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Like many Japanese-Americans of her generation, Sally Sudo was forced to live in an internment camp during World War II. After her brother studied ...
Bought by WFHB and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 18, 2018
- Length: 04:16
- Purchases: 2
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Aug 27, 2018
- Length: 04:44
- Purchases: 2
This episode picks up where Episode 91 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order.
The early 20th century’s biggest murder trial, and a part...
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 21:05
The story behind the face of New York’s Gilded Age, Evelyn Nesbit.
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 27:24
Professional criminal...
- Added: Jun 04, 2018
- Length: 02:25:04
Part 2 of an in-depth documentary series using the small town of Frome, UK as a microcosm for political, social, and economic successes and challen...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Jan 29, 2018
- Length: 58:51
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Empathy for Monsters" - The American soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein came to like and care about him. This hour: Should we feel empa...
- Added: Jul 27, 2017
- Length: 01:58:58
An exploration of regional memories of the American Civil War and the ways we use story to hide or confront our complicated past.
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 20:40
Skidmore, Missouri is a very small town. In the ’70s, there was only one bar, one grocery store, and one bully. Ken McElroy was so ruthless and int...
- Added: May 08, 2017
- Length: 27:10
Stories change. People change. Communities change.
The first episode of 12 Knots, The Drift, features three stories from the small island communit...
- Added: Apr 23, 2017
- Length: 43:06
Taking the initiative, June and David infiltrate a society fundraiser at the American Theatre but quickly realize they are in over their heads. Wil...
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 27:47
June and David check in to a bed and breakfast on Chuckanut Drive that is so much more than it seems. Will they escape intact? Find out in "A Pleas...
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 32:21
A scenic roadtrip takes a turn for the strange and bizarre as June and David become entangled with a small rural town. Will they escape it's strang...
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 26:29
June and David dive into the coal mining history of Bellingham as a mysterious group tries to purchase the Blue Canyon Mine. Find out what secrets ...
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 26:18
A case of bodysnatching leads June and David to a rather peculiar funeral home and then a peak behind the curtain of who really runs Bellingham. Wh...
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 31:24
A mysterious encounter in the Mason block of Fairhaven sets June and David digging through Fairhaven's sordid past. What ghastly secrets will be re...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 30:35
- Purchases: 1
A strange attack on Sehome Hill brings David Phillips and June Harper face to face with a dangerous assailant. Will they escape in time? Find out i...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Feb 24, 2017
- Length: 27:49
- Purchases: 1
In even the most high profile criminal cases, there comes a point where the world moves on. But for the families of both the victims and the shoote...
- Added: Dec 01, 2016
- Length: 29:41
A conversation with UCLA historian Benjamin Madley about his groundbreaking and heartbreaking book, "An American Genocide: The United States and th...
- Added: Nov 22, 2016
- Length: 53:29
- Purchases: 2
After a hung jury in the rape trial of five local Hawaiians, the family of the alleged victim looked for vengeance. They got it — by committing one...
- Added: Nov 10, 2016
- Length: 29:02
A privileged socialite. A Native Hawaiian wrongfully accused of rape. A ruling elite that favors whites. So begins the Massie Case. A story from 19...
- Added: Nov 03, 2016
- Length: 33:12
Paul Rucker's art education came from working as a janitor at the Seattle Art Museum. Now a gifted cellist, visual artist, and video producer, Paul...
Bought by WCPN and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 06:44
- Purchases: 2
He's been a womanizing petty criminal. A revolutionary marxist. An ex-con bank robber. A spiritual teacher. This week on ARRVLS, we go on a journey...
- Added: Oct 01, 2016
- Length: 26:10
A Cessna 185 disappeared in the fall of 1971, and no trace of the plane or its three occupants was found until nearly 12 years later.
In this edit...
- Added: Sep 23, 2016
- Length: 07:46
In Northern France on July 14th, 1916, a cavalry unit from Hyderabad made what most consider to be the final cavalry charge of World War I before t...
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 37:31
