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Episode 134: Call Russ Ewing
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he migh...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:07
Muggles Abroad (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-An English professor who loves the Harry Potter books brings a few lucky students each year to London to visit the magical sites in the fantasy se...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 9
The Shondaland Revolution (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-"Grey’s Anatomy", "Scandal", and "How to Get Away with Murder" aren’t just popular tv shows--they’re also groundbreaking. Michaela Meyer says the ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCNY, KXCV, WRGY, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 9
Episode 86: Willie Bosket
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Before he was 10 years old, Willie Bosket had skipped school, started fires, picked pockets, and stolen a car. A psychiatrist at Bellevue called hi...

Bought by ABC, KVNF, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 3
Making an American Folk Song: Children, Go Where I Send Thee
From: Peter Winne
Caption: The Fairfield Four at home in Tennessee
The ancient origins of an American gospel classic,"Children, Go Where I Send Thee," are told through archival recordings from The Library of Congre...

Bought by WUTC


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 38:49
  • Purchases: 1
3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS -- Marc Silver Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Marc Silver, San Francisco, CA 6/16/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marc Silver talks options, principles, and humanizing a statistic.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 20:04
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the Week of August 14, 2013
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent and fun 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah!

Bought by KZYX and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:02:01
  • Purchases: 2
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for Week of June 6 & 13, 2012
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:08:13
StoryCorps Griot: Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed and Arthur "Sonny" Williams
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Karen Slade
Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 3
Gil Noble: A Tribute
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge looks at the life of the Emmy award-winning journalist, Gil Noble- considered as America's best known and most influential African...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:11
The Nightly News and the Civil Rights Movement
From: With Good Reason
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The Civil Rights Movement was the United States’ first major domestic news story to be televised. The author of a new book exploring television’s r...

Bought by WMTNradio, Troy Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 3
Juke In The Back #053
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" is jumpin' this week as we take a look at the history and influence of the Champion Jack Dupree classic, "Junker's Blues." W...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KPVL


  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
Juke In The Back #051
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, "The Juke In The Back" looks at how one of R&B's greatest voices, Lavern Baker, got her start. Matt The Cat collects ALL of Baker's earl...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WCPN, and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
Spotlight: Miles Davis Vol. 1
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Miles Davis, Credit: Columbia Records
This is a one hour special history and music of Jazz legend "Miles Davis", hosted by Howard Burchette.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WMOT, Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:02
  • Purchases: 6
Michael Jackson- Remix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: The King of Pop
A tribute mix to the "King of Pop" who changed and shocked the world over his short fifty years in front of us all.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:23
Crash, Race and Taiwan
From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative
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Learning about race relations in the U.S. from the Oscar-Award winning CRASH.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1