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Bombs drop at Brookings, Oregon
From: Ron Johnson
Series: Because It Matters
Caption: Nobuo Fujita, who piloted the plane that bombed Brookings, donating his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city of Brookings
The 9-11 attacks weren’t the first time that America had been bombed. Listen to what happened at Brookings, Oregon on a Wednesday morning in Septem...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 10:26
Silent and Unseen: Secret Agent in the Warsaw Uprising
From: Dave McGuire
Caption: Stefan Baluk during WWII, Credit: Stefan Baluk
A 97 year-old veteran of the Warsaw Uprising recounts parachuting into occupied Poland and fighting in a last-ditch attempt to re-take his home fro...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:19
  • Purchases: 2
Mexico '68: A Movement, A Massacre and the 40-Yr Search for the Truth
From: Radio Diaries
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In the summer of 1968, students in Mexico began to challenge the country's authoritarian government. But the movement was short-lived, lasting less...

Bought by KVSC, Marfa Public Radio, KUT, KCRW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 22:25
  • Purchases: 8

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