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2405: 20th Anniversary Quiz Night, 1/30/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How does your philosophical trivia knowledge stack up against host emeritus John Perry's?

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
The Working Tapes: Press Agent
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Eddie Jaffee, Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Eddie Jaffe was a press agent "legendary for his lost causes, chutzpah and angst," according to his obituary in the New York Times. He represented ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 3
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-In the late nineteenth century,American cities were home to more cyclists than anywhere else in the world. -An animator talks about working on Spo...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WABE, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
The History of ISIS and the Wright Brothers
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, the Islamic State, known as ISIS, exploded into the public eye in 2014 with startling speed and shocking brutality. It has captured the imag...

Bought by WCNY, KCMJ Community Radio, KEDT, and WCWP


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4
Everyday Facts 1
From: Dan Moore
Series: Everyday Facts you Never Knew
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Trains, DJs, Plastic Bottles

  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: :32
Miseducation and Misguidance in American Higher Learning
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, a large cornerstone of the American Dream once included creative and critical thinking. Bill Deressiewicz provides solutions problems in the...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
October 1980 in Iran and Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, as Iran heats up as an issue again, its easy to look back at the CIA turmoil in the late 70s and early 80s and compare. George W. Cave revis...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
Big Pharma and the Antidote
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, Barry Werth explores how a small upstart company challenged industry giants in the ferocious world of Big Pharma. It's a story spanning more...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Mar 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
War and the Life that Follows
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, Brian Castner served three tours of duty in Iraq as the head of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. When IEDs were discovered, he and his m...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
A Singular Woman, President Obama’s Mother
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Janny Scott and David McCullough, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Ghosts of Gary
From: Robin Amer
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The story of one abandoned movie theater is the story of this very post-industrial city. People haunt places, and places haunt people.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUT, PRX Remix, and Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser)


  • Added: Jan 10, 2009
  • Length: 19:14
  • Purchases: 4
THE COLOR OF NIGHT
From: Phillip Martin
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Race and the Sexual Politics of Nightlife in Chicago

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
First Day in America; Madeline Kunin and Edgar May
From: Vermont Public
Series: VPR Presents StoryCorps in Vermont
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Edgar May speaks with his sister Madeline Kunin about their first day in America.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 04:38
Jesus in America
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Richard Wightman Fox and Fred Nielsen discuss the changing perceptions of Jesus in America.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Venice At 100: A Touch of Eden
From: KCRW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We celebrate Venice California's 100th Anniversary with a look at some historical highlights.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Feb 25, 2005
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1