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This I Believe - Kenneth Feinberg
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Lawyer Kenneth Feinberg believes people's lives should be valued equally, not based on their wealth.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WEZU, and WEZU


  • Added: May 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
William Penn Tried her for Witchcraft
From: The humble Farmer
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Margareta Matsson was the only person ever tried for witchcraft in Pennsylvania.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 01:38
KERA Commentary: Public Sense of Identity
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How much our place of origin determines our sense of identity

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
California Wildfires; A Perspective
From: Michael Faulkner
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A provocative essay contemplating rebuilding after the Calif. wildfires

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Good Soldiers All
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary about the supporting roles played by me and my teen and pre-teen buddies on the World War II Home Front.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
The Legacy of Torture
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In 1971, a San Francisco police officer was killed. Black Panther members were arrested and tortured, then charges were dismissed. In 2007 the case...

Bought by KUT-HD and KMUN


  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Frank Miller
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Comic book artist Frank Miller believes patriotism is a value that?s critical to our national security.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
Holocaustic Substance
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A move to deny Holocaust deniers.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:58
CL 2006 Taylor Branch "Miracles and myths from the King era."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Historian and Martin Luther King biographer Taylor Branch talks about the civil rights movement.

Bought by WDSE, WSKG, WRPI, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KSJD


  • Added: Jan 03, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
First Day in America; Madeline Kunin and Edgar May
From: Vermont Public
Series: VPR Presents StoryCorps in Vermont
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Edgar May speaks with his sister Madeline Kunin about their first day in America.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 04:38
This I Believe - Alfred Landon
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Alfred Landon speaks about democracy and humanity

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Harry Truman
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Harry Truman speaks about democracy and faith.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KRPS, 'The Sea', KUAF Public Radio, KUER and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 13
This I Believe - Sir Muhammad Kahn
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Sir Muhammad Kahn speaks about faith and religion.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Oscar Hammerstein II
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Oscar Hammerstein II speaks about imperfection

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WKYU, and KBYI


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - William O. Douglas
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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William O. Douglas speaks about faith and freedom.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WKYU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Pearl S. Buck
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Pearl S. Buck speaks about faith and goodness.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Dr. Charles Johnson
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Dr. Charles Johnson speaks about race, equality and religion.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and KCUR


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Eleanor Roosevelt
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Eleanor Roosevelt speaks about responsibility.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WKYU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 5
This I Believe - Helen Keller
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Helen Keller speaks about faith.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KUER, KICI Iowa City, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Edward Murrow
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Murrow talks about values in the media and introduces the concept of the show.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WPTC, WKYU, KUOW, WUAL and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 7
This I Believe - Studs Terkel
From: This I Believe
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Acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel believes when it comes to action, there is strength in numbers.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 7
This I Believe - Harold Koh
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh learned his belief in freedom from his father, an immigrant from Korea.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
A Map of The Sea
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An award-winning documentary on the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery and its resounding effects on the local community.

Bought by HowSound, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland and more


  • Added: May 04, 2006
  • Length: 14:57
  • Purchases: 8
Sectional Strangeness
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Peculiarities of United States land surveying.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Perpetual War, Perpetual Power
From: Craig Barnes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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