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Historian Carolyn Zola's research illuminates the lives of women hucksters of nineteenth century America.

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 26, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This is a story of one city, one global company, one mother and one American dream.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 24:58
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This Sunday, February 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster in Logan County, West Virginia. The disaster occured when the da...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Gloria Del Bianco and her nephew, Lou, remember her father, Luigi Del Bianco, one of the chief stone carvers of Mt. Rushmore.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 2
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The nation's last sardine cannery in Gouldsboro, Maine closed its doors in April 2010. Lela Anderson worked at the cannery for fifty-four years.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 07:46
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An oral history account of the successful workers' sit-in at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago in December of 2008, the first Ameri...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 21:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Winner, 2007 PRNDI award for Best News Series

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Orphan Train riders re-live their journeys in search of a home in the West.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 33
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The most important anti-fascist and protest song of the 20th century

Bought by WRPI and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 38:37
  • Purchases: 2