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Bob Kustra Interviews Brendan Koerner about his book "The Skies Belong To Us"

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jan 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Nisswa, MN Historian Dick Carlson shares morsels of Nisswa history in this segment of Let's Visit.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2019
  • Length: 11:25
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After a trip to Prague, Steve Downing shares his thoughts and comparisons on the Old World versus the New World.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 04:36
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When there’s trouble on the edge of civilization—where the wilderness meets what mankind makes—well, here we encounter fierce things both natural a...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—give reason to be out on cool autumn nights, celebrating rituals.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode picks up where Episode 100 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. When Martin McNally met another plane hijacker in prison...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 22:48
  • Purchases: 1
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On the afternoon of June 23rd, 1972, Martin McNally walked into the St. Louis airport with a wig, a sawed-off rifle, and a plan.

Bought by ABC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 31:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Throat singers Nina Segalowitz and Taqralik Partridge, Credit: Sivertson Gallery
Some of the featured guests at the 2018 Sivertson Gallery Inuit Premiere included throat singers Nina Segalowitz and Taqralik Partridge, artist and...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 24:47
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Strange and unusual tales from Death Valley, where the Mojave meets the Great Basin and mysterious subterranean cities of gold were supposedly foun...

Bought by KFCF FM and KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pea Island marker., Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
North Carolina’s Outer Banks offers everything from open-sea beaches, theatre, wildlife preserves and popular shipwreck diving sites to down home c...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Westminister
We explore points around the globe from London and the Jewish contributions to British society to America as we explore it’s history on the back of...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2018
  • Length: 59:55
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"Border Country" covers eight canoe adventures taken by Howard Greene and others between 1906 and 1916. Greene wrote about the trips with great de...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Apr 26, 2018
  • Length: 21:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Exterior of the Hans Herr House, Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
Sandwiched between its Amish countryside and hip food scene, Lancaster Pennsylvania combines the old and new in awe-inspiring ways. Join World Foo...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Craddock Terry Hotel, Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
Join World Footprints as we explore Lynchburg’s history on an art and architectural tour including spotlight stops at the Point of Honor historic h...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 59:55
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In the very soil of the surrounding mountains of Tucson and within the city boundaries lays an age-old history of this local tribe and this story i...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 36:27
Caption: A street scene in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti., Credit:  Wynne Muscatine Graham
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with an hour-long special that explores two places linked in history. called “Haiti and New Orleans: Is the Feel...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KISA Digital Studios, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Andre Paultre wears a carnival mask in Jacmel, Haiti., Credit:  Wynne Muscatine Graham / WWNO
WWNO’s original history podcast TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns next week. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson traveled to Haiti this past summer and wil...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 11:44
Caption: Diorama of Lunch Counter Sit-Down Protests - National Civil Rights Museum - Downtown Memphis, Tennessee. , Credit:  Adam Jones, Ph.D. / wikimedia commons
In this edition of TriPod Xtras, Laine Kaplan-Levenson speaks with Rafat Ali, founder and CEO of Skift, a media company that looks at travel trends...

Bought by KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 10:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Laine Kaplan-Levenson in Jacmel, Haiti. , Credit:  Andre Paultre
In this edition of TriPod Xtras, host Laine Kaplan-Levenson sits down with WWNO’s Janae Pierre to talk about a recent trip to Haiti, the end of Tri...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 10:56
Caption: Alan McCoy in St. Roch Cemetery No. 2, Credit:  Laine Kaplan-Levenson / WWNO
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a story of the city’s above ground cemeteries, and those working behind the scenes.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 10:47
Caption: Image from the Official Gray Line Guides of the Gray Line Motor Tours., Credit:  Molly Mitchell
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with part two in a series on links between history and tourism.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 10:18
Caption: Poster showing vignette of New Orleans, Credit:  Historic New Orleans Collection; Gift of Michael Adler [2008.0038.15]
TriPod New Orleans at 300 returns with a two-part series on tourism, starting with the city’s relationship to the industry, and how we became depen...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 10:32
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Journalist (LAT) and author BILL CARLSEN discusses his compelling book "Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey & T...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Protest in Oswego, N.Y., Credit: Payne Horning
Two replica Christopher Columbus ships are sailing across the Great Lakes this summer, offering visitors a chance to learn about the famous explore...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WFIU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
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Like most performing musicians, Peter and Paul Wendinger had their humble beginnings. Producer Daniel Zamzow describes how these polka-loving broth...

Bought by WTIP, KQAL, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3