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March 21: Pocahontas
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Pocahontas
Pocahontas (March 21, 1617): Later known as Rebecca Rolfe, was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial Jamestown, Virginia...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 22: Mary Prince
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Mary Prince
Mary Prince (March 22, 1831): A Bermudian woman, born into slavery. Her autobiography, The History of Mary Prince (1831), was the first account of...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 23: Ann Green
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Ann Green
Ann Green (March 23, 1775) Known as “printer to the Province” of Maryland. She was employed in Philadelphia with Benjamin Franklin & Andrew Bradfor...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 24: Deborah Sampson
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson (March 24, 1802): An American woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Re...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 25: Maria Esquivel and Micaela Bastidas
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Micaela Bastidas
Maria Esquivel and Micaela Bastidas (March 25, 1781): These two women played an important part in the Inca revolt against the Spanish invaders. Al...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 2
March 26: Elleanor Eldridge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Elleanor Eldrige
Elleanor Eldridge (March 26, 1784): In her Memoirs (1838), Elleanor claims that it was her grandfather who was captured, along with his family, i...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 27: Bridget Biddy Mason
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Bridget Biddy Mason
Bridget Biddy Mason (March 27, 1988): Biddy Mason was born a slave in 1818, She was given to Robert Smith and his bride as a wedding present. Brid...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 28: Grace Sherwood
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: Grace Sherwood
Grace Sherwood (March 28, 1705): She was tried and convicted of witchcraft in the Princess Anne County court of the U.S. state of Virginia in 1705...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
March 29: Eunice Williams
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Eunice Williams
Eunice Williams (March 29, 1713): An English colonist taken captive by French and Mohawk warriors as a seven-year-old girl from in 1704. Taken to ...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 30: Georgiana Molloy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Georgiana Molloy
Georgiana Molloy (March 30, 1830): An early settler in Western Australia, who is remembered as one of the first botanical collectors in the colony...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
Independent Book Stores Speak Up for the Written Word - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Kate Rosenberger@Dog Eared Books, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
Be it a curmudgeonly Galwegian on the West coast of Ireland, an erudite scholar in Dublin or a literary motorcyclist 'flower child' of San Francisc...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 56:24
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 122: Our Chemical Landscape - The City
From: Distillations
Caption: Philadelphia skyline., Credit: Image courtesy of Flickr user Kevin Burkett.
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, today we begin the four-part series Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has sh...

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 14:35
Return to Camelot PT. 2
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
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As the Kennedy presidency begins, a veritable Who's Who of artists, writers, and composers visit the White House.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Return to Camelot, PT. 4
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
Caption: Marion Anderson sings at President Kennedy's memorial service
In the months following President Kennedy's assassination, musicians and composers the world over expressed their sorrow through music

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
J Street, Traffic Circles & The Swamp That Never Was
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Was DC really built on a swamp? Why does the grid system have no J Street? And what's up with all those crazy traffic circles?

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 3
Debate: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky v. John Yoo "Law & the Courts during the Bush Administration." Program 2 of 2.
From: Mansoor Sabbagh
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This is a debate between Dean Chemerinsky and Prof. Yoo on how laws and courts have have function during the Bush Admin.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 57:41
Debate: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky v. John Yoo "Law & the Courts during the Bush Administration." Program 1 of 2.
From: Mansoor Sabbagh
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This is a debate between Dean Chemerinsky and Prof. Yoo on how laws and courts have have function during the Bush Admin.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 56:07
The World of 1607 part 9
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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Sub-Saharan African Kingdoms

  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 01:03
The World of 1607 part 6
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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Church and State

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Walking the Dog
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Walking the dog in Rome can bring friendship

  • Added: Dec 07, 2007
  • Length: 11:58
The World of 1607 part 5
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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American Colonization Tracts

  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:02
The World of 1607 part 3
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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Measuring the Macrocosm and the Microcosm

  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:02
The World of 1607 part 2
From: WCVE
Series: The World of 1607
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A Cabinet of Wonder

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:01
Take The Old Road, program three
From: Spokane Public Radio
Series: Take The Old Road
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A 4-part series about small towns in eastern Washington state.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
Dollar Storeys- The Golden Mug Award
From: David Weinberg
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My contributution to the third coast project Dollar Storeys

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:30