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Florence Price
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: Conversations in African American Music
Caption: Florence Price, Credit: Public Domain
Dr. Louise Toppin examines the life and music of trailblazing composer Florence Price.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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
Feminist Poets: Past American Voices
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Women's History Month, we feature a special program about four important feminist poets who led the the next generations into the 21st century....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, KBIA, WNMU-FM, WDCB and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 19
Blue Dimensions K42: Connie Han Jazzifies The Myth Of The Goddess Inanna
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from pianist Connie Han, exploring the theme of the goddess Inanna of Sumerian mythology

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Historic Political Transitions in Honduras, Colombia, and Haiti - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Jack Eidt discusses new government transitions in Honduras and Colombia. Professor Gerard Pigeon covers the history of Haiti, and why we have seen...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reconciling John Muir, Racial Politics and the Restoration of Indigenous Lands in Yosemite
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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A look at the legacy of John Muir, his actions in Yosemite, and the impacts on the Indigenous people in the area.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 1
Wealth Gap Grew With Lower Taxes, Fewer Worker Protections
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Part 2/2 in our coverage of Income Inequality and the policies and practices that led to this on "Civic."

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
America’s Wealth Gap Is Rooted in Racism. How Did We Get Here?
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Income inequality is at a breaking point in America. "Civic" takes a look at the history of policies and programs in part 1/2.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 24:05
Lost Children of Turtle Island: The Forgotten History of Indian Boarding Schools
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Our guests Indigenous Activists SunRose IronShell and Manape LaMere speak on the history and impact of the Indian Boarding Schools, generational tr...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Intersection of Black and Indigenous Resistance & Justice in the U.S. with Kyle T. Mays - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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In his book “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States,” Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the United States are rooted in Anti-Bla...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
20: Shared Cultural Legacies Across Oceans and Borders, 04/28/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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On this week's episode of Eat Your Heartland Out, we discuss similarities in the food histories of regions separated by oceans and borders. First ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRPS, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 54:04
  • Purchases: 3
220129 First Rock and Roll Song - The Short Instrumentals
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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In the post World War II era a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and around the world. This music wasn't called rock ...

Bought by KCHU, KPRG, WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 6
Here There Be Dragons: Part 2 of The State Made Visible
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: "Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena 1585" by Baptista Boazio, 1589
This is Part 2 of The State Made Visible with Rasul Mowatt, author of The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence, published by Routle...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
20: Shared Cultural Legacies Across Oceans and Borders, 11/5/2021
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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On this week's episode of Eat Your Heartland Out, we discuss similarities in the food histories of regions separated by oceans and borders. First ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 54:06
  • Purchases: 2
1: Welcome To The Heartland: An Introduction to Midwestern Foodways, 10/28/2021
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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In our introductory episode, we set the stage by discussing the people, places and products of the midwest that inform the region's foodways. Featu...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
World in Progress 09/02/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: “What's the Alternative?” African Women leaders - Women across Africa shape protest movements and stand up for their righ...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions J27: TimeOut-Takes from Dave Brubeck and new piano jazz from Emmet Cohen, Lisa Hilton, and Matthew Shipp
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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previously unissued tracks from Dave Brubeck's classic 1959 album "Time Out" and more piano music from contemporary jazz pianists

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
IE: Inside Europe, 6/4/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Europe demands answers after US-Danish spying claims. Frustration with the German government's handling of the vaccine prog...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Arkansas recorded 5/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion about life in Arkansas over history

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 23:52
Farming - recorded 4/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A 3 generation family farm business discusses farming

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 23:15
Health Insurance recorded 3/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A comparative generational discussion on the issues evolving in health insurance.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:28
Presidents recorded 2/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A very special program comparing US Presidents with special guest the late Helen Thomas of UPI. Others on the panel discuss many aspects comparing ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:59
Nursing recorded 1/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion about nursing as of 2003

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:08
Popular Music recorded 1/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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David Miller, of NPR's show Swinging Down the Lane, is one of the guests on this program of generational thoughts on Popular Music.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:53
Home Ownership recorded 1/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion about home ownership

  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 24:41