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MN's 1st Volunteer Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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Local historian, Barry Babcock, on the heroic stand by the First Minnesota Volunteers at the Battle of Gettysburg

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 15:33
  • Purchases: 1
The True Glory: Veteran's Day
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Chronicle
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Remembering both the fallen and the survivors.

Bought by WVIA, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KHNS


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 53:45
  • Purchases: 4
Race, Slavery, and the Civil War: The Tough Stuff
From: With Good Reason
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To mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the nation’s finest historians gathered on September 24th at Norfolk State University to discuss th...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WUAL, and KWIT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
I Didn't Know That (A Short People's History of the United States)
From: Stephanie Coleman
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A young rendering of an old story. All contributors between the ages of five and eight.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KSRQ, KHNS, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 8
The Real Founding Fathers
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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The Real Founding Fathers and The Good Solider… this week on Primetime Radio.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2010
  • Length: 59:58
Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam
From: Lydia Wilson
Caption: Bunk Canvas from the General Nelson M. Walker , Credit: Vietnam Graffiti Project
Graffiti left on a troop transport ship by soldiers heading to the Vietnam War, found accidentally, is salvaged by a couple on a decade-long campai...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 2
Matthew Miltich on his grandfather Andró Miletic
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Grand Rapids resident Matthew Miltich tells the story of his grandfather Andró Miletic and his reluctant journey from seaside Croatia to the Iron R...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 1
Penn State Students Make Big Archaeological Find
From: WPSU
Caption: Jonathan Burns, Credit: Emily Reddy
It’s not often that groups of undergrads get to make big archaeological discoveries. But a group of Penn State students has done just that. WPSU’...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
Barry Babcock on the Dakota War of 1862
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
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Barry Babcock talks about the Dakota war of 1862, a tragic event for all sides.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 2
Secession Showdown
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Camp at Ft. Monroe, VA, Credit: Library of Congress
A conversation about the contingency of one state's role in the Civil War.

Bought by KRUA and WRPI


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
"Ingelore," Speaking Without Hearing
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with filmmaker Frank Stiefel, about his documentary “Ingelore,” which chronicles the life of his mother, Inge...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
National Debt
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Women at the Tulle Lake War Relocation Camp, circa 1942. , Credit: Bob Bobster.
Two survivors of Japanese American internment describe how they went from being seen as model citizens to being seen as the enemy. In the story of ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVSC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 9
Military Draft 29 min.
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Shorter version of the Military Draft

  • Added: May 31, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Hidden Histories: Kent State- New evidence suggest massacre was ordered!
From: Jack Johnson
Series: Hidden Histories
Caption: Kent State
Forty years ago last Tuesday the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd of Kent State College Students, killing four students and wounding 9 ot...

  • Added: May 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:01
Remembering Kent State 1970
From: Mark Urycki
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Award-winning documentary marking the 40th anniversary of on the shootings at Kent State University in May 1970. It's been called the day the Viet...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFCF FM, WCPN, WCPN, and KSFR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
Fighting Identity
From: Woodrow Wilson Center
Series: dialogue Radio
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dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:40
The Rwandan Genocide
From: Arndt Peltner
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In the evening of April 6th 1994 the plane of the Rwandan president was shot down. This sparked the genocide that nearly killed one million people

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:39
Babysitting
From: Nate DiMeo
Series: the memory palace
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In which we hear the story of Don Hornig. A 25 year old scientist asked to babysit the A-Bomb during the night before the Trinity test changed ever...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KPIK-LP, WABE, Louisville Public Media, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 8
The Chieftains: San Patricio
From: Joyride Media
Caption: The Chieftains and Ry Cooder, Credit: Judith Burrows
The Chieftains and Ry Cooder present the history behind their collaboration inspired by The St Patrick's Battalion of Irish-born soldiers in the Me...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 50
What Led To The Bloody Island Massacre?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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25 years before the battle of ‘The Little Bighorn,’ 40 years before the ‘Battle of Wounded Knee,’ there was ‘The Bloody Island Massacre’ in the spr...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 26:04
Miep Gies: Protector of Anne Frank Dies at 100 (19:00 Lecture Excerpt)
From: Paul Ingles
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Miep Gies, the Austrian woman whose family protected the family of Anne Frank during World War II and who found Anne's diary scattered on the floor...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 19:01
Independent Minds: At War in the Pacific
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
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A new perspective on the often-overlooked story of the Marines who fought in the brutal Pacific Campaign of World War II.

Bought by KGOU, WVTF, WLPR , KUHF, WVTF and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 55:54
  • Purchases: 61
Holy Land Tour
From: Jake Warga
Caption: Ramallah, Credit: JW
Never before aired! PRX exclusive! A personal tour through the Holy Land, looking at how the conflict started and what it's like today between Jeru...

Bought by KZYX, Prairie Public, KZYX, KSJD, KZYX and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2009
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 12
LA MASACRE DE EL CALABOZO
From: Asociacion de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Breves cápsulas testimoniadas de los hechos macabros sucedidos en el Calabozo, San Vicente. El Salvador.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 20:39

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