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Take Me Out to the Ballgame (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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“Take Me Out To The Ball Game” is the most popular song in American sports, but did you know that the woman who inspired its creation was a feminis...

Bought by WCNY, WCPN, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 12
Take Me Out to the Ballgame (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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“Take Me Out To The Ball Game” is the most popular song in American sports, but did you know that the woman who inspired its creation was a feminis...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WYAP, KMUN, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Take Me Out to the Ballgame (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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“Take Me Out To The Ball Game” is the most popular song in American sports, but did you know that the woman who inspired its creation was a feminis...

Bought by WCPN, WNED Buffalo, WNMU-FM, Troy Public Radio, KXCV and more


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 6
Combat and Incarceration, Part Three
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week’s episode ends our series of conversations with Valrice “Whop” Cooper. Whop is the legendary cornerman who learned his craft training pri...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Combat and Incarceration, Part Two
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week continues our set of conversations with Valrice “Whop” Cooper, the legendary cornerman who learned his craft training prisoners in the Lo...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Combat and Incarceration, Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week starts our series of conversations with Valrice “Whop” Cooper, the legendary cornerman who learned his craft training prisoners in the Lo...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
399: Is Anger A Useful Emotion? / 400: Our Invisible Universe, 8/3/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Is Anger A Useful Emotion?" - What if being angry made you feel better? We'll see red this hour. HOUR TWO: "Our Invisible Universe" - ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
RDD: Great Black Swamp Frogs
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We're headed to the ball game on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, however this team may look a lil different than your traditional baseball...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 06:02
National Writers Series: Keith Gave
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Keith Gave, author of "The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage" talks with Tim Rappleye.

Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Athlete as Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are sports a way to cultivate virtues like loyalty, collaboration, and discipline, or to indulge feelings of rivalry, tribalism, and obsession?

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Kay Johnston Massar and Cy Massar
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Kay Johnston Massar tells her husband, Cy Massar, about being the first girl to play Little League baseball.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 2
180303 Emile Griffith, Music From Boston and Music About The Back Door
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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I always equated boxing with "manhood" until the boxer Emile Griffith proved that decency is the path to "manhood." Emile had a more dramatic stor...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:49:23
Reel Discovery: I, Tonya
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin takes to the ice with Margot Robbie in I, Tonya.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Voices From The Past Cemetery Walk 2017
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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This week on Culture Clique, we take you on a tour of the history of sports in Winona with the Voices From The Past Cemetery Walk. This years theme...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 23:35
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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How bicycles captivated America - A conversation with an animator behind The Simpsons and Spongebob Squarepants - The story of the disappearing lak...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Gear Daddies and the Zamboni
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Music Notes
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Gear Daddies are a band formed in Austin, Minnesota that rose to popularity in the late 80s. Producer Daniel Zamzow explains how a moment of inspir...

Bought by WTIP, KQAL, KFAI Minneapolis, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jul 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 4
Charles Fountain, author of "The Betrayal"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Charles Fountain, author of "The Betrayal: the 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball."

  • Added: Jun 09, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
MN Wild team curator talks hockey history
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dave TerSteeg grabbed the chance to talk all things hockey history with Roger Godin, team curator for the Minnesota Wild. Before that, Roger...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 20:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Working Tapes: Jockey
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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When he was first interviewed by Studs Terkel in 1971, jockey Eddie Arroyo had been racing for 6 years. He said it was the hardest and most dangero...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 3
The Golden Age of Black Baseball (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Before Jackie Robinson, there were the Negro Leagues -- home to some of the greatest untold stories in baseball.

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
Manipuri Polo
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Manipur’s court records talk about a game back in the 1st century AD and what’s different about polo in Manipur is that this not just a game for po...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Season 1 Ep. 5: Stake Your Claim
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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There used to be a time when you could strike out into the vast unexplored wilderness and stake your claim – but not anymore. Today, the story of ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:27
Pedal Power (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In his book City Cycling, Ralph Buehler emphasizes that bicycling shouldn’t be limited to those who are trained, fit, and daring enough to battle ...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRDP, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 8
WTF is TFC?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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The myths and legend surrounding AMC's oldest trail crew, the TFC, aka Trail F*cking Crew.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 25:00
45: Dr. Amanda Foreman "The Ascent of Woman" & Annie Brown - The Decline of Women Coaches
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Amanda Foreman
Award-winning historian Dr. Amanda Foreman argues that a history that pushes women to the margins is an untruth that must be challenged. To this en...

Bought by KKRN, KSJD, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4