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Caption: The Whistleblower, Credit: The Ground Truth Project
To mark the passing of Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers, the GroundTruth Project presents a special one hour program that traces the path o...

Bought by Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, WORT, KOSU and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 37
Caption: FBI Agent, Credit: Camp DeWolfe
On this episode, Devin and Lauren tell the recently declassified story of a covert radio station built by the FBI on Long Island to deceive the Naz...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 30:30
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In 1978, Tim Jenkin was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating anti-apartheid material, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:22
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Rodney Ford was 9 years old when he was forced to evacuate his home. What happened next was broadcast live on television. This piece was produced ...

Bought by WFHB and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, in her first appearance since fleeing Brazil, women’s rights advocate Debora Diniz joins fellow activists and philanthropists to discuss...

Bought by KMUN, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Among other subjects, two historic American battles are examined...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 02:17:14
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In 1928, Huey P. Long became the youngest Governor in Louisiana’s history. He bragged that he bought lawmakers like “sacks of potatoes, shuffled ‘e...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Which Roosevelt, you might ask? Find out as author Michael Wolraich reads from his bracing new book. Good cocktail hour fodder. Just a sample readi...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Author Charles Spencer reads again from his gripping book (a best seller in England), "Killers of The King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I....

  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Soft spoken Thai chef, Somchai Sirweawneter, went from the frying pan to the fire when he answered a call from the American Embassy at the height o...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brian Perkins with San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Credit: Photo courtesy StoryCorps
San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier has lived quite an eventful life. But arguably the most remarkable event happened during her time spent as a ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
Caption: Reagan National Airport was almost permanently closed in the days after the 9/11 attacks., Credit: WikiCommons
How one Congressman's bald-faced bluff saved Reagan National from permanent closure.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:07
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It was 20 years ago this month the Berlin Wall finally fell. But I still recall the incredibly intense atmosphere I witnessed in the days just afte...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 03:50
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The true, timeless story of the ever-shifting lines between governance and oppresion, political action and violence.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WAMU, and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 3