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The best way to experience a city is through the eyes of a local. We'll travel to New Orleans and walk along Paris’s rue des Martyrs with the peo...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Seaside, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Enjoy a transformative travel experience as we travel to North Korea, Malta, Mexico and Barbados.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Ian Fitzpatrick on Martha's Vineyard, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Prepare for a trans-continental bike ride to the South Pole and experience island paradise – USA style - in Georgia, Massachusetts, and California.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Vocal Galore, Credit: Ian Fitzpatrick
Explore a new perspective of American and Namibian history.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:55
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Includes an exclusive interview with HIRIE where we discuss her recording plans and the struggles of women in the recording industry. We also enjoy...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:07
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Includes updates on the upcoming interview schedule as well as music from Tribal Seeds, Sola Rosa, and The Expendables.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 56:24
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When you think back about your own history education, think about how much of it was a history of wars, and then ask yourself how much in there was...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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We sit down with Devin Morrison of The Expanders to discuss rebel reggae and the legacy of the music. Also featuring tracks from Third World, Matis...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:29
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A beloved Old Monk is dying in India. Not that kind of monk, it’s a rum. Not just A rum. The iconic Indian rum. A rite of passage for Indians for t...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WTJU, and WXDU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, KENW, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
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The story of Joseph Roane, one of many African Americans during the Great Depression lured to the newly formed U.S.S.R. by the promise of a good sa...

Bought by WJCT, WRPI, XRAY.fm, KRDP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
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The story of Joseph Roane, one of many African Americans during the Great Depression lured to the newly formed U.S.S.R. by the promise of a good sa...

Bought by WCNY, WCPN, KUNV, WTJU, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
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A great melody and chord structure pay tribute to Miles, effective blues written by Leonard Feather is sung by actress Linda Hopkins. Swing is a fe...

Bought by WYAP, WVBI-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: By Courtesy of Lucrèce Sassella
Very new, new and older Francophone songs introduced in English. No need to speak French to Enjoy the show.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
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The Partition of India uprooted 10 -15 million people, the largest mass displacement of the 20th century. 250,000 – two million died. Yet no museu...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Spanish Colonial-Revival building at 55th Street and Stevens Avenue in south Minneapolis was originally home to the Mayflower Church. In 2005 t...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:30
Caption: American folklorist Alan Lomax
In this hour, it's the life and legacy of American folklorist Alan Lomax and how his calling to record the world changed the course of twentieth ce...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KHNS, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Caption: James Wilson Marshall (1884)
Meet James Marshall and some other famous folks on the eve of the California Gold Rush of 1849.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:23:22
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Sandip Roy is at the Jaipur Literary festival in Kolkata, India's old capital, speaking with Rana Dasgupta about Delhi, India's new capital...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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Psychologist John Fife is working to address what he says is a critical need for HIV interventions that target older Americans, specifically older ...

Bought by WJCT, WCPN, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
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Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, KKRN, WTJU, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: John Adams presented to King George III, in 1785, as first American ambassador to the English court. Wood engraving, 19th century., Credit: The Granger Collection, New York.
From BackStory's episode on reconciliation in American history. Brian Balogh speaks with Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, and...

Bought by KUAF Public Radio, KPIK-LP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 3
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Ask someone from out of state to describe Minnesota and you’ll probably hear a lot of “Minnesota Nice,” "uff dah’s" and "you betcha’s." Scandinavia...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
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The painting that changed minds in Britain at the outbreak of the American Civil War. And more...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5