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McKinley vs. The High One
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why has an Ohio Congressmen spent 30+ years obsessing over the name of a mountain... in Alaska?

Bought by 91.7 WHUS Storrs and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 2
Cortez, Montezuma & Abraham: Discovering Jewish Roots
From: Rebecca Sheir
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At 72, a Spanish-descended Catholic discovers the real reason she's never liked eating pork.

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
90 Year-Old is a Living History of Diabetes
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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Gladys Dull is one of the longest living diabetes patients in the world

Bought by KHSU and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
#2: The Rite of Spring, or when Lenny met Igor
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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Few musical works have inspired so many stories as Stravinsky's 1913 hit, The Rite of Spring. These are just three or four of them.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPIK-LP, KGLT, KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 13:16
  • Purchases: 8
#1: The Birth, Reversion, and Rebirth of "The Soldier's Tale"
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Stravinsky@125
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The 46-year history behind a new release of Stravinsky's "The Soldier's Tale"

  • Added: Mar 06, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
HEAT -- The Contenders
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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Singer/Songwriter Billy Bragg rewrites "The Internationale", Joyce Carol Oates spars with George Foreman, and Spalding Gray turns the tables on Joh...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, and WCQS


  • Added: Feb 28, 2007
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 4
Mardi Gras Indian Music
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
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The Musical Tradition of New Orleans' Black Indians

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WBHM and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 10
CL 2006 Rabbi David Gordis "Judaism in America:retrospect and prospect."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Rabbi David Gordis looks at Judaism in America and interfaith relaions today.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2007
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 1
Active Voice Radio 1-5-07: The FBI and the Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Steve Hendricks dicusses his new book- The Unquiet Grave: The FBI and the Stuggle for the Soul of indian Country

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jan 04, 2007
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change Threatens Siberian Permafrost
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Siberian permafrost - a sub-Arctic peat bog about the size of France and Germany - is chock full of carbon that's trapped in its frozen soils. ...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Taming the Salt Monster
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The great swathes of the Western Australian wheatbelt were created a century ago when 1000 acres of bush were burned a day and the land became the ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, WYSO and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 6
genial - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
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The story behind the word "genial"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
gnome - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
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The story behind the word "gnome"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
Nuclear Plowshares
From: Gabriel Spitzer
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What if the government wanted to blow up thermonuclear bombs near your house -- and forgot to tell you about it.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPFA, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 4
'The Mad Russian': Reflections of a Cold War Wrestling Villain
From: Aaron Henkin
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Pro wrestler Nikolai Volkoff used to infuriate Cold War crowds with his singing of the Soviet National Anthem --- now he's a 55-year-old grandfathe...

Bought by WXDU and WMPG


  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 15:28
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: The Story of the Carmina Burana
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Its got to be one of the most recognizable pieces of music we know, spanning classical and pop cultures, yet not many people would recognize the Ca...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Third Unheard: Connecticut's Hip-Hop History
From: Derek John
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A long forgotten hip-hop scene is unearthed in the unlikeliest of places.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 29, 2005
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: The Jewish Genealogist
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Jonathan Groubert speaks with Dutchwoman Petje Schroeder a Jewish genealogist in the Polish city of Lodz.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:29
America's Women: Four Hundred Years Of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates And Heroines.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Columnist Gail Collins says that women in colonial times had nearly as much freedom and even more power than they do today.

Bought by KZYX, Stan, KMUN, KDLG, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 5
How Oceangoing Greenhouses Changed Global Commerce
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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How early, miniature greenhouses aboard ships helped shape global commerce

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Lost & Found Sound: Hour One
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Lost & Found Sound
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Lost & Found Sound is an eclectic gathering of stories both historical and entertaining, woven together with lyrical sonic transitions, surprising ...

Bought by WITF, Marfa Public Radio, KOSU, PRX Remix, WFUV and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2004
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 11
Vietnam Bones
From: Karen Brown
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A man tries to repatriate the bones of a Viet Cong soldier that his father took from the jungle, 35 years earlier.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Prairie Public, WFHB, WTJU, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2004
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 10
OCCANEECHI POW WOW
From: Keith Weston
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Sound rich piece from annual Native American Pow Wow

Bought by KLCC and KSUT


  • Added: Jul 23, 2004
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
100 YEARS OF THE COMPUTER ART SCENE
From: ACiD Productions
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The story so far of the computer artscene.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 49:21
A Small Southern Town: The Nation's Capital In Slave Times
From: Richard Paul
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Dramatization - largest mass-escape of slaves in Amer history - PROMOS ATTACHED

Bought by WJAB, WAMU, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2004
  • Length: 54:10
  • Purchases: 29

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