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Civics 101: The History of Labor Policy
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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The modern day workplace is the product of a centuries-long battle for fair wages, reasonable hours and safe conditions. Civics 101 tells the story...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUT, WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 5
SPECIAL ISeeU EPISODE: Vietnamese Fishermen v. the KKK
From: I See U with Eddie Robinson
Series: I SEE U with Eddie Robinson Specials
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An intriguing look at the 1981 court case that brought justice to Vietnamese fishermen in East Texas who were terrorized by the Ku Klux Klan

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 1
Untold: Stories of a World War II Liberator
From: Dennis Parker
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There are historians within us all. The first-hand accounts in "Untold: Stories of a World War II Liberator" - written by Deborah Levine and direc...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:50
Police De-escalation / Quakers in Costa Rica
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We explore peacemaking strategies for law enforcement officers who are trying to respond to persistent calls from citizens to address repeated high...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Tony Urbano (Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, Dusty’s Treehouse) – Under The Puppet #51
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Under The Puppet
Caption: Tony Urbano, Credit: Tony Urbano
Tony Urbano is a puppeteer who was trained by and worked with master puppeteers such as Ralph Chessé and Bil and Cora Baird. Tony turned down a job...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 01:37:03
In 2 The Music: BB King
From: KVSC
Series: In2TheMusic
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In this episode of In 2 The Music, Al Neff gets in 2 BB King. This program is funded in part by a Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Legacy Grant.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 104: Witness
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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We speak to a man who has given thousands of people new names, told them where they would live, and warned them they could never go back home.

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of the Minnesota Department of Transportation's First Ever Open House in St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Minnesota Department o...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 26:29
Episode 8: The Deep Origin
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Cacao was born in a bean-shaped area in the upper Amazon and is believed to have been grown and used—first, as a drink—in countries that now encomp...

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 24:01
Emily Graves Webb - Laurie Akin
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Emily Graves Webb
Emily Graves Webb as written and performed by Laurie Akin.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 11:40
John Webb - Richard Caldwell
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: John Webb
John Webb as written and presented by Richard Caldwell

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 08:30
Reflections on Charmstrings
From: Mark Head
Caption: Prince Charming Arrives with the 108th Button, Credit: Edward L. Ott 1896 sketch, with Illustrator Overlay
Mary Leonardson was a button fanatic traveling around the world roughly between the 1920s to the 1950s meeting up with various button clubs to coll...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 12:24
Great Broadway Choral Numbers
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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Many Broadway composers loved the challenge of writing the big choral number. Some were better at it than others. Some fine examples in this progra...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KTXK, WVTF, and WRR


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 4
Yip Harburg
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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Yip Harburg is remembered mostly for his lyrics to Harold Arlen's music in "The Wizard of Oz". But lets not forget "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" ...

Bought by KMUW, KUPR low power FM, WVTF, and WRR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
Your Brain on Stories: part one
From: Battery Radio
Series: Your Brain on Stories
Caption: Cave art in Lascaux, France
Your Brain on Stories examines how storytelling could have given early humans a critical evolutionary advantage. Is homo sapiens really homo fictus...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 52:01
  • Purchases: 2
Your Brain on Stories: part two
From: Battery Radio
Series: Your Brain on Stories
Caption: Cave art in Lascaux, France
Your Brain on Stories examines how storytelling could have given early humans a critical evolutionary advantage. Is homo sapiens really homo fictus...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
Chicago's Memory
From: Carolina Wheat
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A walking tour of Chicago's historical disasters

  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 09:47
Guitar Legends: Joe Pass
From: Matthew Cochran
Series: Goes2Eleven
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Goes2Eleven starts its run with a tribute to the jazz giant Joe Pass (1929-1994). We take a look at the guitarist’s early years in Johnstown, PA, h...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:06
The Guardians of History
From: Mary Samouelian
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The Guardians of History features seven archivists working at Duke University’s Rubenstein Library. It explores why we archivists do what we do. It...

Bought by KLCC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 3
COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: A Bohemian in Amsterdam
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Profile and legacy of 17th century Czech Philosopher, theologian, educationist, religious leader and peace advocate Jan Amos Comenius during his 14...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 20, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Edward Barrett Rings the Chapel Bell
From: Jackson Braider
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Edward Barrett rings the bell at King's Chapel, Boston, at 10:45 on Sunday mornings.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:15
A Small Southern Town: The Nation's Capital In Slave Times
From: Richard Paul
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Dramatization - largest mass-escape of slaves in Amer history - PROMOS ATTACHED

Bought by WJAB, WAMU, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, WRPI and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2004
  • Length: 54:10
  • Purchases: 29