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Football: Soon to be History?
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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In this episode we break down the factors that will influence the fate of football in the United States. Is football doomed or is it immune to the ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 34:39
Sex Machines in Our History
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Steam-powered vibrators the size of kitchen tables, the importance of dildos in Ancient Greece, and the future of sex machines in the second instal...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 24:25
Roger Waters - Amused to Death
From: Joyride Media
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Pink Floyd founder and 2015 Newport Folk Festival headliner, Roger Waters, looks back on his solo recordings, reflects on the continued relevance t...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
The Conscience of Anonymity:Naming Native American Artists
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: If they carry that lineage, I don't know..., Credit: Nova Scotia Museum/Susan Cook
I went to an exhibit of Native American basketry recently- made by Maine Penobscots and Passamaquoddies. The reception was as polished as any other...

  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 05:25
Learning from the Uncivilized
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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We tend to view our hunter-gatherer ancestors with pity for their primitive ways. But what if they employ strategies for leading a depression-free ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:13
Why Does Baltimore Have So Many Confederate Monuments?
From: Stefanie Mavronis
Caption: Baltimore's Lee-Jackson Monument, Credit: Stefanie Mavronis
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
Candlestick memory: KALW's Joe Burke
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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This Thursday night, Paul McCartney will close the show at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. It will be the final public event at the storied stadi...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:15
A Citizen's Guide to Entitled Derision
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
When politicians talk about "working across the aisle", they talk about it as if they are endorsing a great ethic. But working across the aisle is...

  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
WAR WIDOWS Part 2
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Widows from WWII, Vietnam and Iraq wars discuss changes over time from the loss of their husbands in war.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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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
Remembering the Magnetic Manna Dey
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy listens back to the music of Manna Dey.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Art and Nationhood
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
Caption: Frederic Church, “Our Banner in the Sky” (1861)
Professor Angela Miller uses examples of portraits, landscape and genre paintings, folk art, and more to describe the intersection of American arts...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
A telegram for you...
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Central Telegraph Office in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The telegram was 163 years old in India, and only recently has the reliable old machine been put away.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - That's It!
From: Joyride Media
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Inside the making of Preservation Hall Jazz Band's new album, featuring interviews with the band and co-producer Jim James (My Morning Jacket)

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Sound, Art and Enchantment
From: Isabel Theriot
Caption: The Music Box art and sound installation
This radio documentary is about the Music Box art and sound installation located in the Bywater Neighborhood of New Orleans. It blends the sounds o...

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
food for the holiday part 3
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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We sit down with cook and author Anna Teresa Callen, Paolo Vanini and Executive Vice President & Dean Emeritus of the international culinary center...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
Partisanship - Generational Perspectives
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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G.I., Boomer and X'rs discuss Partisanship

  • Added: Mar 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Our American Culture
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Re-broadcast of 2005 program featuring older, middle and younger generations discussing the changes in our culture

  • Added: Sep 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Simon & Garfunkel: Live 1969
From: Joyride Media
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Rare, archival interviews with Simon & Garfunkel, newly released live recordings and exclusive comments from old friends tell the story of a legend...

Bought by WHRV, KPIP-LP, WMMT, KCLU, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Honoring the late John Hope Franklin

  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour radio special takes you inside Folsom Prison for Johnny Cash's historic 1968 concert

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WKMS, Harford Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
SANTANA: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WARRIOR
From: Joyride Media
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Carlos Santana explores his extensive catalog to highlight tracks that reflect his deep spirituality.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KRZA, CBC Inside the Music and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Creating An Intellectual Heritage
From: The humble Farmer
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Myth blends in with facts to create history

  • Added: Oct 18, 2008
  • Length: :47
Electronic Voting Machines and the Supreme Court
From: The humble Farmer
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What decides an election

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: :20
I Don't Care For War
From: The humble Farmer
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Should intelligent people say nothing when a wimpy little nothing of a man tries to blow half the world to kingdom come?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:31