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789: Decolonizing The Mind / 790: Living In Skin, 4/29/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Decolonizing the Mind' - Colonization in Africa was much more than a land grab. It was a project to replace — and even erase — local cul...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Frank Pacino– "Life in the Marine Corps"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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When recruiters from the Armed Forces of the United States seek out volunteers, they often portray military life to be a great adventure. They talk...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Write Question - Timothy Egan
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan discusses "A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Sto...

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


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
National Writers Series: Alvin Hall
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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WDET's Jerome Vaughn talks with financial advisor and author Alvin Hall.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Shirley Duhart and Dale Strasser
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Shirley Duhart and Dale Strasser at their StoryCorps in Atlanta, Georgia on January 17, 2023
Polio survivor Shirley Duhart tells her longtime friend and doctor, Dale Strasser, about why wearing stylish shoes has been so empowering.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Keith Gave, Tim Rappleye and Lisa Brown-Miller
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Tim Rappleye and Keith Gave talk about their book, "A Miracle of Their Own," with U.S. Olympian Lisa Brown-Miller.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
Middle East Expert Steven Simon's GRAND DELUSION: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Steven Simon, author of seven books, is currently a Fellow at MIT (Mass. Inst. Tech.) after spending nearly 40 years specializing in the Middle Eas...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 10:27
Peggy Bulger– "The Story Corps"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The American Folklife Preservation Act of 1976 directed the Library of Congress to gather stories and art of everyday people to reflect the identit...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Sierra Club’s Ben Jealous: Parables of Healing for the Environmental Movement
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Earth's temperature is rising and time is running out to change direction according to the IPCC. But veteran organizer/strategist Ben Jealous (...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Rosanne Cash
From: Art of the Song
Series: Art of the Song
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SHOW 956 (Air Dates April 24 - 30, 2023) As a part of our 20th Anniversary Celebration we revisit our interview with Rosanne Cash, and her husband/...

Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WHRV and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
Tribute to the Late Urban Provocateur Mike Davis
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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We feature a lecture by Mike Davis about his book Planet of Slums, which investigates the increasing inequality of the urban world. According to th...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
NL 23-17: Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City, (Part 2), 4/17/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Mark Stryker, author of the new book Jazz From Detroit, joins us again to discuss the city’s jazz legacy.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Rodolfo Gomez – "A Walk in the Costa Rican Rain Forest"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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On the eastern slope of the Continental Divide, about an hour’s drive east of San Jose, Costa Rica, is the Rain Forest Aerial Tram, a tramway that ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Frances Goldin, “Rabble Rousers” & the NYC Housing Struggle that Won
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Low income Americans face an acute housing shortage. But our guests have a victory to share. “Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Coop...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
WoodSongs 1070: Victor Furtado and Kristina Gaddy
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Steve Martin Banjo Prize winner Victor Furtado
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes clawhammer banjo champion Victor Furtado plus award winning author and ba...

Bought by KBRW, KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, GCR (Global Community Radio), KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Music Archive Showcase #151 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [2 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Lynyrd Skynyrd (1977)
On this MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE episode, it's the second of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few deca...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, and KSJE


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Debut novelist Laura Spence-Ash’s “BEYOND THAT, THE SEA”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Inspired by a 25-year-old New York Times article about evacuated English children revisiting their U.S. foster homes as adults, ⁠Laura Spence-Ash⁠ ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 08:19
NL 23-16: Made In Detroit: Jazz From The Motor City” (Part 1), 4/10/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Bloomington native and longtime Detroit Free Press music writer Mark Stryker joins us to talk about his new book Jazz From Detroit and the musician...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
Laura & Stephanie Flanders: Sisters Debate the Economic Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Laura and Stephanie Flanders are sisters with different points of view but a common fascination with economics. Tune in to this episode where they ...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
23-26 Music by American Composers
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Scott Joplin
This week's edition of CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! is a celebration of music by American composers, Copland, John Philips Sousa, and more, and features...

Bought by Ohm Radio , WPVM 103.7, KMUN, WUAL, WRTI and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 60
The Untold Story of the Stearns History Museum's Upcoming Programming
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with Amy Degerstrom and Caitlin Carlson from th...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
23-18 The Legend of Agustin Barrios Mangoré, Interviews: David Russell, Rico Stover, Jack Silver
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Agustin Barrios Mangoré
In honor of the 138th anniversary of his birth, this week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a tribute to singularly extraordinary Parag...

Bought by Ohm Radio , New Hampshire Public Radio, WPVM 103.7, KMUN, KACU and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 60
How To Be A Better Ally For Peace and Justice
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Kevin Groen
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about what it means to be a ally to members of marginalized communities, and the necessary d...

Bought by KCNP and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Heritage Scraps from Heritage Hands: African-American Vintage Quilts
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: The Folklorist Next Door
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
African American women have created beautiful works of art with quilting. Are you holding on to a piece of family history? Laura Casmore talks to...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 10:12
Patti McCracken discusses "The Angel Makers"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Patti McCracken is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in Smithsonian magazine, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian and many oth...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 24:20

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