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2024 Anniversaries #1
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our yearly start to the new year. We go back 10 years again and again as far back as we can go and tell you the music anniversaries that w...

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, KWIT, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KECG and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
LSD
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week in 1938, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann invented LSD. It became a force in the 60s and gave us a new genre of music. Psychedelic.

Bought by KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ, KTRL, and WOUB


  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Declaration Revisited: Native Americans
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The anti-Native American sentiments within the Declaration of Independence, and where those same sentiments can be found today.

Bought by WRFA-LP and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 17:43
  • Purchases: 2
PE 2335
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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So It's Only Luring You...

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KHNS, WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM, KEOS and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 21
National Writers Series: Geraldine Brooks
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Anne-Marie Oomen talks with writer Geraldine Brooks.

Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Anita Cameron & Keith Jones on The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Civil Rights Milestone With Miles To Go
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Disability justice activists Anita Cameron & Keith Jones join Laura Flanders to discuss The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). What are the suc...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, WNYE, RadioStPete Florida, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Destroyer of Worlds
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Untold Story of the Civil War Roundtable
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with members of the Civil War Roundtable group t...

  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:55
Patti McCracken discusses "The Angel Makers"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Patti McCracken is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in Smithsonian magazine, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian and many oth...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 24:20
773: As Read By The Author / 774: Hope: Where Does It Come From?, 3/4/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
God's Little Acre: Revealing underrepresented stories of America's African heritage, Part 2
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: God's Little Acre
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Join World Footprints as we uncover the hidden stories of this important piece of Newport's and America’s past from God's Little Acre.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 39:27
EE 23-04: Max Haiven explains palm oil, 1/20/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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What can one commodity reveal about our food systems, about health, about labor and capitalism and about the environmental costs of so-called cheap...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Songs In Courts
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Can a song make a person do something awful? Many believe it can. In fact, there have been multiple court cases where a song was brought into evi...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Compromise and Concessions
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
Explore the complicated and rich history behind the compromises made in order to get the New Deal through, and what lasting consequences they have ...

Bought by KUT and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:38
  • Purchases: 2
EE 22-29: Keitlyn Alcantara on Indigenous foodways of the past and the present, 7/15/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Anthropological bio-archeologist Keitlyn Alcantara studies pre colonial burial sites to understand indigenous foodways.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
The Almost Forgotten but Enduring Impact of Meridel LeSueur
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: A portrait of Meridel LeSueur, Credit: Courtesy of the archives of Becka B. Tilsen
Meridel LeSueur was a herald for a populist vision of America in the first half of the 20th century, especially in the Twin Cities. Despite being s...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 17:01
: The Miseducation of the American Mind
From: Lanita Duke
Series: Let's Talk About Race
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QAnon and false facts are sending Americans down a rabbit hole of misinformation. Some of this misinformation is deadly as the anti-vaxxer informat...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 57:38
This New Cooperative Business Model Could Change Everything
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many of the world’s most successful businesses began as someone’s good idea. But the path from startup to conventional financial success typically ...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Spill
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A harrowing look at the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion.

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 19
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 19: William Grant Still
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua highlights another piece from the amazing composer, William Grant Still. "Muted Laughter" is a wonderful and unique piece f...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 18: Artie Matthews
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Artie Matthews, early master of the ragtime art form and classical music educator.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 17: Camilla Ella Williams
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Camilla Ella Williams, an American operatic soprano and the first African American to sign a regular contract wi...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 16: Harry Burley
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces us to Harry Burley, a master adapter of folk songs and influential figure to Antonin Dvorak.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 15: Robert McFerrin
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Angela introduces Robert McFerrin, celebrated baritone and the first African American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanated Moments In Classical Music Ep 14: Ignatius Sancho
From: Michael Toulouse
Series: Melanated Moments In Classical Music
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On this episode, Joshua introduces Ignatius Sancho, who was born on a slave ship during the middle passage. Sancho escaped the institution of slave...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1