A Feminist
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
Caption: Beyonce
Teen radio journalist, Lilli Carlsen, traces how her journey to become a feminist directly corresponds to musical artist Beyonce’s lyrics. For many...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Witches' Hammer
From: Hold That Thought
Caption: Agnes Sampson and witches with devi, Credit: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
How magic and law shaped the witch trials of early modern Europe

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:33
Romantic Red Love, But Not in Sweden
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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With the couple next door constantly fighting and my friends failed marriages in good memory I started to wonder why Sweden seems to fail in loving...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Glass, Not Glitter
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 2
Miracle in Gray and White
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Neighbors investigate an apparition.

Bought by The Story and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Fight of the Century: Ali - Frazier I
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Two undefeated heavyweight boxing champions capture the imagination of a polarized America on March 8, 1971.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Meriwether Lewis, October 11, 1809
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Explorer, naturalist, writer ... in his too-short life, Lewis helped to make this country ... literally ... what it is today. From sea to shining s...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
The Death of Ivan Ilyich - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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It's not dark yet. Well, actually it is. But actor Alfred Molina makes a book with Death in the title an absolute thrill to listen to. The program ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 6
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Sam Elliott perfectly reads passages from Twain's tribute to American boyhood. The program also includes commentary by Ken Burns, P.J. O'Rour...

Bought by KMUN, KREV-LP, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 6
Washington Square - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actress Annette Bening breathes new life into this classic by the prolific Henry James. Commentary from a diverse range of cultural figures - Colin...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 5
The Fall of the House of Usher: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Today, we dive into the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe. The show includes writers Daniel Handler (aka, Lemony Snicket) and Laura Lippman, as wel...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMUN, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 5
Old School: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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The program features the voices of author, Tobias Wolff, along with a great cast of writers and thinkers: Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, T.C. Boyle...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 5
Fahrenheit 451: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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In this half-hour radio show, we'll explore Bradbury's terrifying vision of a future without books as we discuss his groundbreaking 1953 novel, Fah...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WKMS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, KMUD and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 13
SUPREME COURT ACTIVISM IN CITIZENS UNITED
From: Joseph Carraro
Series: THE AVERAGE JOE
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
The Supreme Court's recent decision in the Citizens United case, in which activist "conservative" judges took it upon themselves to grant corporati...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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American icon Nina Simone in words and music

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WFUV, WKMS, KNKX, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 54
How much water do we use?
From: William S. Hammack
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A look at how a typical American uses water - a large percentage of which is imported from outside the US!

Bought by Real Estate Today


  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1