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Triumph Over Adversity: The Inspiring Journey of 'The Boys in the Boat
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Caption: The Not Old Better Show
The Not Old Better Show, Movie Review and Interview Series: Author of the book, The Boys in the Boat,’ Daniel James Brown, and star of the film Cal...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 31:36
  • Purchases: 1
Hispanic Heritage Month: the United Farm Workers & a Surprise!
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
It's Hispanic Heritage Month, so let's recognize their leaders, and raise a glass to the founder of the United Farm Workers. If you’re thinking Ces...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:01
Pride Month - Many Victories, But Rough Sledding Ahead?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
June is Pride Month, and June 28th is Pride Day, marking the unofficial beginning of "Gay Liberation" in 1969 with the Stonewall riots in New York...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
12 Jul: The Anti-Disco Army
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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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
9 Jul: The Sun Sets On ‘Eldorado’
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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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
8 Jul: The Miracle in the Ashes
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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‘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
7 Jul: Seven Wonders – Rebooted
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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‘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
Chuck D & Rosa Clemente: Hip Hop's Unfinished Revolution
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Chuck D of Public Enemy famously called Hip Hop "the Black CNN". As Hip Hop celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, Laura talks with him, and Br...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Veterans Day [Honoring Those Who Served]
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: https://unsplash.com/photos/2x-dj_r0H9Y, Credit: Jeremy Bezanger
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
WRM18 - Woody Guthrie and Will
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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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
Houston, We have Dippin' Dots
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Over 50 years ago, humankind went to the moon. This episode is all about how astronauts, space enthusiasts, fictional explorers and future Mars res...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 21:53
StoryCorps: Greg and Abby Force
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Greg Force and Abby Force at their StoryCorps interview in Greenville, SC on May 21, 2019., Credit: By Alletta Cooper for StoryCorps
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
Art of the Eclipse Turns Our Gaze to the Sky
From: Cathy Byrd
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Looking up to the sun, moon and stars, The Art of the Eclipse revisits our live studio show from 2017 on Jolt Radio, in Miami. We begin with a conv...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:35
Episode 64: 420
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The Colorado Department of Transportation says the 420 mile markers on the state’s highways were stolen so often, they had to replace them with 419...

Bought by KZYX, XRAY.fm, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUER, and CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 5
Centennial Celebration: ODJB
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
February 26, 1917 marks the date of the first recording of jazz. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band had the honor to be the first, but even that was ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Celebrating the Birthday of Little Willie John
From: KCUR
Caption: Little Willie John
(Air Dates: Nov 10 - 16) On this week's archive edition of 12th Street Jump we celebrate the birthday of Little Willie John with our special guest,...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Celebrating the Birthday of Dorothy Fields
From: KCUR
Caption: Dorothy Fields
(Air Dates: July 14 - 20) This week on 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of Dorothy Fields. In a song parody the Sunny Side of the Street...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Keeping Square Dancing Alive (and Gay) in NYC
From: Anne Noyes Saini
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What do square dancing and the AIDS crisis have in common?

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
Reinventing 'DIY' on Cape Cod
From: Phoebe Flanigan
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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
Patrick Henry’s “Thunder Speech” (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We interview the author of a new book about Patrick Henry. Plus: a visit to the "ghost church" where Henry heard the great orator Samuel Davies as ...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Patrick Henry’s “Thunder Speech” (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We interview the author of a new book about Patrick Henry. Plus: a visit to the "ghost church" where Henry heard the great orator Samuel Davies as ...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The first surfers to brave San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Boards rest against the seawall at Ocean Beach, Credit: Angela Johnston
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
Civil War Selfies (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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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
The Jazz-O-Rama Hour #46: Herbie Hancock
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: The Early LPs of Herbie Hancock is presented by Joe Bevilacqua , Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A birthday tribute to the American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer, born April 12, 1940.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:52
  • Purchases: 2
Putting Women in History's Pantheon
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
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