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Factory Girl

From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song

Folklorist Archie Green rediscovers one of America's oldest work songs during a field trip in which he meets an aging mill worker who sings "Factor...

Added: Jan 18, 2006
Length: 04:41

Gerda and Olcott

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

A vacation in San Francisco, a flea market, and the chance purchase of old love letters.

Bought by WTIP and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Dec 22, 2005
Length: 15:10
Purchases: 2

Out of The Ashes

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

Mastin's store was once the heart of the community where you could buy a bag of flour, a pair of boots, a side of beef and a flannel nightgown all ...

Bought by WTIP and KSUT

Added: Dec 16, 2005
Length: 13:15
Purchases: 2

The Secrets of Stanley Mission

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

For Tom Kernaghan, all the family stories begin at an old trading post and Mission church.

Bought by WTIP and KSUT

Added: Dec 16, 2005
Length: 13:20
Purchases: 2

The Caboose

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

On a visit to Newfoundland, Helen Forsey is smitten by an abandoned caboose.

Bought by WTIP

Added: Dec 16, 2005
Length: 13:20
Purchases: 1

AFSC and the Martin Luther King Legacy

From: Janis Shields

Paul Lacey, the clerk of AFSC's Board of Directors, Speaks at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Bought by KGOU

Added: Dec 04, 2005
Length: 13:30
Purchases: 1

Welcome To My World

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

For a young Canadian child, the battles of the Second World War are so far in the past that they might as well be from another world.

Added: Dec 01, 2005
Length: 13:25

Tribal Canoe Journey 2005 Aluets Join Family Canoes

From: Robin Carneen

Mark Daniels a non Native becomes skipper and boat bulider for Aleuts

Bought by KSUT

Added: Nov 20, 2005
Length: 04:57
Purchases: 1

The Plumbers Are Back

From: Claes Andreasson

Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 talks about the Valerie Plame-CIA affair

Added: Nov 02, 2005
Length: 02:43

RN Documentary: Becoming Rebecca West

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

A portrait of journalist/writer Rebecca West whose life spanned most of the 20th century, with memories from her great-niece and thoughts from an a...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Nov 01, 2005
Length: 29:31
Purchases: 1

In Honor of Veterans

From: Western Folklife Center Media

This Veterans' Day program pays tribute to America's fighting men and women through first-hand accounts of battle, as well as music and poetry that...

Bought by KTNA, KSLU, KVLU, KMSU, KRCB 104.9 and more

Added: Oct 07, 2005
Length: 53:07
Purchases: 40

Part Five: The American Obsession with Driving

From: Cynthia Shelton
Series: VegOil Fuel: the Unsung Alternative

How the experience of driving VegOil parallels the experience of the first automobile drivers.

Added: Sep 13, 2005
Length: 06:06

From Sideman to Stevie Ray

From: KUT
Series: The Godfather

Part one of a two-part special on W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues and Soul

Bought by Prairie Public

Added: Sep 02, 2005
Length: 09:35
Purchases: 1

A Place of His Own

From: KUT
Series: The Godfather

Part 2 of a two-part special on W.C. Clark, the Godfather of Austin Blues and Soul.

Added: Sep 02, 2005
Length: 06:23

Commentary: Rubella Is History

From: KRCC-FM

A personal reflection on rubella eradication

Added: Aug 19, 2005
Length: 04:04

Memorial Day

From: David Duncan

Memorial Day memories

Bought by Raven Radio

Added: Jun 07, 2005
Length: 04:14
Purchases: 1

RN Documentary: Pride and Prejudice

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

Comparing the lives of gay men over two centuries.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Mar 15, 2005
Length: 29:32
Purchases: 1

Destroy It To Save It

From: Richard Paul

A trip back to a neighborhood the Supreme Court ordered destroyed

Bought by WETA, BSR Radio, and KVMR

Added: Mar 08, 2005
Length: 06:00
Purchases: 3

Vietnam Blues

From: Tina Antolini

Vince Gabriel is a Vietnam veteran who's written an album of songs chronicling his experience of the war. He takes listeners back to 1968, to the j...

Bought by KSKA, RadioFreePalmer, WJSU, WABE, KZYX and more

Added: Feb 12, 2005
Length: 28:31
Purchases: 15

First Trumpet Memories

From: Adam Allington

Trumpet player Irving Sarin recalls the strict disicpline of legenardy conductor Fritz Reiner

Bought by PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WUNC, PRX, Public Interactive and more

Added: Feb 07, 2005
Length: 05:12
Purchases: 7

Edward Barrett Rings the Chapel Bell

From: Jackson Braider

Edward Barrett rings the bell at King's Chapel, Boston, at 10:45 on Sunday mornings.

Added: Nov 15, 2004
Length: 01:15

Anna on the Homefront

From: Whit Richardson

An intimate look at a wife of a National Guard member deployed to Iraq

Bought by KHNS, KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, The PRX Podcast, KTUH and more

Added: Nov 07, 2004
Length: 09:20
Purchases: 11

Radio Row: The Neighborhood Before the World Trade Center

From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories

Before the WTC was built, the neighborhood was known as the bustling "Radio Row."

Bought by WRNC-LP, KVNF, KXOT Public Radio, WMPG, WHYY and more

Added: Sep 09, 2004
Length: 13:03
Purchases: 6

The WTC Construction Guides: The Building Stewardesses

From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Sonic Memorial Project: 5 Stories

They were called "Construction Guides" : friendly co-eds in mini-skirted uniforms posted at corner kiosks on the WTC site to inform an inquiring pu...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WHYY, and KUOW