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The rise of big bands in the 1930s and 40s played a key role in the popularization of jazz, and provided a soundtrack for Americans navigating a ch...
- Added: May 06, 2024
- Length: 59:02
The story of how Ed Dwight went from being an Air Force captain to almost becoming the first Black astronaut in the world.
- Added: May 19, 2023
- Length: 16:36
"Gentlemen!" yelled their frontier guide, Captain Jefferson Hunt, "All I have to say is that if you take that route, you will all be landed in Hell...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jan 06, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
India celebrates 75 years of Independence from Britain in a new exhibit called March to Freedom.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 16, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 19, 2022
- Length: 59:28
- Purchases: 1
Today on Culture Clique we went to the Winona County History Center to hear the 22nd annual voices from the past cemetery walk. They talked all abo...
- Added: Mar 30, 2022
- Length: 38:58
Today on Culture Clique we went to the Winona County History Center to hear the 22nd annual voices from the past cemetery walk. They talked all abo...
- Added: Mar 30, 2022
- Length: 30:24
In tribute to the Druids who were canceled by Saint Patrick, we will tell some stories. Ghost stories. From those ancient Celtic lands that gave us...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Mar 17, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
It's FM 91's 45th birthday! WGTE FM first broadcast aired May 2, 1976 and since then has continued to deliver the highest quality arts, entertainme...
- Added: May 03, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Fifty years ago on May 21, 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young headed into a studio to record "Ohio" - the ultimate protest song, capturing the ho...
- Added: May 01, 2020
- Length: 50:05
Please join us for a rare journey through poetry and conversation with the Monacan Nation of Virginia regarding first contact, the birth of our nat...
Bought by WCPN, KWIS 88.3 FM, KWMR, WRNC-LP, WTIP and more
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 59:17
- Purchases: 8
30 years ago, 1989 was a historic year, that changed Europe. The highlight was the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th, 1989 This three part se...
- Added: Oct 21, 2019
- Length: 21:05
- Added: Jun 02, 2019
- Length: :51
- Purchases: 1
The Fall of Saigon marked the bitter end of the American War in Vietnam and the loss of a homeland for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. ...
Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, KMUN and more
- Added: Apr 11, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 9
Commemorate the 100th anniversary of US involvement in World War I by accompanying Walter Price and the 314th Engineers on their tour of duty.
- Added: Jun 03, 2017
- Length: 08:19
The entire 1951 movie is narrated -- and commented on -- in this sound-rich radio show...
- Added: Feb 16, 2017
- Length: 02:36:58
As President Trump moves to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., we look at two moments where we found ourselves at a similar crossroads. First, th...
- Added: Feb 11, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...
- Added: Sep 16, 2016
- Length: 02:25:25
In Northern France on July 14th, 1916, a cavalry unit from Hyderabad made what most consider to be the final cavalry charge of World War I before t...
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 37:31
It’s been 50 years since the University of Texas Tower shooting – long considered the first modern mass shooting of its kind. On Aug. 1, 1966, a sn...
Bought by WVTF, KUER, Prairie Public, WBEZ, KUOW and more
- Added: Jul 26, 2016
- Length: 53:49
- Purchases: 13
On this episode of The Live Feed we bring you The Winona Municipal Band and its 2016 season. You will hear selections such as Ballad and Dance from...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 50:47
Grant Frashier attends the Indigenous People's Day celebration and mini-powwow in Grand Rapids, MN. October 12, 2015.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 06:55
- Purchases: 1
Anita Monga talks rediscovered gems, making history visible, and commemorating anniversaries.
- Added: May 28, 2015
- Length: 19:38
In the 1960s, it took almost three weeks to cross the sea from America to Vietnam. Three weeks for young men in crowded cabins, with salt water sho...
Bought by WHFR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WJCT, KYUK, KFAI Minneapolis and more
- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 26:24
- Purchases: 10
25 years ago, university students in Burma sparked a countrywide uprising. They called for a nationwide strike on 8/8/88, a date they chose for its...
Bought by PRX Remix and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Aug 09, 2013
- Length: 13:13
- Purchases: 2
