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Mothers day Dennis Banks 3
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Living the Ojibwe Way of Life
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Mothers day dennis banks mom 3

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 10:13
Mothers Day Dennis Bank 2
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Living the Ojibwe Way of Life
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Mothers Day Feelings

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 09:53
Mothers Day-Dennis Banks
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Living the Ojibwe Way of Life
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Mothers day- Dennis Banks

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 08:10
My Iron Lung
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Martha Lillard in an iron lung in the 1950s., Credit: Courtesy of Martha Lillard
Martha Lillard is one of the last two people in the United States who depend on an iron lung to breathe.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 12:41
  • Purchases: 2
DC 2322
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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72-69 (kinda sounds like a basketball score, doesn't it?)

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, KPRG, Royalton Community Radio, KRSC and more


  • Added: May 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The End of Smallpox
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
795: Why Do We Have So Much Stuff? / 796: Who Owns Seeds?, 5/20/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?" - From baby showers to estate sales, we fill our lives with material possessions. Why do we do it? HOUR...

  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Women of the Fur Trade
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Laura Powell-Marxen works in the basement of her Grand Marais home. Laura makes hats, mittens and other apparel from the fur from animals of the North Woods., Credit: Joe Friedrichs
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
The Nakba: 75 Years On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Palestinians fleeing from their villages as Israeli troops approach on October 30, 1948., Credit: David Eldan, National Photo Collection of Israel, Government Press Office, under the digital ID D275-120
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or the "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers both to the events starting in late 1947 when Zionist ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 1
A Day To Remember Radio Modules - May 15-19, 2023
From: KUCO
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Date-based history modules for broadcast May 15-19, 2023. Run time 02:45 for all episodes

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 1
PE 2319
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Big battle leads to L.A.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KPRG, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM and more


  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 20
789: Decolonizing The Mind / 790: Living In Skin, 4/29/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Decolonizing the Mind' - Colonization in Africa was much more than a land grab. It was a project to replace — and even erase — local cul...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
National Writers Series: Keith Gave, Tim Rappleye and Lisa Brown-Miller
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Tim Rappleye and Keith Gave talk about their book, "A Miracle of Their Own," with U.S. Olympian Lisa Brown-Miller.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
DC 2316
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Out of control and into uncharted territory makes for a wild ride.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, KPRG, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
WoodSongs 1070: Victor Furtado and Kristina Gaddy
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Steve Martin Banjo Prize winner Victor Furtado
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes clawhammer banjo champion Victor Furtado plus award winning author and ba...

Bought by KBRW, KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, GCR (Global Community Radio), KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Laura & Stephanie Flanders: Sisters Debate the Economic Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Laura and Stephanie Flanders are sisters with different points of view but a common fascination with economics. Tune in to this episode where they ...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
23-18 The Legend of Agustin Barrios Mangoré, Interviews: David Russell, Rico Stover, Jack Silver
From: Tony Morris
Series: Classical Guitar Alive!
Caption: Agustin Barrios Mangoré
In honor of the 138th anniversary of his birth, this week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a tribute to singularly extraordinary Parag...

Bought by Ohm Radio , New Hampshire Public Radio, WPVM 103.7, KMUN, KACU and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 60
DC 2314
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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More of what we did last week.

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, KPRG, Royalton Community Radio, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Persistence of Dr. Mary Walker
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
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For Women’s History Month, Devin and Lauren tell the story of Dr. Mary Walker: physician, heroine of the Civil War, and the only woman in history e...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Doc Ames and Mr. Hyde
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Albert Alonzo Ames, 1897, Credit: Progressive Men of Minnesota
Mayor Albert Alonzo Ames turned the Minneapolis Police Department into the most powerful crime ring the city had ever seen.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 35:20
PE 2313
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Unboxing the Doors.

Bought by WMTNradio, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 21
DC 2313
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Long List, Short Songs (relatively speaking)

Bought by WPVM 103.7, WMTNradio, KPRG, Royalton Community Radio, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
El día que se apareció El Diablo (The Day the Devil Appeared)
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: The Folklorist Next Door
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
"El dia que se apareció el diablo" takes us back to a time when "the devil" appeared on the poor side of the tracks. The terrifying experience lead...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 12:18
EXP 23-27 C: Bach’s Not-So-Minor B Minor Mass, Episode 3, 4/5/2023
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
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“There’s so much that is mysterious about Bach’s Mass,” Bill says, and this week he attempts to demystify Bach’s grand work by setting its context ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Quarantining
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: The Ojibwemowin: Learning the Ojibwe Language
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Learning phrases to talk about quarantining

  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 20:51

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