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It is the most expansive war in human history, and it is occurring on every continent. Unlike all previous wars, this one is truly a world war beca...
- Added: Jan 06, 2020
- Length: 27:37
Books on conveyor belts, book vacuums and books in the mail. This episode of “Borrowed” will take you behind the scenes to see how books travel aro...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 16:48
- Purchases: 1
Kairi Hollon tried to go to the library when he was a teenager in Brooklyn in the 1980s, but he kept getting kicked out. Years later, he came back ...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 22:09
- Purchases: 1
From “the most expensive pigeon roost in the world” to one of the world’s most unique libraries, Brooklyn’s Central Library has many stories to tel...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 23:01
- Purchases: 1
We start this episode at Dead Horse Bay, where we ask what trash can tell us about structures of power, and end the episode in 1960s Bed-Stuy, wher...
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- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 20:50
- Purchases: 1
We're talking trash at the library today. Specifically, the story of a 3,000-ton garbage barge that made a scene in Brooklyn in the 1980s… and, we ...
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- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 21:06
- Purchases: 1
Important stories about the struggle for freedom in Brooklyn, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Height...
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- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 27:37
- Purchases: 1
Lebronze and Arguster Davis grew up on their family’s farm in Wetumpka, Alabama. As two of 17 siblings, they had little time for anything outside o...
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 03:01
This challenge will not tackle us; we'll tackle it, we'll win, this calculus.
This is Episode 80 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show...
- Added: Nov 07, 2019
- Length: 06:39
Former classmates Natalie Guice Adams and Eli Brown reflect for the first time on life after court-ordered desegregation.
- Added: Nov 01, 2019
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 2
Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter how discovering African American author Frank Yerby's books in his school library turned him around academically.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 04, 2019
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
Edward Harden Peeples V was born to be a racist. It almost seemed preordained. One of his ancestors had owned 250 slaves and his father loathed bla...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Sep 09, 2019
- Length: 25:37
- Purchases: 1
David Hudson has been principal of Linwood Holton Elementary School for thirteen years now. When he took over the reins of command, the school—thou...
- Added: Sep 03, 2019
- Length: 27:19
David Hudson had been principal of Linwood Holton Elementary School for thirteen years now. When he took over the reins of command, the school—thou...
- Added: Sep 03, 2019
- Length: 27:11
The story behind the story of Three Dog Bakery, and how a dog with special needs brought all the elements together.
- Added: Aug 26, 2019
- Length: 02:00
Adam Newport-Berra - Cinematographer - First Winter, All the Wilderness, Creative Control, Barry, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
- Added: Aug 24, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Social media issues- locked out? Blocked? How does Facebook and other social media sites work? Can you call anyone? Marc and Zen Tech media and we...
- Added: Aug 24, 2019
- Length: 52:52
In North Philadelphia, some teen girls live by the credo: “cold is cute.” Anger and emotional distance are crucial survival tools. For Sophia Delga...
- Added: Aug 12, 2019
- Length: 04:28
Engineers, unite! Harness the power of perovskite. This is Episode 78 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or...
- Added: Jul 29, 2019
- Length: 04:50
Online search engines are basically universal, so questions at the library reference desk are changing. We follow the story of one question, “I wan...
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- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 20:01
- Purchases: 1
Sometimes, in the wake of natural disasters, the library becomes an information center, a shelter and a community space. We travel to Coney Island,...
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- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 22:18
- Purchases: 1
Immigration is a pressing topic in our political landscape right now, with concerns about ICE raids and immigration bans. In this episode, we liste...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 21:11
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.” So goes the quote from librarian Jo Godwin. From Dr. Seuss to kosher books to ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 24:17
Preserving history is about more than battling mold and disintegration. We took a trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to learn about how an environmental ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 24:49
This is the story of a Native American student named Martin Acuna and his white teacher, Jessica Janeseck. Most public school teachers in America--...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and Prairie Public
- Added: Jul 17, 2019
- Length: 13:13
- Purchases: 2
