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Nearly a quarter of Israel’s population gathered to watch the 20th anniversary military parade in a newly unified Jerusalem. We’re taken back to th...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 11:21
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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
Caption: Gerard Emanuel, Credit: DaraMonifah Cooper
March 31, 2017 marks the centennial of the transfer of three Caribbean islands from Denmark to the United States. But are Virgin Islanders US Citi...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:59
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Rabin is a symbol. An icon. But in Israel of 2015, twenty years after the Prime Minister's murder, it isn't so simple to understand what the reall...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:05:56
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From the trading room floors to the Milongas of Buenos Aires, how 9/11 and the days that followed took one man on a path of self-discovery.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2015
  • Length: 26:15
Caption: John Adams presented to King George III, in 1785, as first American ambassador to the English court. Wood engraving, 19th century., Credit: The Granger Collection, New York.
From BackStory's episode on reconciliation in American history. Brian Balogh speaks with Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, and...

Bought by KUAF Public Radio, KPIK-LP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Nelson Mandela
The moment Nelson Mandela really became Nelson Mandela was on April 20th, 1964 - fifty years ago. It happened when he stood up in a stuffy South Af...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 17:17
  • Purchases: 1
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 24:24
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:59
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An exploration of what we remember and why.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:02
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When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 a country that had been divided was reunited. But after the physical wall was torn down, Germany was still l...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
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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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An historic hotel in Seattle has a secret hidden in it's basement.

Bought by Remix Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 2