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Brian Dunning delves into urban legends surrounding three of the greatest classical composers as well as the renowned Stradivarius violin.
- Added: May 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Brian Dunning takes a look at some haunted houses and separates the historical facts from the ghost stories.
- Added: Mar 22, 2024
- Length: 59:00
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. There are many photos from that day — Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in aboard Air ...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KUCB
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 09:29
- Purchases: 2
For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 17:56
This week on Open Spaces, the bison, also known as the American buffalo, is an iconic animal of the West. But its path has been a fraught one. We’r...
- Added: Oct 19, 2023
- Length: 46:45
Lies the Spanish conquistadors told about the Aztecs have led to racist tropes that still affect brown Mexicans today. Now, brown Mexicans are lead...
Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and WFHB
- Added: Aug 22, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
The role of women, particularly Indigenous women, during the legendary fur trade in Minnesota is often overlooked. KFAI contributor Joe Friedrichs ...
- Added: May 18, 2023
- Length: 21:58
- Added: Jan 06, 2023
- Length: 49:59
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 23, 2022
- Length: 57:14
- Purchases: 1
Have you ever accidentally dropped something in a lake? Plenty of Minnesotans have. That's why lake and river bottoms are full of artifacts and boa...
- Added: Oct 27, 2022
- Length: 06:38
This week on Living Planet, we explore a topic that's perfectly natural and something we do every day. Whether you use a squat toilet, a pit latrin...
Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and Radio Kansas
- Added: Sep 09, 2022
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
This week on the show: The remnants of slavery -
June 19th or Juneteenth is the day where the US commemorates the end of slavery. Dealing with...
Bought by WVTF and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)
- Added: Jun 17, 2022
- Length: 24:29
- Purchases: 2
This week on the show: Religious tolerance in danger -
Inspiring the struggle for freedom: new excavations solve a decades old mystery about US ...
- Added: Mar 11, 2022
- Length: 30:00
A listen of a recording from 1959 that resurrected the career of Sam Lightnin' Hopkins.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Feb 12, 2022
- Length: 58:11
- Purchases: 1
The following audio is a shortened segment featuring the story of preservationist, banjoist and fiddle player Bascom Lamar Lunsford, as told in the...
- Added: Jan 26, 2022
- Length: 08:23
What is historical trauma? Jennifer has been in the social work and education fields for over 25 years. Tune in to learn more.
- Added: Jan 24, 2022
- Length: 46:05
David Hill is a writer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. His work has appeared regularly in Grantland and The Ringer, and has been featured in The New Yo...
- Added: Oct 18, 2021
- Length: 14:16
This week on the show: “What's the Alternative?” African Women leaders -
Women across Africa shape protest movements and stand up for their righ...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Sep 03, 2021
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
In this segment we meet with Bois Forte Elder and Spiritual Advisor for the Band, Gene Goodsky - who shares his stories on Wild Ricing in Nett Lake...
- Added: Aug 12, 2021
- Length: 10:32
This week on the show: Europe demands answers after US-Danish spying claims. Frustration with the German government's handling of the vaccine prog...
- Added: Jun 03, 2021
- Length: 58:59
Native American's have been overlooked since America got its start. Now, they are finally starting to get the appreciation they deserve instead of ...
Bought by WTIP, KLCC, and KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 3
The extent of Black history is vast, but it is not talked about nearly enough. A social studies teacher from Detroit is changing that by creating a...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
The word "Tree Hugger" can often be used in a derogatory manner. Although many people don't know its historical significance is much more than long...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Earth Day is the largest secular observance in the world, but it wouldn't have been possible if people didn't speak up for what is right. 40 years ...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
50 million new-planted trees and a Guinness World Record later, India is on its way to reducing extreme pollution.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
