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Audubon's Birds of America - the World's Most Valuable Book

From: Susan Gray

Only 120 copies of John Audubon’s Birds of America are known to exist and one complete set is stored in a climate controlled vault at the Minneapol...

Added: Oct 03, 2011
Length: 05:30

The Plot to Kidnap Lincoln

From: With Good Reason

Not commonly known, John Wilkes Booth had been part of a long-standing conspiracy to kidnap Lincoln before he shot the president in Ford's Theater.

Added: Sep 12, 2011
Length: 28:59

Lincoln's Assassin

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

The house where John Wilkes Booth sought refuge after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln will be auctioned next month. Over the last 150 years...

Bought by KENW, KUOW, and PRX Remix

Added: Sep 12, 2011
Length: 02:31
Purchases: 3

Giving the House of Representatives a Human Face

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Nicholas Longworth's gavel is among the treasures curated and conserved by the House of Representatives' very first curator., Credit: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Meet the very first curator of the U.S. House of Representatives collection... 4,000 artifacts strong.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 25, 2011
Length: 06:05
Purchases: 3

Jane Austen, July 18, 1817

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

More of what listeners want to know about the British novelist who produced six classic novels in a lifespan of just 47 years. She's been dead for ...

Added: Jul 11, 2011
Length: 03:00

How the White House Got Its Name

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Dr. Clarence Lusane is author of The Black History of the White House., Credit: Rebecca Sheir

Hint: It doesn't have a whole lot to do with paint swatches...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Apr 13, 2011
Length: 03:19
Purchases: 3

The Guardian's Science Weekly: Ham the astrochimp and the LHC keeps going

From: [redacted] [redacted]

It's 50 years since the first American went into space; why the Large Hadron Collider isn't going to shut down for a year as planned; and we trick ...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Feb 07, 2011
Length: 34:10
Purchases: 1

England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?

From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio

This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP

Added: Jan 09, 2011
Length: 02:59
Purchases: 5

Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline (short version)

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington

Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

Added: Feb 08, 2010
Length: 03:27

Shedding Light On Height: The Truth About D.C.'s Skyline

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington

Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Remix Radio

Added: Jan 25, 2010
Length: 04:55
Purchases: 3

September 11 Santiago de Chile 1973

From: Anton Foek

Chile experimented with social reforms and suffered its own 9/11

Added: Aug 28, 2008
Length: 36:28

Whether you like it or not, it affects you too.

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is fast approaching. Nancy King, with the radio program "With Good Reason," discovered that many of our cur...

Bought by KENW

Added: Jul 25, 2008
Length: 02:29
Purchases: 1

Hedy Lamarr

From: Eric Molinsky

A 1940s Hollywood star invents the technology behind cell phones.

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUT, WILL and more

Added: Jun 23, 2008
Length: 09:39
Purchases: 6

Forget-Me-Not (No Matter How Hard You Try)

From: Rebecca Sheir

It's tough... aggressive... and only a few inches tall.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 26, 2008
Length: 03:40
Purchases: 1

Mahler in America

From: Eric Molinsky

Mahler creates the New York Philharmonic but he's still considered a failure.

Bought by PRX Remix and PRX to iTunes

Added: Mar 25, 2008
Length: 08:48
Purchases: 2

Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription Dose #6

From: J. Duck
Series: Dr. Ducks Guitar Prescription

The Most Incredibly Awesome Guitar Music in the World ! - Back to Back ...

Added: Jan 14, 2008
Length: 58:00

"Give Us Our Darling Back": Russia's 'Claim' on Alaska

From: Rebecca Sheir

Should the U.S. give Alaska back to Russia? One presidential hopeful thinks so.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jan 02, 2008
Length: 05:44
Purchases: 1

Of Pirates and Scientists

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But pirates le...

Bought by KUAC

Added: Dec 26, 2007
Length: 01:32
Purchases: 1

From Moonshine to Armadillos: The Birth of the Austin Music Scene

From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries

Rare archival recordings of Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson highlight this documentary.

Bought by Prairie Public

Added: Nov 14, 2007
Length: 58:51
Purchases: 1

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a... Fugo Balloon?

From: Rebecca Sheir

Up, up and away with Japan's littlest-known WWII weapon

Added: Sep 24, 2007
Length: 05:41

CL 2006 Rabbi David Gordis "Judaism in America:retrospect and prospect."

From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures

Rabbi David Gordis looks at Judaism in America and interfaith relaions today.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Feb 15, 2007
Length: 58:46
Purchases: 1

Active Voice Radio 1-5-07: The FBI and the Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country

From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio

Steve Hendricks dicusses his new book- The Unquiet Grave: The FBI and the Stuggle for the Soul of indian Country

Bought by KSFR

Added: Jan 04, 2007
Length: 29:31
Purchases: 1

Climate Change Threatens Siberian Permafrost

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The Siberian permafrost - a sub-Arctic peat bog about the size of France and Germany - is chock full of carbon that's trapped in its frozen soils. ...

Bought by KMXT