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‘Disco Demolition Night’, the brainchild of 24 year-old shock jock Steve Dahl, caused mass hysteria at Comiskey Park, Chicago on 12th July, 1979 – ...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:43
One of the BBC’s biggest-ever flops, soap opera ‘Eldorado’, broadcast its final episode on 9th July, 1993 - just one year after it had begun, at a ...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:50
‘Our Lady of Kazan’, a painting of the Virgin and Child, was discovered in the ashes of a fire in the Russian town of Kazan on 8th July, 1579. The ...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 10:04
‘The Seven Wonders of the World’ *sounds* impressive, but could they do with an update? That was the mission of the mysterious Swiss-based ‘New 7 W...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:15
This is a Veterans Day program.
"Veterans Day [Honoring Those Who Served]" is a musical program containing Patriotic Songs and music praising the ...
- Added: Jun 04, 2022
- Length: 01:00:48
Woody Guthrie looked up to Will Rogers, and took a lot of his early stage presence from Will's influence.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Jul 14, 2020
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Greg Force tells his daughter, Abby Force, about what it was like to play a small role in the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, when he was a ten-yea...
Bought by WHRV
- Added: Aug 08, 2019
- Length: 02:48
- Purchases: 1
What do square dancing and the AIDS crisis have in common?
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 03:30
Doug Butler is something of a Renaissance man: he’s an inventor, a tailor, an engineer. And whether he’s imagining gadgets from the future or recon...
- Added: Dec 05, 2014
- Length: 04:50
A Facebook selfie or Instagrammed lunch is a far cry from what used to be required to take a picture. With expensive, slow technology, most photos ...
Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 3
On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year we honor two female members of the Resistance during World War II, who were imprisone...
- Added: Mar 05, 2014
- Length: 02:30
Feature on Author Dorcus Bennett's New about on the thoughts and feeling of Michael Jackson
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 27:46
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Marshall Expedition, an important event in the history of early American commerce. Recently, a group o...
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 03:27
As Barack Obama accepted the nomination for President of the United States, he said that "Change...cannot happen without a new spirit of service, a...
Bought by Prairie Public, KLCC, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Nov 05, 2008
- Length: 06:39
- Purchases: 3
Linda Rondstadt turns 60 with her friend David Bromberg.
Bought by KRCB 104.9 and Prairie Public
- Added: Jul 05, 2006
- Length: 12:00
- Purchases: 2
An interview with Nina Kuscsik, the leader of a sit-down strike at the 1972 NYC Marathon.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, WYSO, and East Village Radio
- Added: Mar 24, 2004
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 5