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As her health begins to wain, Hazel passes the baton to her daughter Cheryl who guides PCR through the treacherous waters of attacks, blackballing,...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:14:51
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Historian Carolyn Zola's research illuminates the lives of women hucksters of nineteenth century America.

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 26, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Cass Lake, 1908
In 2016, genealogist Mica L. Anders interviewed 7 families about their summer cabins in the north woods of Minnesota for the Minnesota Historical S...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 06:42
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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April Baer talks with doctor and author Benjamin Gilmer.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 50:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Book bans and challenges have been on the rise in the past few years. When BPL launched a free eCard to give out-of-state teens access to our eBook...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 25:25
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From defunct recording technology to vinyl’s comeback, we've been through a lot of media changes over the last 125 years. And we're still changing!...

Bought by KVNF, KGNU Community Radio, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 3
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A short book review

  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Illustration of the Cedar-Riverside West Bank Neighborhood, Credit: Illustrator Kevin Cannon
The Cedar-Riverside West Bank neighborhood in Minneapolis has a rich cultural history and long tradition of community art-making. Jamie Schumacher ...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
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Libraries weren't always located in their own stately buildings. Many of our branches used to operate out of pharmacies, laundry rooms, storefronts...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 26:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dan Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Geography - In March 2004, Dan Bazile joined the news team at WNYT (a television affiliate of NBC), where he anchors "Weekend Today". Prior to that...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:28
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In the early 1900s, if you walked around Sunset Park, you might have heard Finnish being spoken on the streets. That's because the neighborhood was...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 18:31
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Topic 1: America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs; Topic 2: Legendary Photographer, Steve McCurry

Bought by KETR-FM, KSTK, WPCA-LP, Troy Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 7
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Playing some of the great stuff I found on my recent buying trip to to Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas

Bought by KIYU-FM, KSTK, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Belle da Costa Greene and Nella Larsen are two librarians of color, one who is white passing, and the other of mixed heritage who wrote famously ab...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 32:46
  • Purchases: 1
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2020 marks 400 long years since the Pilgrims first put ashore from the Mayflower in Plymouth, MA. In this episode, Constant Wonder speaks with two ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRBD, Allegheny Mountain Radio, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 4
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Labor Day is a great opportunity for all of us to reflect on some of the memories we have from working hard, being with family, or learning somethi...

Bought by WHFR, WYPL, KTXK, WVPE, KSJE and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Rohulamin Quander at his home in Washington D.C. in 2016 and Alicia Argrett in Madison, Mississippi in 2010., Credit: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett.
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Join us for our Independence Day special. It’s an hour of entertaining stories and songs about this great country.

Bought by KETR-FM, KSTK, WPCA-LP, Troy Public Radio, KSJE and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 7
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We talk with people in six different countries, learning how they're coping during the pandemic, and learning about their hopes for the future.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 48:16
  • Purchases: 2
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We place some focus on some stories that are inspired by famous literature.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:02
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Virginia Reeves discusses her novel, The Behavior of Love. She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes speaks with ecologist and author Dr. Tom Fleischner.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Bestselling author Jamie Ford discusses his novel, Love and Other Consolation Prizes. He also reads short passages from the book.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3