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Southwest American History
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the three hundred eighty third anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt on August 10th, 2023 and we cover the origin...

Bought by WSMC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Southwest American History, 8/7/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the three hundred eighty third anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt on August 10th, 2023 and we cover the origin...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
20230501: World War II, 5/1/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
World War II
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

Bought by KECG, KRSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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A documentary about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre not only explains the full story of the shameful attack on the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa tha...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:23
Episode 6: Nationalization
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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In 1864, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo making the American Southwest a United States territory where the land would soon be crisscrossed with tra...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 17:21
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5: Colonization
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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Within two decades, the Spanish settlers returned to the Rio Grande Valley, laying claim to the fertile valleys to build haciendas, churches and to...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 19:43
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4: Pueblo Revolt
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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The new neighbors had so many demands and harsh punishments, the pueblo peoples had enough and organized a revolt, sending the priests and other Eu...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 19:47
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: Strangers Arrive
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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In July of 1540, the Ashiwi people watched as a group of armed strangers – who turned out to be Europeans – came into the desert Southwest, on hors...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: Settling Down
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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For over 10,000 years, communities grew in the desert, with elaborate roads and structures that remain today. The complexity of Chaco Canyon’s arch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: Footprints
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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We begin 23,000 years ago at what is today called White Sands National Park with footprints discovered in the sands that tell a story of a mom, her...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 2
Imagining A Safety Net
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
In this first episode of American Compassion, we explore what life was like in America without a safety net. Join executive producer Rebecca McInro...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Unlocking Family History & Frida Kahlo
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: Mrs. Antillon's 2nd Grade Historians, Credit: Katie Stone
We learn about using music to pull out family stories from our elders, and 2nd graders teach us about the legendary painter, Frida Kahlo

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Job Talk Episode 58
From: Paul Russell
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
A check-in with one of our most popular interviews, Jeff Clarke. Historian, actor and host of Public Broadcasting’s Saving Grace. Learn how he turn...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2018
  • Length: 18:15
Boilermaker Classics
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Purdue Boilermakers, Credit: Purdue
We’ll hear music about trains, and learn some little known facts and myths about Purdue on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Hour 13: Count Basie - Dueling Tenors and the Great American Rhythm Section
From: WTJU
Series: Jazz at 100
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In the eleventh hour of Jazz at 100, we followed Count Basie through the Benny Moten Band in Kansas City and heard his first recordings as a leader...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KENW, RadioStPete Florida, WCNY, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 22
The Father of the Man In America
From: Richard Paul - with Folger Library
Series: Shakespeare in American Life with Sam Waterston
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Shakespeare in American Civic Life and Education

Bought by WCPN, WSKG, KCPW Salt Lake City, WHYY, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 9
Into the Music of Bob Dylan (3 Hours)
From: Hwy. 61 Productions
Series: Into the Music
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A 3-part chronological profile of Dylan's career from the early 1960's until his most recent work. Each part has a :60 intro and 2 segments of app...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:49:42
  • Purchases: 1
Independent Minds: John Adams (news-friendly without dates)
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
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One hour doc. focusing on the life of America's second president

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Independent Minds: John Adams
From: Murray Street Productions
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One hour doc. focusing on the life of America's second president

Bought by KUOW, Marfa Public Radio, KUER, WSKG, and WPSU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 5
What's the Word? City of Ladies
From: Modern Language Association
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In 1405 Christine de Pisan wrote a landmark book called _The Book of the City of Ladies _in response to works that attacked and slandered women.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 7
Leotard
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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Jules Leotard is the eponym of the costume worn by dancers, gymnasts and acrobats.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Full Monty
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The Full Monty means "the entire amount, the whole enchilada." Why?

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Dressed to the Nines
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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"Dressed to the nines," like so many English idioms, is a mysterious expression.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
RN Documentary: Adams in Amsterdam Part 1 – A Poet in Your Pocket
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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First in series of three programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 29:30