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Peace on the Battlefield: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and Manassas Peace Jubilee (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Two instances when peace broke out – right on the field of battle. First, the impromptu but widespread unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914 in the e...

Bought by KUHF, RadioStPete Florida, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUHF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and more

Added: Dec 03, 2011
Length: 58:45
Purchases: 19

A Conversation with Tim O'Brien

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Tim O'Brien, who served in Vietnam, talks his novel (and Big Read selection) The Things They Carried and how fiction can often tell a deeper trut...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KBBI Alaska

Added: Nov 10, 2011
Length: 29:35
Purchases: 3

What You Don't Know About Thanksgiving

From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope

Caption: Pilgrims, Credit: turtlemom4bacon

Just who were the Pilgrims and what did they want?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KREV-LP

Added: Oct 24, 2011
Length: 46:15
Purchases: 2

Part Five-The Night Before The Surrender

From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan

The final segment describes the fall of Bataan and those who were able to escape to Corregidor Island. Interviews are with: Art Campbell, Ralph Lev...

Bought by KUER

Added: Oct 15, 2011
Length: 06:38
Purchases: 1

Part Two-The Naval Battalion

From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan

This segment is about the Naval Ground Battalion that was created using sailors from the U.S.S. Canopus. The Imperial Japanese had started to land ...

Bought by KUER

Added: Oct 15, 2011
Length: 07:05
Purchases: 1

Part Three-New Protein Sources

From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan

Caption: Wounded Eating at Jungle Hospital on Bataan, Credit: National Archives

Segment Three Background Info: This segment goes into detail about how the food situation became so bad in the Philippines that the troops had to b...

Bought by KUER

Added: Oct 15, 2011
Length: 05:27
Purchases: 1

Part One-The Beginning of the End

From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan

Caption: Philippines bombed by the Imperial Japanese

This segment begins with the attack on the Philippine Islands shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the beginning of the outbreak of the war...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Oct 15, 2011
Length: 06:43
Purchases: 1

The Mayor of Allston

From: Eleanor Kagan

To the uninitiated, Mr. Butch was just another homeless man on the streets of Boston. To those living in Allston, however, he was their wayfaring p...

Added: Oct 12, 2011
Length: 09:34

I'll Heal in Time by Jillian Suarez of Radio Rookies

From: YouthCast

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches this week, a lot of people feel a sense of fatigue--some just aren’t interested in looking back. And one...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio

Added: Oct 10, 2011
Length: 07:51
Purchases: 1

Living Nine Eleven

From: WNYC
Series: WNYC 9/11 Anniversary Programming

Ten years after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, as part of WNYC's "Decade: 9/11" coverage, this special explores people's most visceral a...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUAF Public Radio, WRGY, KVMR and more

Added: Aug 23, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 51

George Harrison: An Appreciation (2 x 59:00 or Stand Alone Hour)

From: Paul Ingles

Here's a program that features George Harrison's best-loved music, some hidden gems, and thoughtful reflections from Harrison fans that help defin...

Bought by KZYX, KGLT, Prairie Public, North State Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more

Added: Aug 23, 2011
Length: 01:57:59
Purchases: 13

Confederate Outlaw

From: With Good Reason

The American Civil War has produced a number of mythical characters. Perhaps there are none like the notorious Champ Ferguson, a Confederate guerri...

Bought by WDVX

Added: Aug 22, 2011
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 1

Patriotism: Unquestioned Commitment or Dangerous Justification

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

Can you acknowledge dissenters as patriots? Can you dissent and still sing the national anthem wholeheartedly? Can you live in a middle ground?

Bought by WEZU and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Jul 11, 2011
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 2

St. Cloud Historic Home Tour

From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage

In this feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack takes us on the historic home tour which recently wound its way through the SCSU ne...

Added: Jun 20, 2011
Length: 31:11

Joni Mitchell's "Blue"

From: Paul Ingles

Musicians, music writers, fans and Joni Mitchell herself reflect on Joni Mitchell's most revered album, "Blue," released in 1971.

Bought by WJCT, KUHF, WRGY, KMSU, KFAI Minneapolis and more

Added: May 24, 2011
Length: 59:02
Purchases: 25

William T. Tutte (British Codebreaker), May 2, 2002

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

He was shy, geeky ... a genius ... and helped turn the tide in World War II.

Added: Apr 28, 2011
Length: 03:00

Southern Sudanese in Kenya vote for a new country

From: Becky Palmstrom

Caption: A pastor at a Southern Sudanese church in a refugee camp in Kenya., Credit: Becky Palmstrom

As the newest country in the world celebrates, Becky Palmstrom travels to Kenya to hear the prayers and songs of the refugees waiting to return to ...

Added: Feb 09, 2011
Length: 05:18

This WE Believe - Race

From: Phil Mariage

3 'This I Believe' essays from older, middle and young generations on Race

Added: Feb 05, 2011
Length: 29:00

NPR's Scott Simon Remembers Space Shuttle Columbia

From: Feliks Banel

NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon recalls anchoring live breaking coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.

Bought by KPIK-LP

Added: Jan 31, 2011
Length: 08:50
Purchases: 1

Our Polish Heritage Part 1

From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique

Caption: Tradition Polish Kashubian Costume worn during the Polish Mass at St. Stanisulaus Kostka Church in Winona Minnesota, Credit: Terese Tenseth

Over the next couple of weeks, we take a look into the Polish Heritage of Winona MN. On Saturday, May 1st the Polish community celebrated Polish He...

Added: Dec 13, 2010
Length: 28:29

A March to Freedom: Martin Luther King

From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope

Caption: Martin Luther King press conference, Credit: Marion S. Trikosko

On the anniversary of his birth, the life and work of the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His own voice and words make this a mean...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KCNP, KCNP and more

Added: Dec 07, 2010
Length: 44:36
Purchases: 6

When Former Enemies Sit Down and Talk About World War II

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project

A Japanese student got fellow students from England, France, the USA, Germany, China and Japan to tell each other what World War II meant to them, ...

Bought by WMPG

Added: Dec 06, 2010
Length: 10:01
Purchases: 1

Laika, November 3, 1957

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

A true, Russian space hero died today. As a matter of fact, the very first Russian space hero. And as it turns out, she was the first space martyr....

Bought by KPIK-LP