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Caption: Angela Glover Blackwell, Credit: Alex Akamine
In this time of radical upheaval and change, fulfilling the promise of a “more perfect union” in the United States means building a multi-racial de...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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How did a 17th-century princess challenge Descartes' mind-body dualism?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by KHEN-LP, WGBH Radio Boston, KECG, RadioStPete Florida, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KXCV and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by WLPR , WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio, WYPR, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 8
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No matter how they served or where or when, for veterans, returning to civilian life is a big transition.

Bought by WTJU, WCPN, KICI Iowa City, WLPR , KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 16
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Music for television shows has often been created or recorded by jazz musicians, including Oliver Nelson, Neal Hefti, Shelly Manne, Vince Guaraldi,...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
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If the mind and body are distinct substances, how could they ever interact?

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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This week, we sample music of Thanksgiving in early America. From Spanish settlers in Florida to Moravians in North Carolina to the father of Ameri...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
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This week on Harmonia, come along on a musical pub crawl. We’ll hear from hard-partying musicians of the past and enjoy tunes about beer, tavern li...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Wouldn’t it be great if our society were based on sound logical principles instead of outdated superstition?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Wouldn’t it be great if our society were based on sound logical principles instead of outdated superstition?

  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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In the 1980s a new generation of women jazz musicians emerged who expanded their predecessors' push against the patriarchal boundaries of the jazz ...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:02
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For thousands of years, the American buffalo evolved alongside Indigenous people who relied on them for food and shelter, and, in exchange for kill...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KGUA, WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
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For thousands of years, the American buffalo evolved alongside Indigenous people who relied on them for food and shelter, and, in exchange for kill...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
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A snake slithers at your feet. A slimy frog leaps from a lily pad onto your head, and a fantastical serpent squiggles past — so begins a creepy wee...

Bought by KTXK and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Join us as we sample music of Thanksgiving in early America. From Spanish settlers in Florida to Moravians in North Carolina to the father of Ameri...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and WVIA


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Indianapolis' Indiana Avenue neighborhood produced several of the most influential jazz artists to appear on the post-World War II jazz scene, incl...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
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This interview with Dr. Steven H. Miles was recorded in mid July 2006. The silence of doctors, nurses and medics in cases of torture and physical ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Henrietta Lacks, Credit: Courtesy: Lacks family & Estate
David Kattenburg speaks about Henrietta Lacks and medical racism in America with Dorothy Roberts. Roberts is Professor of Law and Sociology at the ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 34:56
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Old time music is a way of communication. A way to welcome rain after a drought or shoo a cold.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KXCV, WFHB, KIYU-FM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Old time music is a way of communication. A way to welcome rain after a drought or shoo a cold.

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Old time music is a way of communication. A way to welcome rain after a drought or shoo a cold.

Bought by WTJU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KEDT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Old time music is a way of communication. A way to welcome rain after a drought or shoo a cold.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Dahkota Brown, Chiitaanibah Johnson, Jayden Lim, and Naelyn Pike, Credit: Bioneers
Native American students face racism throughout their education, from racist mascots to the historical erasure of the American genocide from textbo...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30