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Alaskan WW II 10th Mtn.Veterans Remember
From: Katie Bausler
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Memories of three members of an elite WW II mountaineering force.

Bought by WTIP, KMXT, NPR Illinois, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 4
A Remarkable, Forgotten Leader
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary notes that although now largely forgotten, labor leader Lou Goldblatt was one of America's most influential leaders of any kind.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
The Steelworkers' Fight for Existence
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary is about the fierce steelworkers strike of 1919 that was one of the key events leading to the mass unionization of American industry.

Bought by KZYX and WDBM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 2
Parting the Veil
From: A World of Possibilities
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The Struggle for Human and Women's Rights in Iran

  • Added: Aug 14, 2007
  • Length: 54:58
WNYC's Fishko Files: Tap
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Sara Fishko tells us how percussive dancing, or tap, has a special place in showbiz history.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:17
WNYC's Fishko Files: Pre-Dean Teens
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Sara Fishko finds the root of the teen movie, in this edition of the Fishko Files.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
WNYC's Fishko Files: Recorded Live
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Sara Fishko shares her thoughts on her own recent music-listening-habits.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:43
WNYC's Fishko Files: Russian Cultural Exchange
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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In an unlikely moment at the height of the Cold War, art and culture crossed seemingly impassable political barriers.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 07:17
WNYC's Fishko Files: Minute Waltz
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Fishko Files
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Sara Fishko spends a few minutes with a very short popular classical music piece.

Bought by The WFMT Radio Network


  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 1
Paul McCartney: An Appreciation (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Paul Ingles
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Producer Paul Ingles joins with Richard Goldman, an L.A. musician, writer and fan, to detail why Paul McCartney matters in this program of commenta...

Bought by KSUT, WCMU Michigan, WUTC, KRCB 104.9, KGLT and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2007
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 11
A FAMILY'S JOURNEY
From: J. Ozoria
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An exploration into the events that sparked a journey.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Aug 05, 2007
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 1
Louisiana In Words
From: Light of New Orleans
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Editor Joshua Clark and writers from the acclaimed new anthology, LOUISIANA IN WORDS, read short excerpts and discuss this novel approach to descri...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2007
  • Length: 10:14
A Bloody Labor Landmark
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the Homestead strike, one of the most violent and most significant in labor history.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Howl for Literary Freedom
From: Dick Meister
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It was 50 years ago this summer that a judge rejected attempts to ban poet Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" as obscene and virtually ended government book-b...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
Healing after the Rwandan Genocide
From: David Kates
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David Kates looks at reconciliation process starting in Rwanda.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:41
No Limits for Deaf Kids
From: David Kates
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Enid Wizig is a good mentor for the No Limits Theater Group students. She, like them, is profoundly deaf. They prove there are "no limits" for he...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Our American Generations - This I Believe Essays -Race
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 Generations sharing their This I Believe essays on Race

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WUFT


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
It's Just A Matter of Time
From: Ryan Scammell
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Everything's stuck in the past when Liza Minnelli plays a concert in Coney Island.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 17, 2007
  • Length: 14:01
  • Purchases: 2
#4: Toute Suite: Stravinsky, from the Ballet Theater to the Concert Hall
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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How -- and why -- Stravinsky revised theatrical pieces for the concert hall

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 13:53
Showmen's Rest
From: Shannon Heffernan
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A tragic train crash, a memorial to circus folk, and a graveyard haunted by elephants.

Bought by WMPG, WRIR, KBRP Community Radio, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 13
Commentary: Night Baseball "is Strictly the Bunk"
From: Dick Meister
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Like many baseball seasons before it, the new season will be played largely under lights, although players and team owners alike once called night ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
Commentarty: Shame on Baseball -- They Left Out Lefty Again
From: Dick Meister
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Despite his extraordinary career, Lefty O'Doul has again been bypassed for admission to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
"The Working Stiff -- That's Who!"
From: Dick Meister
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A tribute to labor leader Harry Bridges on trhe 17th anniversary of his death,

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Banana pudding in Fulton, Kentucky
From: Bria Dolnick
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Narriative quest to find the history of the largest banana pudding in the world.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:13
CL 2006 Rabbi David Gordis "Judaism in America:retrospect and prospect."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Rabbi David Gordis looks at Judaism in America and interfaith relaions today.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2007
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 1

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