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Paula Apsell talks uncovering history, creating unity, and depicting Jews saving Jews.
- Added: Apr 12, 2024
- Length: 25:10
More than half of all American adults have received a COVID-19 vaccine. But even though we’ve made great strides in our vaccination efforts, there ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2021
- Length: 03:27
Peter Landesman talks integrity, corruption, and what he grooves on.
- Added: Oct 07, 2017
- Length: 14:29
Poetry and the pain of experience are the subjects of this episode titled "Our Cheated Hearts." Author Winston Groom incorporated his experiences i...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 25:00
This episode's stories come from some of Alabama's Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists: Rick Bragg who wrote about the Susan Smith murders and the O...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 25:00
Ewan McGregor talks animal instincts, little losses, and unintended consequences.
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 08:24
James Solomon talks fundamental questions, personal narratives, and the importance of listening.
- Added: Jul 25, 2016
- Length: 19:07
Explore Kenya, America's History from the Whiskey Trail and Founding Fathers, meet bestselling author James Rollins and learn about Sri Lanka and B...
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 59:55
Jay Roach talks fear-based manipulation, Trumbo’s complex personality, and Louis C.K.’s rumpled collar,
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 15:35
John Pirozzi talks baby steps, insatiable thirst, and the miracle of vinyl.
- Added: May 07, 2015
- Length: 25:37
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
The Francis Little House in Deephaven, Minnesota, was designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building and design took some time--l...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 04:22
- 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
John Steinbeck, the author of such classics as “the Grapes of Wrath” and “Of Mice and Men” was born to a middle class family in a beautiful, turret...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 07:27
Shelton Johnson is a ranger at Yosemite National Park. He’s part Cherokee, part African American, and part Seminole. And he’s used his background ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 08:28
- Purchases: 2
As San Francisco bids farewell to Candlestick Park, we’re talking to people about their memories of this iconic San Francisco landmark. Today we he...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 02:24
Nadav Schirman, Mossab Hassan Yousef, and Gonen Ben Yitzak talk hope, perspective, and first meetings.
- Added: Sep 18, 2014
- Length: 24:34
Programmer and Film Noir expert Elliot Lavine talks opaque experiences, waking dreams states, and why a film is always better sitting in the dark w...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 22:06
- Purchases: 1
Lots of us know about China Camp State Park--there’s good hiking and mountain biking, and the beaches along San Pablo Bay are peaceful. But before ...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 10:16
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
Lupita Nyong’o talks honoring the characters, giving voice to the voiceless, and meeting Solomon Northup’s descendants.
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Dec 01, 2013
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
Think of a ghost town, and San Francisco Bay is not likely to come to mind. Yet the remnants of such a place are currently sinking into the marshes...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 07:44
- Purchases: 1
Jessie Deeter and Steve Brown talk staying hydrated, defining authenticity, grilled cheese sandwiches at three in the morning.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 06, 2013
- Length: 16:19
- Purchases: 1
Nancy Kelly talks cause, effect, and how saving the Marin Headlands paved the way for Alice Waters.
- Added: May 30, 2013
- Length: 24:05
Twenty-five masterpiece drawings by Renaissance artist Michelangelo are now on a rare, two-stop tour in America. Kelley Libby attended the first le...
Bought by KENW and Radio Newark
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 02:28
- Purchases: 2