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Last Witness: Surviving the Tulsa Race Massacre
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness
Caption: Olivia Hooker, Age 6 in 1921
On May 31, 1921, Olivia Hooker was six-years-old when white mobs launched an attack on the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In less than 24 ho...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KOSU, KHSU, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #1: "Who the F is that?"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Anita Acosta & daughter Stephanie at home in Northern California., Credit: Marcos Nájera
Host Marcos Nájera introduces us to the Zeta podcast series. Who is Oscar Zeta Acosta? If you know, you are way ahead of Nájera who admits the US p...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 13:29
Making Obama: Part 2
From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama
Caption: WBEZ's Making Obama
From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Making Obama: Part 1
From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama
Caption: WBEZ's Making Obama
From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 33
LIVING IN AN AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMP
From: Michelle Harven
Series: Legacy
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Mary Tamaki Murakami talks about life in an internment camp during World War II and why she sees parallels in today’s treatment of Muslim-Americans.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 4
POLICING THE NATION’S CAPITAL
From: Michelle Harven
Series: Legacy
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Gary Hankins is recruited from the air force during the Vietnam War to become a D.C. police officer.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 15:30
  • Purchases: 2
10 - The Truth About The End - Part 2
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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We find out how it all ends.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
9 - Killing Zombies - Part 2
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids run into a problem. We explore the physiology of the zombie body.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 27:01
8 - On The Road - Part 1
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids begin their journey to Vandenberg on bikes. We find out about transportation

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 23:39
  • Purchases: 1
Galen and the Elephant's Heart
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
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What can an ancient debate about an elephant tell us about the history of medicine?

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 15:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Dead Ladies Show Podcast Ep 6: Constance Markievicz
From: Susan Stone
Series: The Dead Ladies Show Podcast
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TED Talks meets The Moth meets The History Channel? ...with Dead Ladies. In this episode -- Constance Markievicz. The Irish revolutionary known as ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 33:11
Close One
From: Jane Hirsh
Series: American Dream Players' History Bits
Caption: baby antelope, Credit: snappygoat free images
"Close One' is a tale of early California, a time when Mexico, indigenous tribes, and Americans were struggling to achieve dominance in the West.

  • Added: Jan 01, 2018
  • Length: 21:45
2017-All Mixed Up (Part Two)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Dick Gregory
The retrospective of 2017 continues with mixes from Charlottesville to Washington with music and emotions from a turbulent year

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:03
  • Purchases: 1
Ghosts of the Korean War: Stop THAAD
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Protest against President Trump and THAAD in Soseongri, Korea, Credit: Stop THAAD Alliance
We head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in the 70s, 80s, and 90s are organi...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
No Hits, No Errors - Tom Petty
From: Paul Ingles
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First of an occasional series that presents under-appreciated tracks by major artists. The artist's "hits" are purposefully skipped, and the good...

Bought by KDUR, WUTC, and North State Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Part 1: Environmental groups slow to seek out minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite in 1903, Credit: Library of Congress
Part 1 of series -- When you think of the environmental movement, what comes to mind. Preserving the wilderness in national parks? Or guaranteeing ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WBFO, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 8
Program 1 ~ The Battle of the Airwaves
From: WPSU
Series: Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
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The first hour of the two-part series, Time to Lay It Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War that explores the music created during the Vietnam W...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KWSO, Radio Bristol, WQLN, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 16
Seeds of Wisdom
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
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This story was produced by Amy Madore and Jennifer Seale at the 2017 Stories Summer Institute

  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 07:16
City Alchemists
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
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This story was produced by Diane Murray at the 2017 Stories Summer Institute

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 1
Feast for the Ancestors
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
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This story was produced by Amy Frishkey at the 2017 Stories Summer Institute

  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 09:27
Mother Earth is Going to be Fine
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
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This story was produced by Elizabeth Abernathy and Arabella Daniels at the 2017 Stories Summer Institute

  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 07:48
Therapy Dogs
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Folk Healing and Traditional Medicine
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This story was produced by Kimberly Fritch and Diana Kaz-Sugasawara at the Stories Summer Institute 2017

  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 09:02
The Innovation Dialogues - Part 1
From: Littleglobe
Series: The Innovation Dialogues
Caption: SFHS Innovation Academy youth producers
Students at Santa Fe High School’s Innovation Academy discuss high school culture, the effects of technology on education, the challenges of media ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
The Guzheng (10 minute version)
From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom
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It's among the most popular instruments in China. Over most of its 2,500-year-history, the guzheng has been a mainstay in everything from opera to ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, Hawaii Public Radio, KBYI, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 4

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