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"Divided States: Efforts to Pull Together When Things Fall Apart"
From: Shirley Jahad
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The theme of this special is a great fit for your programming needs in the days leading up to and the days following the July 4th holiday! This sel...

Bought by WRKF, KUAF Public Radio, KMXT, WABE, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 41
Grace Lee Boggs: Sister Revolutionary
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs through the lens of the documentary film, American Revolut...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Whistle-Stop Tour
From: Israel Story
Caption: Elik Frumchenko whistles with members of a Chinese whistling festival
A young Israeli is backpacking in China when he becomes the first ever Western professional whistler to perform at a Chinese whistle convention.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 1
India's Techies Hitchhiked on the Way to the Moon
From: Mahi Palanisami
Caption: First prime minister of India and science visionary, Jawarhalal Nehru!
Indians don’t just happen to be good at math and science. The effects and fears of the Cold War, and the united leadership of India and the United ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:42
Wat Misaka
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Japanese-American shows uncommon courage on and off the basketball court during WWII.

Bought by KSLU and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
Nguyen Sinh Cung, September 3, 1969
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Weenie Royale; The Impact of the Internment on Japanese Cooking in America
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Hidden Kitchens
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After Pearl Harbor, about 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted and forced to live for years in remote federal camps around the country. The uph...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, WORT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 23
Bridging the Shores: The Hmong-American Experience
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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Sound-rich documentary about Hmong-Americans living in the U.S.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WESM 91.3 FM, KWIT, KHEN-LP, KUNM and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Women of India
From: Mahi Palanisami
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Five brown women, talk about themselves in relation to India

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2008
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Day of the Double Albatross
From: Charlie Schroeder
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Two Golfers Have Holes in One hours apart on the same hole.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:08
Dice-K's Red Sox Debut
From: KCUR
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Japanese media and fans follow Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's every move.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 23:03
Hawaiian Awa (Kava)
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Jason Keoni Verity opened the first awa (kava) bar in Hawaii, Credit: The Honolulu Advertiser
For centuries, the kava plant has played an important role in many Pacific Island cultures, where it's valued for its natural calming effects. In ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 08:06
Three women who visited North Korea
From: Miae Kim
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Three Korean-American women who visited North Korea give their impressions of family, food, politics, and beliefs.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:14