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John Brown and Harper's Ferry
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious takes a tour of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, a historic national park and site of the civil war struggles between union and confede...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
Getting into Vietnam (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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-In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians and veterans of the war explore the story of the ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WDSE, WNMU-FM, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Morehead State Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Arriving at the war
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives.
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Mother's day
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Headed overseas
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds of the battlefield
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Mark Sullivan - 299
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Mark Sullivan details the story of real life forgotten war hero, Pino Lella and draws parallels with his own life. He also reads a short segment fr...

Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
We've Got To Get Out Of This Place (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War.

Bought by KVCR


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Vietnam Special)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War.

Bought by KVCR


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
'Camp Algiers,' New Orleans' Forgotten WWII Internment Camp, Part II
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: Immigration buildings at what was 'Camp Algiers' circa 1916., Credit: THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION, GIFT OF MR. AND MRS. PETER BERNARD, ACC. NO. 1984.112.228 / HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
Tripod New Orleans at 300 returns with Part II of its series on Camp Algiers, an internment camp that detained Latin Americans during World War II....

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 11:48
The WWII Internment Camp, 'Camp Algiers', Part I
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: Quarantine Station in Algiers La., Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection, acc. no. 1995.19 / Historic New Orleans Collection
TriPod New Orleans at 300 returns with Part I of a two-part series about a World War II era internment camp in Algiers that held those suspicious o...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 12:02
My Vietnam War - During, After, and Way After
From: WGCU
Caption: Michael Hirsh tells his story of being an Army Combat Correspondent in Vietnam.
Punta Gorda resident and WGCU reporter Michael Hirsh shares a first-hand account of his Vietnam War experiences, including audio recordings he made...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Quarantine
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
Adjusting to camp
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 2
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War -- Women journalists on the front lines in Vietnam -- The psychological effects of ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to the Vietnam War -- Women journalists on the front lines in Vietnam -- The psychological effects of ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WCNY, KVCR, KVSC, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 19
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars go searching for the soundtrack to Vietnam

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
The Soundtrack to Vietnam (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The release of Ken Burns’ new documentary series has drawn fresh attention to the Vietnam War. And while many of us have an idea of what the war lo...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
Follow the Moon
From: Greg Barron
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A story of the lives-- the torture, starvation, forced marriages...and fear of Cambodians (Khmer) forced into the labor camps and Killing Fields cr...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 56:40
Horses
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
Headed to Texas
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 2
Boot Camp
From: WTIP
Series: Albert Bally's World War I letters to home
Caption: Photo courtesy of Cook County Historical Society archives
2017 marks the 100th year anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I. Albert Bally from Grand Marais, Minnesota enlisted in the Army ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: A Piece of History
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're going back in time! I visit with Betty Metts the current president of The Oregon-Jerusalem Historical So...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1

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