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In 1971, Hunter S. Thompson chronicled his drug-fueled haze during an off-road-desert race, the Mint 400, in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Veg...
- Added: May 18, 2021
- Length: 11:17
What's in a name? We reflect on where we belong and what it means to be American, especially in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes.
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 52:02
How can we make space for concerns about the vaccine and grapple with a difficult history?
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Joyce Sanchez says th...
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 28:40
- Purchases: 2
Phyllis Wilson, a retired Army veteran of 37 years and President of the Military Women’s Memorial Foundation, joins us to talk about the Memorial a...
- Added: Mar 23, 2021
- Length: 42:48
From: World Footprints LLC
Hear about the initiative Franklin, Tennessee has launched to preserve and share a fuller and accurate truth about its place in American history.
- Added: Mar 17, 2021
- Length: 32:22
Since World War II, there have been countless American GIs stationed at military bases all over Germany. Sylvia Cunningham and Monika Müller-Kroll ...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 28:52
- Purchases: 1
Join us as author Fatima Shaik uncovers the hidden history of a free Black brotherhood that was almost lost forever.
- Added: Feb 21, 2021
- Length: 24:52
Join World Footprints as we explore the story of Black Americans’ fight for freedom and equality with U.S. Civil Rights Trail guide author Deborah ...
Bought by WHFR
- Added: Feb 15, 2021
- Length: 30:54
- Purchases: 1
You ever drive the "Loneliest Road In America"? That's what they call U.S. 50, across the Great Basin Desert through the middle of Nevada. Not many...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Feb 12, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
My name is Shawn Hughes. I wrote this piece consciously, recapping one of my most important moments of the year. In the midst of two pandemics, eve...
- Added: Jan 21, 2021
- Length: 06:54
In the Department of Poetic Justice, the ode to 2020 and caucasian, male, non-mask wearing arrogant reality - like that of the now closed Institute...
- Added: Jan 01, 2021
- Length: 03:50
This episode focuses on the social impact of Ernest Green’s life journey—a different type of travel experience--and his role in the civil rights mo...
- Added: Nov 25, 2020
- Length: 37:07
Ghost towns are an icon of the American West. But they’re not just part of a sepia-toned past; ghost towns in the making today as rural communities...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 57:41
Today's Rough Draft Diaries celebrates Veterans Day, a holiday honoring military veterans while marking the anniversary of the end of World War I. ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 06:12
We're marking Labor Day with a special episode about a group of women in Appalachia who defied stereotypes to get better living conditions for thei...
Bought by WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUHF, and KOWS
- Added: Aug 24, 2020
- Length: 54:25
- Purchases: 4
Topic 1: What We Learned From the Crack Crisis in America. Topic 2: The Future is Peat
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KQRU FM LP, KOWS, and WYAP
- Added: Aug 17, 2020
- Length: 51:38
- Purchases: 4
An interview with Bill Levy, author of "Lawman"
- Added: Jul 19, 2020
- Length: 24:38
Listen to this story on how an act of benign neglect transformed Southwest Ohio based WYSO from a small public radio station into a community.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jul 16, 2020
- Length: 30:33
- Purchases: 1
“The Uncomfortable Truth” is a film produced by Loki Mulholland. It is a journey to understand how being white has benefited his family across gene...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, KMUN, KOWS, and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jul 14, 2020
- Length: 50:07
- Purchases: 5
How the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers led to an ever-expanding ripple of protests across the country and...
- Added: Jul 01, 2020
- Length: 27:51
What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smok...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jun 03, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
This hour, the suits we wear and the impressions we make.
Bought by KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KCPW Salt Lake City, Troy Public Radio and more
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
Tonight we bring you strange & terrible tales from Wonder Valley, California: the very edge of Southern California civilization, last outpost of hu...
- Added: Apr 17, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 24, 2020
- Length: 59:59
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 23, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
