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COINTELPRO 101 (Part 1)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Grandmothers
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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"...These Grandmothers, man, they don't play by anyone's rule book. Truly, they never have... They weren't always Grandmothers, that's something it...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 05:15
Back to the Land in Debs
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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We talk with Diane Schwanz about the back to the land movement in Debs, MN in the 1970's.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 21:55
  • Purchases: 1
American Politics: The Never-Ending Campaign
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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The former political writer of "The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" takes you on a "newsical" trip through the looking glass with narration, musi...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2010
  • Length: 54:50
Sacred Fire: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
From: Jerry Kenney
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One quiet autumn morning the United States was suddenly attacked by a small band of determined men inspired by a charismatic religious fanatic. The...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Bach Mix "Bach Beyond Music"
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: J.S. Bach
Three Bach playing pianists talk about a possible spiritual presence in music by Bach. Use this 59 second "Mix" for Bach's Birthday (March 21) or ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: :44
Conversation with David Icke - Part 1
From: Terran Lovewave
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Camp Lovewave presents a one and a half hour conversation with the controversial, illuminating David Icke. Host, Terran Lovewave, and David discus...

  • Added: May 04, 2008
  • Length: 59:27
Petrified Schlock
From: Joel Brussell
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the archaeology of schlock

  • Added: Apr 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
Creative Time: 33 Years of Public Art in NYC, John Waters
From: Megan Martin
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John Waters & The Hellfire Club: an audio stop on a tour of Creative Time's 33 Years of Public Art series

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 02:19
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -7a: Lynching's End?: A Texas Whydunnit Murder Mystery (1930)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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Mob madness leads to a pivotal feminist protest during the dark days of Jim Crow racism.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUER, WCPN, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Muhoney: Case Number 3604
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
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Murder in Chicago, 1919; Prohibition; Gangs; Surprises in Genealogy Research

  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:40
Palestine: Past, Present, and Future
From: Voices of Our World
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We discuss the nature of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and this country's support for Israel

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Tristan Mysteries: The Sexual Mysteries
From: WNYC
Series: The Tristan Mysteries
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Wagner's classic love story "Tristan und Isolde" revealed.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 14:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Tristan Mysteries: The Mythic Mysteries
From: WNYC
Series: The Tristan Mysteries
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Wagner's classic love story, "Tristan und Isolde" revealed.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 16:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Tristan Mysteries: The Visual Mysteries
From: WNYC
Series: The Tristan Mysteries
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Wagner's classic love story "Tristan und Isolde" revealed.

Bought by WEKU and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 15:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Tristan Mysteries; The Sonic Mysteries
From: WNYC
Series: The Tristan Mysteries
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Wagner's classic love story "Tristan und Isolde" revealed.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 06, 2007
  • Length: 15:35
  • Purchases: 3
Six Degrees of Sacred Separation?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Conflict in Israel? Stop presses!

  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:37
Billy Higgins: A Tribute To The Legendary Jazz Drummer
From: Heidi Chang
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Billy Higgins was reportedly the most recorded jazz drummer in history. Higgins talks about his music and life. This profile also features intervi...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WNCU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2007
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 6
Holocaustic Substance
From: Merle Kessler
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A move to deny Holocaust deniers.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:58
Jazz at Lincoln Center: Ornette Coleman / Dewey Redman
From: Murray Street Productions
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In Memory of Dewey Redman, Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio with Ed Bradley offers its Redman-fronted Ornette Coleman edition FREE to stations.

Bought by WDCB, KMUW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNCU, KSFR and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 10
Dinosaurs
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A bombastic but friendly, fictional history of dinosaurs.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:28
The Beat Generation
From: Don McIver
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In honor of the Six Gallery reading, this show looks at the Beat Generation.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2005
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 1
Slam: Literary Fad or Movement
From: Don McIver
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In the 80's Marc Smith invented the Poetry Slam, which has swept the country and created a spoken word revolution.

Bought by KRZA, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUHB, WEKU and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2005
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 7
End of a Red-Hunter's Crusade: The Censure of Joseph McCarthy
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A review of famed Communist-chaser Senator Joseph McCarthy's legacy a half-century past his condemnation by Congress.

Bought by Listenwise, KTNA, and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
Vietnam Bones
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A man tries to repatriate the bones of a Viet Cong soldier that his father took from the jungle, 35 years earlier.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Prairie Public, WFHB, WTJU, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2004
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 10

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