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The Nonviolent Path of Cesar Chavez

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

A conversational profile of Cesar Chavez featuring his United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta and Chavez scholar Jose-Antonio Orosco. Toget...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more

Added: Mar 20, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 10

Women and Journalism: how the role of women in the media has changed over the last 50 years

From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio

This show focuses on feminism and journalism. I’ll talk to three seasoned journalists as well as the Women’s Media Center to find out how the role ...

Bought by KVSC

Added: Mar 18, 2014
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 1

Murder & Memory in a New England Village: The Story of Orville Gibson

From: William Dahlberg

On New Years Eve day of 1957, Orville Gibson, a farmer in Newbury, Vermont went out to milk his cows. He was never seen alive again. The mystery of...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Feb 24, 2014
Length: 30:27
Purchases: 1

Jerry Blavat

From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces

Early in his career, Jerry Blavat was a disc jockey at WHAT, one of the two Philadelphia Black AM radio stations at the far right end of the dial. ...

Bought by KTEP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, WDSE, KUER and more

Added: Jan 16, 2014
Length: 04:29
Purchases: 8

Louise Williams

From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces

Louise Williams is known as the “Gospel Queen of Philadelphia.” For 49 years, she hosted “The Louise Bishop Program” at WDAS, one of the highest-ra...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUCB, WFHB, WDSE, PRX Remix and more

Added: Jan 15, 2014
Length: 04:02
Purchases: 6

Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio (One Hour Special)

From: Mighty Writers
Series: Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio

Caption: Legenday Philadelphia disc jockey Georgie Woods, Credit: Temple Urban Archives

Starting in the 1950s, Black radio stations around the country became the pulse of African-American communities, and served as their megaphone duri...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., New Hampshire Public Radio and more

Added: Jan 08, 2014
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 81

Joe McEwen

From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces

Record label executive Joe McEwen was one of the many white kids listening to Black radio in Philadelphia in the 50s and 60s. Here, McEwen talks ab...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KUOW

Added: Jan 07, 2014
Length: 04:27
Purchases: 3

Dyana Williams

From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces

Dyana Williams started her broadcasting career in 1973 as one of the few African-American women on the air. Her radio handle? Ebony Moonbeams. Sinc...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, WABE, and KUOW

Added: Jan 07, 2014
Length: 04:55
Purchases: 4

Karen Warrington

From: Mighty Writers
Series: "Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio" Companion Pieces

Karen Warrington, director of communication for Congressman Robert Brady, has been an independent voice for Black political and social empowerment ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KUOW, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 07, 2014
Length: 06:41
Purchases: 4

Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio (Two Hour Special)

From: Mighty Writers
Series: Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio

Caption: Legendary Philadelphia disc jockey Georgie Woods, Credit: Temple Urban Archives

Starting in the 1950s, Black radio stations around the country became the pulse of African-American communities, and served as their megaphone duri...

Bought by WHYY, WHCP-LP Cambridge, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WOMR, Radio Catskill and more

Added: Jan 07, 2014
Length: 01:58:00
Purchases: 46

The Peter Yarrow Interview

From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants

Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

Added: Dec 18, 2013
Length: 16:54

Girlhood in Hollywood

From: Hold That Thought
Series: People, Places, and Ideas to Explore

Gaylyn Studlar, the director of the film and media studies program at Washington University in St. Louis, takes us back to Hollywood films of the 1...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Dec 16, 2013
Length: 11:56
Purchases: 1

L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words

Caption: L'Americain book cover, Credit: front cover photo by Richard Wood

The photojournalism crafted by John Launois is iconic. His work graced the covers of Newsweek, Time, The Saturday Evening Post, Fortune, Look, Roll...

Added: Dec 02, 2013
Length: 19:24

WHERE WERE WE IN '63 ?

From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism

Interviews with New Yorkers remembering where they were on November 22nd, 1963

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Nov 12, 2013
Length: 03:44
Purchases: 2

Rediscover Inconspicuous Consumption: Simple Rediscovery #511

From: Teosson Wells

While waiting for the sunlight of a bright new, less-needful day to wake all of us from our collective buying frenzy, there are a few steps we can ...

Added: Oct 18, 2013
Length: 09:31

Quiet In The House! Rediscover Silent Movies: Simple Rediscovery #514

From: Teosson Wells

It’s generally agreed that the silent film era lasted from 1894 to 1929; however, the history of projected images is much longer. Beginning in the ...

Added: Oct 18, 2013
Length: 11:02

An Ode to Morse Code

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Richard Dillman transmits from KPH, Credit: Julie Caine

For nearly a hundred years, Morse Code was the official language of international communication for ships in distress. Then, at the end of the twen...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Oct 09, 2013
Length: 06:45
Purchases: 1

Get Behind Me, Now Stay There - Episode 18

From: Get Behind Me , Now Stay There
Series: Get Behind Me, Now Stay There

The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Author Sergio Magana.

Added: Mar 27, 2013
Length: 01:00:01

Thriller writer Linda Stasi and "The Sixth Station"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Linda’s debut novel is an irreverent religious thriller with lots of controversy that touches on the Vatican, history books and international poli...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Mar 06, 2013
Length: 10:02
Purchases: 1

Miss Subways

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project

Beauty pageants promote the fantasy of the ideal woman. But for 35 years, the Miss Subways contest in New York City celebrated the everyday working...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and PRX Remix

Added: Feb 26, 2013
Length: 08:26
Purchases: 2

Dance Until the World Ends

From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It

A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Feb 22, 2013
Length: 02:19
Purchases: 1

Jazz-O-Rama #13: "Teddy with & without Billie"

From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour

Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Teddy Wilson & Billie Holiday 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg

"A Sunbonnet Blue", "Jumpin' On The Blacks And Whites", and "Eeny Meeny Miney Mo" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 13th edition of Joe Bev...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand