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1963: A Man's Dream, A Nation's Nightmare
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights Classic Jazz: Specials
Caption: Andrew Hill's Black Fire LP
An hour-long jazz special: It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing uneas...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WWNO, WRGY, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 24
Bois Forte Veteran Series - Thank you message from Veterans
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Bois Forte Veterans Series
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KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hear...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:23
Bois Forte Veteran Series - George Brown
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Bois Forte Veterans Series
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KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hear...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Nov 05, 2021
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
Bois Forte Veteran Series - Gene Goodsky
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Bois Forte Veterans Series
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KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hea...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
2021-09-10 Water and Civilization: Resilience and Collapse
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Water is essential for life, and throughout history we have sought to control and make use of it. As Giulio Boccaletti explores in his new book, Wa...

Bought by KUHF, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
210910: Water and Civilization: Resilience and Collapse, 9/10/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Water is essential for life, and throughout history we have sought to control and make use of it. As Giulio Boccaletti explores in his new book, Wa...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
KBFT Outdoor Series - Gene Goodsky Wild Ricing
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Outdoor Series 2021
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In this segment we meet with Bois Forte Elder and Spiritual Advisor for the Band, Gene Goodsky - who shares his stories on Wild Ricing in Nett Lake...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 10:32
KBFT Outdoor Series - Gene Goodsky Herbal Medicine
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Outdoor Series 2021
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In this segment we meet with Bois Forte Elder and Spiritual Advisor for the Band, Gene Goodsky - who shares his stories on how he learned about Her...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 23:08
Constant Wonder - Labor Day 2021
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic: How Beef Changed America

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WPCA-LP, KUHF, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 54:42
  • Purchases: 4
Right to Privacy: Roe v Wade
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The controversial case you think you know.

Bought by KGUA


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:53
  • Purchases: 1
New Jersey v T.L.O.
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Do you have a right to privacy while in school?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
Right to Privacy: Griswold v Connecticut
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The case that kicked the government out of our bedrooms.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:53
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Why Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones Matters (Single Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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UPDATED WITH COPY ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF CHARLIE WATTS, AUG 24, 2021. Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is celebrated in this One-Hour version...

Bought by WYSO, WRVO Public Media, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WSLR, KMSU and more


  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 25
Constant Wonder - Memorial Day Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: General Patton; Topic 2: Race of Aces; Topic 3: Pacific Wrecks

Bought by KTXK, KTNA, WYPL, RadioStPete Florida, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 8
Constant Wonder - President's Day
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Our President's Day special puts some focus on a woman who performed some of the functions of President of the United States. We'll learn about Edi...

Bought by KVMR, RadioStPete Florida, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 3
YOU SHOULD KNOW BILLY JOE SHAVER
From: Paul Ingles
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YOU SHOULD KNOW BILLY JOE SHAVER is a program about the Texas singer-songwriter who ROLLING STONE magazine called "an outlaw-country pioneer who wr...

Bought by WUTC, KMSU, KUHF, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KWMR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
TRAILER TO- Springsteen: Writers' Favorites
From: Paul Ingles
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A trailer to an upcoming series of 3 - hour long programs featuring 7 top music writers picking Bruce Springsteen songs to do deep-dive commentary ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2020
  • Length: 10:00
Whose Monkey Chant Is It Anyway?
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That
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The electrifying Ramayana Monkey Chant, performed for thousands of visitors to Bali each year, was created by a guy named...Walter?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 17:05
Charlie Parker With Voices: A Centennial Special
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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On this Afterglow special, we pay tribute to bebop legend Charlie Parker, for what would have been his 100th birthday. I’ll feature his recordings ...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Fourth of July Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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This Independence Day special explores how Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. viewed equality. We also learn about our first president,...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUHF, Wyoming Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 52:56
  • Purchases: 8
Pandemic Special Edition: Viruses
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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In this special episode, we go microscopic to learn about viruses. We explore how they work, and we discuss our odds of defeating them. We also lea...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 49:39
  • Purchases: 1
The Bob Dylan Jazz Songbook
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials
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It’s vocal jazz interpretations of the music of Bob Dylan, on this Afterglow special, including covers by Nina Simone, Madeleine Peyroux, and more.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
I Spy: Real Life Spy Stories
From: Rob Sachs
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Espionage was once a mostly male pursuit but these days the top three officials at the CIA are women. On this program we hear from Jonna Mendez, th...

Bought by WWNO, KSPB Pebble Beach, WVTF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KECG and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 58
Salem Bewitched
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Local women perform witch trials in costume for the tourists., Credit: Eric Molinsky
To understand Salem in 1692, we need to delve into the imaginary world the Puritans believed in, where witches and Indians were both agents of the ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 16:34
  • Purchases: 3
PE 1951
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Stuck with a hermit at Yuletide

Bought by KEOS, KSRQ, KWMR, WFHB, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8

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