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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 11, 2015
- Length: 01:44
- Purchases: 2
Jess Mador goes behind the scenes of a familiar fast food landmark: White Castle building #8.
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:05
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM
- Added: Mar 15, 2015
- Length: 01:44
- Purchases: 1
The Minnesota state flag has a history that dates back more than 120 years. Throughout that time, the flag has received both praise and criticism f...
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 03:28
The first African-American to become the president of a school board, William Howard Day worked with famous abolitionists Frederick Douglas and Har...
- Added: Mar 09, 2015
- Length: 03:55
The Searsville Dam is causing big trouble on the peninsula. The 122-year-old, 65-foot-tall dam is closed to the public, hidden away on 1,200 acres ...
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 06:41
In San Francisco’s Richmond District, where Geary Boulevard meets Park Presidio, there stands a bright, white, defunct Christian Science church. Th...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 06:37
- Purchases: 2
In 2012, Barnali Ghosh began the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour with her husband, Anirvan Chatterjee.
- Added: Feb 03, 2015
- Length: 08:08
San Francisco is America’s second most densely populated area, after Manhattan. And with new construction all over town, it’s going to get even den...
- Added: Feb 03, 2015
- Length: 06:01
As the old year ends and a new year begins, the passage of time is on our minds. We check the time on cell phones, computer monitors, watches and w...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
Baltimore City is home to four Civil War monuments. Three are Confederate. We look at the history of how they got there and explore how people inte...
- Added: Jan 24, 2015
- Length: 11:32
Sandip Roy is at the Jaipur Literary festival in Kolkata, India's old capital, speaking with Rana Dasgupta about Delhi, India's new capital...
- Added: Jan 20, 2015
- Length: 06:00
The Old Mint was the only financial institution still operational following the 1906 earthquake and fire. At one time, it held a third of the natio...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 07:08
To make sense of this new era in low-income housing in San Francisco, we’re going to travel back in time and follow the story as it unfolds into th...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 10:01
- Purchases: 1
At the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center, two dozen residents of North Beach come on a recent Tuesday night to hear from neighbors who have experi...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 08:11
Minnehaha Falls has been a popular tourist spot for politicians since Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his epic poem, “The Song of Hiawatha” in 185...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:21
California seems to be getting it from both sides. The state is in a serious drought at the same time coastal areas are studying ways to avoid bein...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 06:46
Thousands of miles from Edinburgh in the heart of Kolkata there remains a piece of land that is indisputably Scottish. Sandip Roy takes us there.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Sep 24, 2014
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 1
A Tribute to the late Cosimo Matassa who's J&M Studio and engineering skills recorded history and defined the way rock and roll would sound.
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 04:28
Take a tour with World Footprints on the famed Laura Plantation with a descendant of the historical Locoul family. Walk through New Orleans famed ...
Bought by KISA Digital Studios
- Added: May 21, 2014
- Length: 59:58
- Purchases: 1
100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Air date suggested: this Memorial Day.
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WEZU
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 2
100-second module, from our daily readings for May. A difficult assignment.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 05:23
Prof. Timothy Moore describes the historical context of Greek tragedies and shares his own research into the music of ancient Roman comedies.
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Dec 20, 2013
- Length: 12:39
- Purchases: 1
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 11:13
