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Alzheimer's disease used to be a rare diagnosis. But today, more than 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's and this number is projecte...
- Added: Jan 14, 2022
- Length: 45:47
WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR is a series of free public programs featuring stories about the people, places and history of our lower Russian River communi...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Jan 05, 2022
- Length: 58:53
- Purchases: 1
It’s the busiest time of the year at Ingebretson’s, a Scandanavian market and gift shop on Lake Street in Minneapolis. As Ingebretson’s marks its 1...
Bought by MPR News Stations
- Added: Dec 11, 2021
- Length: 07:39
- Purchases: 1
Roy Clark, an American Country music singer and musician, best known for hosting "Hee Haw", a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 ...
- Added: Oct 06, 2021
- Length: 59:00
Cherie inherits a stack of 33 letters, written by her grandfather, who died during the Korean War, and who Cherie’s family never talked about. Befo...
- Added: Sep 24, 2021
- Length: 19:47
Today’s episode begins with rock & roll and ends with royalty. When bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were becoming popular, they weren...
- Added: Sep 10, 2021
- Length: 49:00
Jerry Amiot of the Polk County Historical Society shares the exciting event schedule of Pioneer Day in Crookston, MN - to include live music, a bla...
- Added: Sep 07, 2021
- Length: 15:13
This week on the show: “What's the Alternative?” African Women leaders -
Women across Africa shape protest movements and stand up for their righ...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Sep 03, 2021
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
In August 1934, Ann Cooper Hewitt was having lunch with her mother when she suddenly felt pain in her abdomen. When she went to the doctor, he told...
- Added: Aug 13, 2021
- Length: 44:17
Malinda Edwards talks to her sister Mildred Betts about the murder of her father, Willie Edwards Jr. at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan in 1957.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Aug 10, 2021
- Length: 03:17
- Purchases: 1
Najat Hamza reflects on her experience resettling in the US and her longing for the home she left behind.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Apr 20, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
Topic 1 - Conceptualizing Death to Children; Topic 2 - Oral Histories and the Military; Topic 3 - The History and Meaning of Memorial Day
Bought by KTXK and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Apr 20, 2021
- Length: 54:52
- Purchases: 2
Memorial Day can be filled with backyard barbeques and summer fun, but it can also be filled with remembrances that bring us closer to the ones we ...
Bought by KRCB 104.9, KRWG, KCNP, KRVS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Apr 19, 2021
- Length: 54:58
- Purchases: 16
HOUR ONE: "Living With Loneliness" - In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern...
- Added: Apr 09, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
What's in a name? We reflect on where we belong and what it means to be American, especially in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes.
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 52:02
In the late 1930’s, dancer Dorothy Toy debuted on Broadway with her partner Paul Wing. It capped years of hard work on the Vaudeville circuit and l...
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 2
Older, middle and younger guests discuss what Fathers have meant to their generation.
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 23:45
This generational discussion studies the nature of motherhood as the decades have passed.
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 24:23
Toraigh is an Irish Gaelic word that means "seek" or "search." It's also the title of this week's Rough Draft Diaries as we meet a local band of t...
- Added: Mar 15, 2021
- Length: 06:07
Topic 1 - Washington's Legacy; Topic 2 - Morning Buzz - Lessons from the Founding Fathers; Topic 3 - Talking to Kids about Politics
Bought by KTXK
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 52:48
- Purchases: 1
Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 29:23
Time now for StoryCorps,
As the end of year approaches, we’re taking time to remember those we’ve lost.
This week, we honor the late Justice Ruth...
Bought by Angelica Community Radio and WYAP
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 2
In 1989, Helen Ackley decided to sell her old Victorian house in Nyack, New York. It didn’t go as planned. The house became the center of a case th...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 30:05
This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're meeting with Stephen Rothschild, the executive director of The Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, to c...
- Added: Dec 07, 2020
- Length: 06:18
Richard reflects on the connection between his life’s work and that of his daughter Erika, who is leading the Biden/Harris transition team for the ...
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 10:30
