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Episode 166: On Fire
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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On November 12th, 2012, the Accomack County volunteer fire departments got a call. An abandoned house had suddenly gone up in flames. And then, jus...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 43:07
Episode 163: The Ghoul of Grays Harbor
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The Pacific Northwest was said to be terrorized by a serial killer in the early 20th century. Bodies were floating to the surface of the Chehalis a...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 32:13
Constant Wonder - Labor Day 2021
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic: How Beef Changed America

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WPCA-LP, KUHF, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 54:42
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps Historias and Military Voices Initiative: Connie Doria Rocha
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Connie Doria Rocha talks about her experience as a civilian mechanic during WWII, and how that taste of independence changed her life.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
609: Living In Skin / 610: The Sound Of Silence, 8/7/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Living In Skin" - All over America, people have stopped touching faces and hugging friends. This hour, explore the inner life of your sk...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Guaranteed Income Initiatives Combatting Structural Inequality (Re-Air)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Thousands of Americans recently received direct payments from their government as part of the Biden Administrations American Rescue Plan to address...

Bought by KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Back to the Writing Well featuring Elizabeth Gaffney, George Saunders, and the late Pat Conroy
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with "Back to the Writing Well." This time we'll hear about the influence of place and family fro...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, WNJR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tjarnblom Plays Swedish and Finnish Traditional Music This Thursday Evening at 6PM
From: KBEM
Caption: Tjarnblom, Credit: Erica Pirness
Tjänrnblom plays traditional music from Swedish and Finnish tradition, and the group’s tunes . The group plays Thursday August 5 at the American S...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
2021-07-23 How a Manufactured Car Culture Blocks Transit
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The United States is famous for its car culture. But a hundred years ago, pedestrians didn’t want cars to take over the streets — and it took decad...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
210723: 2021-07-23 How a Manufactured Car Culture Blocks Transit , 7/23/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The United States is famous for its car culture. But a hundred years ago, pedestrians didn’t want cars to take over the streets — and it took decad...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Civil Rights: Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Perhaps the most landmark of them all.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 30:56
  • Purchases: 2
Japanese American Internment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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In 1942, FDR authorized the removal and relocation of anyone in certain military areas. The result? The incarceration of over 120,000 people of Jap...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 30:15
Civil Rights: Plessy v Ferguson
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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"Separate" did not start here.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 22:26
The Chinese Exclusion Act
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Between 1882 and 1965, the vast majority of would-be Chinese immigrants were banned from the U.S..

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 2
Maud Hixson Presents Two Great Shows at Crooner’s in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Maud Hixson, Credit: Olivia Wilcox
Maud Hixson performs Songs of the 1920s this Saturday July 24 at Crooner’s in Minneapolis. Then on Sunday August 1, Maud is right back at Crooner’s...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Three Acclaimed Guitarists from Minnesota Share the Crooners Stage for the First Time This Friday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pat Donohue, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Pat Donohue, Tim Sparks and Phil Heywood are Minnesota-based guitarists who play the strings using individual fingers, in other words, without hold...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
The Plant Based Poets Show at the Hook and Ladder Features Improvised, Cutting Edge Music
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Plant Based Poets performance flyer, Credit: Jesse Brodd
The Plant Based Poets Show stages organic self-expression through live music, dance, art & food. It’ll be outdoors at the Hook and Ladder in Minnea...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Ian George, Americana Artist, Performs with Jazz Players for a Unique Musical Synthesis
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Ian George, Credit: Danielle Aubert
Ian George thinks that magic happens when jazz geniuses interpret his folkish compositions. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Ian addressed how ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
2021-06-18 Shepard Fairey, Mystic, and the Power of Art
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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From activism to political campaigns to corporate advertising, the power of music and images is undeniable. So how can the arts inspire and advance...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPCC, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 16
210618: Shepard Fairey, Mystic, and the Power of Art, 6/18/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From activism to political campaigns to corporate advertising, the power of music and images is undeniable. So how can the arts inspire and advance...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Mark My Words Sports Show (06-07-21)
From: KRDP
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NBA play-in tournament, Aaron Rodgers, and an interview with David Signminton CEO of Desert Domino League

  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:08:50
BIPOC Journalists On Covering COVID and Racism
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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BIPOC journalists reflect on what it is to be veterans of two of the most devastating wars in recent history: the coronavirus pandemic and the cent...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lila Ammons’ New Directions
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Lila Ammons , Credit: Andrea Canter
Audiences know Lila Ammons for her renditions of blues and historic jazz, but the pandemic has caused Lila to think about a new emphasis. She talke...

  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 07:59
Lila Ammons Sings at the Granada in Minneapolis Saturday Night June 5
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Lila Ammons , Credit: Andrea Canter
Lila Ammons performs Saturday night June 5 at 7 at the Granada in Minneapolis. Twin Cities music fans know Lila Ammons for her renditions of blues ...

  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
The Future of Energy is Indigenous (and it wont involve pipelines!)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As Canadian oil giant Enbridge defies orders to shut down their dangerous Line 5 pipeline in Michigan, indigenous environmental activists gain mome...

Bought by KMUN, KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4

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