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Andrew Bacevich: America’s War for the Greater Middle East
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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How do you end an endless war? Thirty years ago Jimmy Carter declared the Persian Gulf a "vital" focus of American foreign policy. Since then, U.S....

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 58:36
  • Purchases: 1
Marquell, Sharon, and Jane
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Opportunity
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on Opportunity...then and now

  • Added: Dec 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
JFK, why he died and why it matters: James W. Douglass, JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Christian theologian and peace activist James W. Douglass tells us why he thinks JFK was assassinated. He says it was because Kennedy went up again...

Bought by KRVS


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 1
Marijuana - Generation to Generation
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Older, Middle and Younger generation guests discuss Marijuana...then, now and in the future

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Thelonious Monk
From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes
Caption: Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk was an original voice in the shaping the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
March 1: Tituba
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Tituba
Tituba (March 1, 1692): A 17th-century slave. She is one of the first to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials in 1692.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 2: Elizabeth Veale Macarthur
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Elizabeth Veale Macarthur
Elizabeth Veale Macarthur (March 2, 1795): Perhaps one of the greatest figures of Australia’s history. Her husband is known as “the father of Aust...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 3: Sarah Kemple Knight
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Sarah Kemple Knight
Sarah Kemple Knight (March 3, 1705): Since its publication in 1825, Knight's journal, composed as an account of her round trip journey from Boston ...

Bought by Prairie Public, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 4: Wetamo and Mary Rowlandson
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Mary Rowlandson
Wetamo and Mary Rowlandson (March 4, 1676): Mary, a Puritan minister's wife, was captured during the war in an Indian raid on Lancaster, Massachuse...

Bought by Radio Catskill, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 5: Abigail Stoneman
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Abigail Stoneman
Abigail Stoneman (March 5, 1770): Newport Rhode Island's first woman Inn owner and a remarkably ambitious and versatile business person for her day...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 6: Pauline Leon
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Pauline Leon
Pauline Leon (March 6, 1792): She addressed the National Assembly on behalf of Parisian women, suggesting that a female militia be formed so that ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 7: Marie Dorion
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Marie Dorion
Marie Dorion (March 7, 1814): the only female member of the Astor Expedition, also known as the Wilson Price Hunt Expedition. Dorion was a member ...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 8: Jeanne Baret
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret (March 8, 1769): a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Etoile in 1766–1769. Baret is re...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 9: Maria Ann Smith
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Maria Ann Smith
Maria Ann Smith (March 9, 1870): It’s called the “Granny Smith.” Maria noticed a seedling apple growing on her property. The seedling had developed...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 5
March 10: Elizabeth Coxen Gould
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Elizabeth Coxen Gould
Elizabeth Coxen Gould (March 10, 1832): An accomplished artist when she married John Gould in 1829, Elizabeth was the chief artist and lithographer...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 11: Sacagawea
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Sacagawea
Sacagawea (March 11, 1805): From the Lemhi Shoshone tribe, Sacagawea has become an important part of the Lewis and Clark legend in the American pub...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMXT, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 12: Jane Colden
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Jane Colden's drawing
Jane Colden (March 12, 1759): An American botanist described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country.” Contemporary scholarship maintain...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMXT, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 13: Martha Turnstall Smith
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: 1800s Whaling Ship
Martha Turnstall Smith (March 13, 1707): She used her inheritance as the widow of a wealthy landowner to establish a successful whaling business. S...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 14: Esther Abrahams Johnston
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Vicki Leon
Esther Abrahams Johnston (March 14, 1802): Abrahams was tried in London in 1786 for stealing lace valued at 50 shillings. Esther was found guilty o...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 15: Hannah Duston
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Hannah Duston
Hannah Duston (March 15, 1697): A 40-year-old colonial Massachusetts Puritan mother of 12 who was taken captive by Native American’s with her newbo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 16: Mercy Short
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Mary Short
Mercy Short (March 16, 1693): This 15-year-old, orphaned servant girl, is one of the most puzzling and intriguing figures to emerge from the witch...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 5
March 17: Sally Hemings
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Sally Hemings
Sally Hemings (March 17, 1826): Born in Virginia around 1773, Sally Hemings was a slave owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. After his wife's...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
March 28: Grace Sherwood
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Grace Sherwood
Grace Sherwood (March 28, 1705): She was tried and convicted of witchcraft in the Princess Anne County court of the U.S. state of Virginia in 1705...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 18: Catalina de Erauso
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Catalina de Erauso
Catalina de Erauso (March 18, 1600): After leaving nun’s convent, Catalina dressed as a man, and left on a long journey from San Sebastian to Vall...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3