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John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 28:12
Special fundraising episode for fall 2019 (or anytime really, it's not season or year specific).
Bought by KUCO, WNMU-FM, and Public Radio East
- Added: Sep 13, 2019
- Length: 55:53
- Purchases: 3
At the age of 42, Bridget Mason won a court case in California that freed her and her daughters from slavery. She went on to become a California re...
- Added: Sep 11, 2019
- Length: 05:14
Georgia Tann of Memphis, Tennessee bragged that she had a rigorous selection process that matched the perfect child with the perfect home.
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 36:44
Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with a look back at previous holders of the title in Kansas. Part one of this public reading feat...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Sep 04, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Aug 18, 2019
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 13
- Added: Aug 06, 2019
- Length: 21:22
- Purchases: 3
The glue that slows us down and holds us together.
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 06, 2019
- Length: 15:34
- Purchases: 3
What are your employment rights and where did they come from?
- Added: Aug 02, 2019
- Length: 33:37
- Purchases: 2
In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with SCSU Ethic Studies Pro...
- Added: Jun 24, 2019
- Length: 27:49
America is a country of immigrants. Most people know that Spanish is the most widely spoken language in the US besides English, but there’s more th...
- Added: Jun 18, 2019
- Length: 42:29
Alexei Romanoff tells his husband, David Farah, about a mentor who taught him to be proud of who he was.
- Added: Jun 17, 2019
- Length: 03:12
Journalist and director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit Rochelle Riley interviews author Marie Benedict.
Bought by WKAR
- Added: Jun 15, 2019
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 1
Stories of family secrets that bring us together, and family secrets that tear us apart. One woman seeks to find the truth about her grandfather’s ...
- Added: May 22, 2019
- Length: 53:57
Born in 1832, Mary Fields was the first African-American female Star Route mail carrier in the United States. Wearing two guns that she sometimes b...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Apr 30, 2019
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 1
One more example of how farmers MacGyver everything. No phone lines? Use the fence.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Apr 04, 2019
- Length: 03:42
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 10, 2019
- Length: 03:05
- Purchases: 1
Clyde Bellecourt talks about his experiences with AIM, native american culture and heritage.
- Added: Dec 18, 2018
- Length: 04:20
New economic research reveals how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth in America, even when they do everything right.
- Added: Oct 09, 2018
- Length: 03:08
Spring is arriving early to North American wildlife refuges because of climate change.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, KENW, WTIP and more
- Added: Sep 14, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 6
This episode picks up where Episode 91 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order.
The early 20th century’s biggest murder trial, and a part...
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 21:05
The story behind the face of New York’s Gilded Age, Evelyn Nesbit.
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 27:24
A town square offers a trove of archaeological discoveries.
- Added: Jun 30, 2018
- Length: 01:00
Did someone say "artists' sets"?
Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKWE Niijii Radio, KWMR, KEOS and more
- Added: Jun 25, 2018
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 10
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
Ms. Booth talks to students about her aviation-filled family history.
- Added: Jun 11, 2018
- Length: 05:39
