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A look at the legacy of John Muir, his actions in Yosemite, and the impacts on the Indigenous people in the area.
Bought by KALW
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 25:47
- Purchases: 1
More than half of all American adults have received a COVID-19 vaccine. But even though we’ve made great strides in our vaccination efforts, there ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2021
- Length: 03:27
Since the first rail line was completed in Minnesota in 1862, the railroad has had a storied existence in the state. Fire is part of that story. KF...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Apr 25, 2021
- Length: 07:09
- Purchases: 1
A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together
- Added: Sep 27, 2020
- Length: 29:37
In Charleston, South Carolina and its suburbs questions of environmental justice and wetland protections arise as development encroaches.
- Added: Aug 31, 2020
- Length: 33:46
There are fakes all around us. No, this isn’t about “fake news.” In fact, the overuse of that term as given real fakes a bad name. That’s right. We...
- Added: Nov 26, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
New economic research reveals how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth in America, even when they do everything right.
- Added: Oct 09, 2018
- Length: 03:08
As tensions escalate between North Korea and the United States, Hawaii finds itself on the frontlines in preparing for a nuclear attack. Whether or...
- Added: Dec 07, 2017
- Length: 03:26
Anyone can do history. And anyone who does has an obligation to do it well. This episode is about how in the US we do our best to avoid the history...
- Added: Sep 22, 2017
- Length: 25:35
The release of Ken Burns’ new documentary series has drawn fresh attention to the Vietnam War. And while many of us have an idea of what the war lo...
Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WOUB
- Added: Sep 22, 2017
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 3
(9/4/2017) As more schools begin to confront their participation in slavery, they also consider how to make amends.
- Added: Sep 05, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 13
We usually don’t think of the free market as a very… sentimental place. But a new book suggests that Adam Smith’s classical economics aren’t so hea...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Jun 09, 2017
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 1
Take note: On this episode we're following the "Race Beat." We talk with Hank Klibanoff who's book "The Race Beat" tells the story of journalists c...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 25:00
This episode's stories come from some of Alabama's Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists: Rick Bragg who wrote about the Susan Smith murders and the O...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 25:00
In this episode we're looking at the small town through the literary lens. Hear how Shirley Ann Grau author of "Keepers of the House" hung up on th...
- Added: Apr 25, 2017
- Length: 24:59
One hundred years ago, the first jazz recordings were made, and not many years after a young man named Bix Beiderbecke picked up the cornet. Beider...
Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 03, 2017
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 2
Before Jackie Robinson, there were the Negro Leagues -- home to some of the greatest untold stories in baseball.
Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 17, 2017
- Length: 03:33
- Purchases: 4
When NASA wanted to put a man on the moon, they naturally turned to the brightest — and whitest. That is, until the brilliant Katherine Johnson dem...
Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 03, 2017
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 4
When Donald Trump takes the inaugural stage this month, he’ll be doing so in front of the newly restored Capitol Dome. But just over a hundred mile...
Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 13, 2017
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 2
One hundred years ago, the city of Norfolk, Virginia was the first Southern city in the US to screen the notoriously racist film Birth of a Nation....
- Added: Aug 21, 2015
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 05:25
- Purchases: 1
Charlottesville is gearing up for the fourth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival, a celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship. Kelley Libby repor...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 03, 2015
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 1
These days, local craft beer is all the rage, and new taprooms are popping up all over the Twin Cities. But a look into the past reveals there's no...
- Added: Mar 19, 2015
- Length: 03:54
David Feinberg started the Center for Genocide & Holocaust Studies at the University of Minnesota more than 10 years ago. This year, a group of Gol...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 05:59
Bowling as a competitive sport and family pastime peaked decades ago. The game still exists, but with fewer participants. KFAI producer Bill Lindek...
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 06:01
