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Innocent When You Dream
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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80-something Dan Yamada, rendered speechless by a stroke, recalls his life.

Bought by KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 10
Hold These Truths
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident...and when they are made known to us, how fully will we see them?"

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KCHW, KMUN, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 19
Birthright Citizenship: U.S. v Wong Kim Ark
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The story of the Supreme Court case that established an immigration principle that we lean on to this day.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 23:43
2023-11-05 Zhuangzi: Being One With Ten Thousand Things
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What if I’m just a butterfly dreaming that I’m a philosopher?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2345: Zhuangzi: Being One with Ten Thousand Things, 11/7/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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If you dream that you're a butterfly, how can you be sure you're not a butterfly dreaming you're a person when you wake up?

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: Vietnamese Fishermen v. the KKK
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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An intriguing look at the 1981 court case that brought justice to Vietnamese fishermen in East Texas who were terrorized by the Ku Klux Klan

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Nigiri Mountain Railway
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The Nigiri Mountain train, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip takes a ride back in time on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway, one of the oldest mountain railways in India and part of the UNESCO World Heritag...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
809: You Had To Be There / 810: More Than Just A Game, 7/8/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "You Had To Be There" - A new generation rediscovers pleasure palaces of the past, abandoned movie theaters and concert halls. What are t...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
India's Land of the Lamas
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Gilded Buddha statue at Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in India., Credit: Sandip Roy
While Buddhism as a religion was founded in India, only 0.7% of Indians describe themselves as Buddhist.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Skyluck Journals
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winners
Caption: CBC Radio's The Doc Project
The Skyluck Journals from CBC Radio's The Doc Project won the Gold Medal in the History Category at the 2022 New York Festivals. In 1979 Andrew Ng...

Bought by KUHF, KWGS, KFAI Minneapolis, KCPW Salt Lake City, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Legacies of WWII (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In recent years, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII has gotten more attention. But most of that attention focuses on the West Coas...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
Legacies of WWII (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In recent years, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII has gotten more attention. But most of that attention focuses on the West Coas...

Bought by WTJU, WNED Buffalo, KEDT, KXCV, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Legacies of WWII (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In recent years, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII has gotten more attention. But most of that attention focuses on the West Coas...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WJCU, Harford Community Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Legacies of WWII (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In recent years, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII has gotten more attention. But most of that attention focuses on the West Coas...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Seeking Harmony for Global Asian Immigrants
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Iris Chen
On this PEACE TALKS RADIO episode, correspondent Sen Zhan explores three perspectives on the nature of intercultural conflict in transcultural Asia...

Bought by KUHF, KRVS, New England Public Media, WHRV, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 14
Seeking Harmony for Global Asian Immigrants
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this PEACE TALKS RADIO episode, correspondent Sen Zhan explores three perspectives on the nature of intercultural conflict in transcultural Asia...

Bought by KSKA, KMUN, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Jenny Tinghui Zhang
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Chinese-American writer Jenny Tinghui Zhang discusses her debut novel, "Four Treasures of the Sky."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Suzi and Donna Wong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Suzi and Donna Wong at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta on March 15, 2022., Credit: Hillery Rink for StoryCorps.
Sisters Suzi and Donna Wong remember growing up in the back of their parents’ laundry business in Hollywood, CA.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Richard Hoy and Angel Hoy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Richard and Angel Hoy in Seattle, WA on Feb. 22, 2022., Credit: Courtesy of Richard Hoy.
U.S. Army veteran Richard Hoy tells his daughter, Angel, about serving as a medic during the Vietnam War.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
Women fought trafficking and created a refuge in this Chinatown building
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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We look at the history of the Cameron House in San Francisco's Chinatown. The women who founded the organization worked to rescue Chinese women and...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Gift Wrapped America (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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It’s all about the power of the almighty dollar. Meredith Katz says that from From the Boston Tea Party to the Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work, cons...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gift Wrapped America (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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It’s all about the power of the almighty dollar. Meredith Katz says that from From the Boston Tea Party to the Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work, cons...

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Gift Wrapped America (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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It’s all about the power of the almighty dollar. Meredith Katz says that from From the Boston Tea Party to the Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work, cons...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WJCU, WJCT, WFHB and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Gift Wrapped America (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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It’s all about the power of the almighty dollar. Meredith Katz says that from From the Boston Tea Party to the Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work, cons...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and KXCV


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Eighth Avenue
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn
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Brooklyn is constantly changing. This episode takes a look at the changes on just one street in one neighborhood: Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park, whi...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 27:02