PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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To mark the passing of Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers, the GroundTruth Project presents a special one hour program that traces the path o...
Bought by Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, WORT, KOSU and more
- Added: Jun 16, 2023
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 37
On this episode, Devin and Lauren tell the recently declassified story of a covert radio station built by the FBI on Long Island to deceive the Naz...
- Added: Jun 06, 2023
- Length: 30:30
In 1978, Tim Jenkin was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating anti-apartheid material, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. ...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 29:22
Rodney Ford was 9 years old when he was forced to evacuate his home. What happened next was broadcast live on television.
This piece was produced ...
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
This week, in her first appearance since fleeing Brazil, women’s rights advocate Debora Diniz joins fellow activists and philanthropists to discuss...
Bought by KMUN, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Dec 04, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
Among other subjects, two historic American battles are examined...
- Added: Aug 11, 2017
- Length: 02:17:14
In 1928, Huey P. Long became the youngest Governor in Louisiana’s history. He bragged that he bought lawmakers like “sacks of potatoes, shuffled ‘e...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 23, 2017
- Length: 26:14
- Purchases: 1
Which Roosevelt, you might ask? Find out as author Michael Wolraich reads from his bracing new book. Good cocktail hour fodder. Just a sample readi...
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 01:40
Author Charles Spencer reads again from his gripping book (a best seller in England), "Killers of The King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I....
- Added: Feb 11, 2015
- Length: 01:40
Soft spoken Thai chef, Somchai Sirweawneter, went from the frying pan to the fire when he answered a call from the American Embassy at the height o...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
From: KALW
San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier has lived quite an eventful life. But arguably the most remarkable event happened during her time spent as a ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2011
- Length: 07:43
How one Congressman's bald-faced bluff saved Reagan National from permanent closure.
- Added: Sep 09, 2010
- Length: 06:07
It was 20 years ago this month the Berlin Wall finally fell. But I still recall the incredibly intense atmosphere I witnessed in the days just afte...
- Added: Nov 01, 2009
- Length: 03:50
The true, timeless story of the ever-shifting lines between governance and oppresion, political action and violence.
Bought by PRX to iTunes, WAMU, and Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Feb 26, 2008
- Length: 59:09
- Purchases: 3