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Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 3.
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Conor Casey
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 3. Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor reports on the lifelong labor activist ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
"Eleanor and Hitch: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady" w/ author Susan Quinn
From: Out of Bounds
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Lively and informative discussion w/Author Susan Quinn as we focus on her bestseller "Eleanor and Hitch: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady"

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with civil liberties attorney Burt Neuborne about his book "Madison's Music: On Reading the First Amendment"
From: Out of Bounds
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Civil liberties attorney, educator, author of "Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
“Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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The Cutting Edge presents Angela J. Davis talking about her book “Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment”, in which she exp...

Bought by KMSU and KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Bluff of the Century: Nixon, Alger Hiss, and the Cold War
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Congressman Nixon & Robert Stripling examine Pumpkin Papers microfilm
The conviction of Alger Hiss for perjury in 1950, continues to define the terms of what it means to American. But the definition seems always profe...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WRGY


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Program 2 ~ The Soundtrack in Vietnam
From: WPSU
Series: Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
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The second hour of the two-part series, Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War. Listen to the soundtrack of the Vietnam War as ...

Bought by KWSO, Radio Bristol, WQLN, Prairie Public, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 13
Program 1 ~ The Battle of the Airwaves
From: WPSU
Series: Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
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The first hour of the two-part series, Time to Lay It Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War that explores the music created during the Vietnam W...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KWSO, Radio Bristol, WQLN, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 16
Women's Suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment
From: Nahanni Rous
Caption: March to Support the Equal Rights Amendment, New York City, 1976., Credit: Diana Mara Henry
Women won the right to vote in 1920, but the fight for equality was only beginning. After she led the suffrage movement to victory, Alice Paul dra...

Bought by WHFR and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 2
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible - Encore Edition
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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“Mirrors of Privilege” is a film and conversation guide designed to help bridge the gap between good intentions and meaningful change. From Shakti ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
We, the Shackled: Nancy MacLean on Democracy in Chains
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Statue of John C. Calhoun in Marion Square Park along Calhoun Street in Charleston
For this 90-minute special, our guest is Nancy MacLean, Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University and author of Democracy in Chains...

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Aug 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:28:04
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie Fall 2017 Fundraiser Show
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie Fundraising Materials
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Fundraising hour for stations carrying the Ken Rudin's Political Junkie weekly program. This show highlights the Political Junkie program's focus o...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2017
  • Length: 38:37
  • Purchases: 2
Ken Rudin General Fundraiser Spots and Handoffs
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie Fundraising Materials
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Standalone fundraiser spots and handoffs for use by stations carrying the Ken Rudin's Political Junkie weekly program, or who regularly feature Ken...

Bought by WHQR and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 2
Marceline Lasater - One Person, One Vote?
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Marceline Lasater, Attorney at Law, One person, One vote? A Texas attorney explains why, since 1911, our votes are no...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:31
The Dinky Town Uprising
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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This episode of Art Beat we cover The Dinky Town Uprising, a film from the 2016 Frozen River Film Festival dealing with a 40 day and 40 night occup...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 40:28
Native Roots Radio "I'm Awake"
From: Robert Pilot
Series: Native Roots Radio I'm Awake
Caption: Host Robert Pilot, Credit: pickett
The Native show premiered on AM950 on January 7th 2017. Plays on Saturdays on AM950 at 2pm central time

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 52:30
  • Purchases: 1
With Ears to Hear: Voices Against the Heroic
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Chernobyl--Liquidators
Cynthia Wolfe joins us to discuss her “Platinum” ranked audio program “Nuclear Nightingales” which consists of readings from the oral history Voice...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 57:43
Replicas of Columbus ships stir protests
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Protest in Oswego, N.Y., Credit: Payne Horning
Two replica Christopher Columbus ships are sailing across the Great Lakes this summer, offering visitors a chance to learn about the famous explore...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WFIU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
Peacemaking on Stage: OSLO
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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An engaging conversation with both the playwright and director of the 2017 Tony-Award Winning Best Play, OSLO. The play tracks the back channel ne...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KVSC, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Protecting Ourselves From Tyranny: Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny & Ryan Alford, Permanent State of Emergency
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We talk with historian Timothy Snyder about his book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. The book is a kind of vaccine to inocul...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:02
Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation” (Encore Edition)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton Universit...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mark McDermott, Social & Economic Educator and Activist
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Mark McDermott
Interview by Ken Winkes: Mark looks at our past to see what it can tell us about our present life in the age of Trump.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:43
Political Classical
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Mrs. President the opera, Credit: Kevin Patterson
We'll hear music with a political slant by Steven Stucky (August 4, 1964), Michael Daugherty (Jackie-O), and Victoria Bond (Mrs. President). A land...

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
179: Locked Up / 180: Being Broke and White, 6/24/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Locked Up" - Most of us will never know what really happens behind bars. Prisons are generally off limits to the public and press. This ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi - Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Stamped offers a deeply researched, provocative narrative that is a comprehensive history of anti-Black racist ideas—their origins, and how they be...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Science
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Out of the lab and into the streets.

Bought by KRZA and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 21:21
  • Purchases: 2

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