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Celebrate St Patrick's Day with The Chieftains

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KLCC, Troy Public Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 39
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Exploring the enduring "attraction" of war

Bought by WCPN, KPFT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:40:39
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One-hour documentary details the life and music of Sam Cooke.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, WKMS, KMUW, KAAD-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 44
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Sir Harold Evans looks at the lives, times and ideas of the innovators that shaped America.

Bought by WNIJ, WFDD, WFIU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPBS and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 11
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A one-hour music intensive radio special tracing the history of Jazz guitar from 1906 through today; hosted by Les Paul.

Bought by WICR, KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, KGLT, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 31
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The "official bootleg" radio companion to the PBS special "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home"

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KPIK-LP, Prairie Public, Radio New Zealand, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 01:58:10
  • Purchases: 27
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A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
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History of Barbara Jordan's Constitutional speech on Watergate

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KZYX, RadioStPete Florida, KZYX, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2005
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 17
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Second in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Am...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
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Third in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Ame...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
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First in series of three programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
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NASA tries to launch the first Space Shuttle since the Columbia disaster in 2003

Bought by KPIK-LP, KBBI Alaska, WBST, WYSO, WAER Syracuse, NY and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2005
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 16
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While the Bush administration and the courts promote free markets, farmers, ranchers and consumers are suffering, making one wonder for whom modern...

Bought by WBFO


  • Added: Jun 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Career ambassador Richard Murphy talks about the deterioration of U.S./Arab relations.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Dr. S. Boyd Eaton explains why preagricultural man may have had a healthier diet than we do today.

Bought by Maine Public Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2005
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview on the death penalty, regular features on history in the news and site of the week along with commentary on the centennial celebrations i...

  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
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Elizabeth Stoddard explains Einstein's theories and historian William Ashworth comments on Einstein's personality.

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: May 09, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 24
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An untimely court ruling, in terms of geo-politics, gives no relief to elderly Chinese victimized by Japanese imperial forces in the 20th century.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:57
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J. Peter Pham, a former Vatican insider, chronicles the history of the modern papacy and reveals what goes on behind closed doors when the College ...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 1
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The CIO's history offers important lessons for those currently trying to revitalize the labor movement .

  • Added: Mar 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
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The legacy of anti-Semitism in choral music

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WCPN, Audible, Morehead State Public Radio, KUNR and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 54:12
  • Purchases: 6
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Some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most important work was done in behalf of the labor movement.

Bought by WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KPFT, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3