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  • Added: Feb 10, 2006
  • Length: 03:47
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A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.

Bought by WJAB, KCUR, WNCU, and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
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Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman and Joshuah Bearman on Presidents' Day, along with a fifteen-piece marching band and a new song about all forty-three pr...

Bought by KWIT, Nevada Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 13

  • Added: Dec 28, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
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JUSTICE DELAYED & THE BLACKFOOT TRIBE We talk with Elouise Cobell, Executive Director of Native America Community Development Fund, who filed a ...

Bought by KSUT and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 2
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A look back at some of our favorite guests and segments including; Operation Truth's Paul Riekoff, historian and activist, Howard Zinn, Green Acti...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 27:58
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Exploring the enduring "attraction" of war

Bought by WCPN, KPFT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 3
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Alona on this famous politician and statesman

  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 02:45
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Famed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin explores the political genius of “Honest Abe”.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, MPR News Stations, KMXT, KMUZ, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 10
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Best selling author James Loewen discusses his new book Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 05:22
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The legacy of the Nuremberg Trials – the first real experiment in International Criminal Law.

Bought by WBEZ, WOSU, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 talks about the Valerie Plame-CIA affair

  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:43
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In honor of the Six Gallery reading, this show looks at the Beat Generation.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2005
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 4
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A history of redevelopment in Oakland, California.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 16:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Theologian Paul Tillich talks about the ultimate danger of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 2
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Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk justifies the American build-up of arms. (1961)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
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Historian Howard Zinn suggests how civil disobedience effects the public consciousness. (1974)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
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Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt gives voice to her concern about the governments in possession of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Second in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Am...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
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Third in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Ame...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
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Career ambassador Richard Murphy talks about the deterioration of U.S./Arab relations.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
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One hundred years of mob rule in Youngstown, Ohio.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
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A review of famed Communist-chaser Senator Joseph McCarthy's legacy a half-century past his condemnation by Congress.

Bought by Listenwise, KTNA, and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3