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Uncover the layers of sacrifice, courage, and unity at the heart of America's story through the historic battlefield of Gettysburg and the inspirin...
- Added: Feb 25, 2024
- Length: 10:28
Revel in the timeless romance of Ricardo and Georgiana Montalbán, a love set against the backdrop of Hollywood's golden era, where commitment and p...
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 16:15
Explore the loving journey of Carol Burnett, a story of resilience, heart, and the transformative power of laughter.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 16:43
Love triumphs, even through the Civil War, and the story of a union within the Union - the profound love of Ulysses and Julia Grant
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 15:10
A Nightmares to Fairy Tales love story with shock rocker Alice Cooper and his wife of 48 years, dancer Sheryl Goddard Cooper.
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 16:48
The next “Sounds Jewish” marks Tisha B’Av, a day for mourning the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people on that day in history.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Aug 05, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Veteran Ken Porwoll’s story recounts his inhumane treatment & riveting story of survival as one of 10,000 American & roughly 50,000 Filipino soldie...
Bought by KJZZ, KFAI Minneapolis, WRKF, WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 57:32
- Purchases: 17
Raynita Snipes Johnson remembers her great-uncle, US Army veteran Maceo Snipes, a Black man lynched for voting in 1946.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Jan 18, 2022
- Length: 02:23
- Purchases: 1
February 1st is National Freedom Day, made into a holiday due to one man's efforts.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Margaret and Matilda Roumania Peters were sisters and tennis champions in the 1930s, long before Serena and Venus Williams. While still in high sch...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jul 23, 2020
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 1
This series explores the fables...the renaissance fables of four great authors. This show highlights the work of Leon Battista Alberti...a 'renais...
- Added: May 13, 2020
- Length: 05:00
One of the many types of Blues music is a regional style named "Bentonia Blues" as it was founded and based out of Bentonia, Mississippi.
- Added: May 12, 2020
- Length: 59:36
The First band to be recorded for the Alligator Records label.
- Added: Apr 24, 2020
- Length: 57:40
An unsung guitar hero of the blues who made a BIG mark very few know about.
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 59:01
Influences of Rock ‘n’ Roll from Chicago Blues artists!
Bought by KMUN
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 57:55
- Purchases: 1
Fenton Robinson and Hound Dog Taylor
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 55:55
The "baddest" part of town... Speaking of the Blues that is.
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 49:54
Big State, Big History, Big Music Scene!
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 54:29
Texas has it's own breed of Guitar Slingers!
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 54:59
Candye Kane had an amazing life. She had a great voice, cool music and was a woman who was a champion for other women in the world regarding strugg...
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 50:23
One of today’s primary source of Blues music is Chicago based Alligator Records!
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 57:37
A band based out of Sacramento, California, Little Charlie and the Nightcats offer a unique flavor in the Blues world.
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 55:06
Blues is no longer a music that is just for any one ethnic group. Everyone knows what Blues are and everyone has experienced the blues and can rela...
Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KPIP-LP, WNMU-FM, and KUPR low power FM
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 53:33
- Purchases: 5
“Too Slim and the Taildraggers” and Harmonica Shaw
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 55:39
Another Legend gone too soon!
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 53:11
- Purchases: 1